History Chapter 10

Jackson viewed the Bank of he United States as:

A "monster" that served the interests of a wealthy few

During the Jacksonian era, and for the first time in American political history:

A president assumed his position to be superior to that of Congress

In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs:

Adopted a catchy campaign slogan

All of the following were presidential candidates in 1836 EXCEPT:

Andrew Jackson

Offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union- It must be preserved!"

Andrew Jackson

The one thing that united all members of the new Whig party was opposition to:

Andrew Jackson

Which of the following figures opposed federal funding of internal improvements?

Andrew Jackson

As a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"

Daniel Webster

President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia was:

Defiance

Jackson's opponents called themselves Whigs to:

Denounce what they saw as Jackson's tyrannical qualities

Henry Clay was Andrew Jackson's second vice president

False

Most Whigs were states' rights advocates

False

President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff

False

The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West

False

Least likely to become Whigs would be:

German and Irish Catholics

Which of the following statements was NOT true of the 1822 presidential election?

Henry Clay doubted his ability to defeat Jackson

The Anti-Masonic party was the first to:

Hold a national nomination convention

Jackson declared his opposition to nullification:

In his toast at a Jefferson Day dinner

In his fight against Jackson to save the B.U.S., Biddle:

Initiated a national financial crisis

When Congress rechartered the Bank of the United States in 1832:

Jackson vetoed the recharter

Resigned the vice presidency in 1832

John C. Calhoun

Was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate

John Tyler

All of the following were prominent Whig politicians EXCEPT:

Martin Van Buren

Called the "Little Magician"

Martin Van Buren

The director of the Bank of the Unites States

Nicholas Biddle

Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchman traveling through the United States in the 1830s, claimed that "the only pleasure an American knows" was:

Politics

Which of the following statements about the growth of democracy during the Jacksonian era is true?

Politics was no longer the realm of the prominent and wealthy

In response to South Carolina's tariff nullification, Jackson:

Privately threatened to hang Calhoun

The Indian Removal Act of 1830:

Proposed moving Indian tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River

The Specie Circular:

Required gold or silver payment for public lands

Martin Van Buren was known as the "Great Magician" due to his:

Skill as a professional politician

Anti-democratic voices freely acknowledged that democracy was incompatible with:

Slavery

The attempt to censor the mail revolved around which issue?

Slavery

Pet banks were:

State banks that received federal government deposits

All of the following factors contributed to the Panic of 1837 EXCEPT the:

Tariff of 1835, which had lowered duties to dangerous levels

What federal law(s) did South Carolina nullify?

The Tariffs of 1828 and 1832

In the Webster-Hayne debate, Robert Y. Hayne argued that:

The Union was created by a compact of the states

The Eaton affair revealed:

The destructive gossip of the Washington social scene

Which of the following statements was NOT true of Jackson's inauguration?

There was a widespread political violence after the inauguration

In Worcester v. Georgia, the Marshal court:

Took the side of the Cherokees to the West

During Jackson's presidency, the national debt grew smaller until it was paid off entirely in 1835

True

George Fitzhugh opposed Jackson's democratic ideals, saying that in every society, "some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them."

True

In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president

True

Jackson's inauguration was so raucous that he was spirited away from the festivities for his own safety

True

John C. Calhoun represented South Carolina

True

Osceola led the Seminole resistance to their removal from their lands

True

The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears

True

The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe

True

Which of the following statements was NOT true of the Second Bank of the United States

Was exclusively supported by the federal government

The Webster-Hayne debate is best remembered for:

Webster's eloquent defense of the Union

The Independent Treasury Act provoked opposition from:

Whigs and conservative Democrats

Won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign

William Henry Harrison

Was a presidential candidate for the Anti-Masonic party in 1832

William Wirt

After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by:

Withdrawing its federal deposits

The proposed Maysville Road:

Would be entirely in Kentucky

Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest:

Argued that states could nullify federal legislation

Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated his:

Belief that the federal government should not fund purely local projects

The Indian chief who resisted federal policy in Illinois and Wisconsin was:

Black Hawk

As a result of the Eaton affair:

Both John Eaton and Martin Van Buren left the cabinet

Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is NOT true?

Enjoyed a strong economy during his single term as president

Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Indians, and women

False

Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an Independent Treasury

False

After the Panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:

Government assistance

William Henry Harrison:

Had defeated the Shawnees at Tippecanoe

The compromise tariff that ended the nullification crisis was authored by:

Henry Clay

Was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832

Henry Clay

Martin Van Buren resigned from Jackson's cabinet:

In order to give the president a clear path to replace the entire cabinet

Was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members

John Eaton

A tariff passed by congress in 1832:

Lowered duties on some items

President Jackson's policy toward Indians could best be described as one of:

Removal

How long did the economic calamity that destroyed Van Buren's presidency last?

Seven years

The Trail of Tears resulted in:

The death of thousands of Indians

One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is:

The dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840

Jackson's efforts to kill the bank resulted in:

The first assassination attempt of a sitting president in American history

Andrew Jackson was the most politically involved president up to that point in history

True