History Chapter 10

The Constitution was amended to require states to allow women to vote in

1920

The author of Democracy in America was

Alexis de Tocqueville, from France

How much of the adult white male population in the United States could vote by 1840?

Approximately 90%

Which of the following statements is true regarding the Trail of Tears?

At least one-quarter of the Indians perished during the winter of 1838-1839.

Andrew Jackson was the standard-bearer for which political party?

Democrats

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that

European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas.

All of the states that entered the Union after the original thirteen made property ownership a requirement of voting, at least for a time.

False

While Jackson claimed to be the "common man," his vision of democracy often differed from many Americans. Which of the following is a true statement about Jackson's political beliefs?

He felt African-Americans should either remain as slaves or be freed and sent abroad.

In Johnson v. M'Intosh, the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Indian's were not in fact owners of their land, but merely had a "right of occupancy"

Which of the following was not a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s?

Ironically, as the number of eligible voters rose, voter turnout in elections declined.

Which was not part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

It permanently settled the question of the expansion of slavery.

Which of the following is not true regarding the Bank War?

Jackson finally relented to Biddle's continued pressure and signed the bill to extend the bank for another twenty years.

Which is not an element of Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

Marshall found that contracts between states and private citizens could not be abridged.

The portion of President James Monroe's 1823 annual message to Congress that asserted that the United States would oppose further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas, that the United States would stay out of European wars, and that European powers were not to interfere with the newly independent Latin American states is called the

Monroe Doctrine

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

Old Hickory

By 1825, Spain's once vast American empire had been reduced to Cuba and

Puerto Rico

This person refused to sign the Pennsylvania constitutional conversion document because it had a provision limiting suffrage to only whites and later became a leader in the drive for equal rights for African-Americans after the Civil War.

Thaddeus Stevens

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as

The American System

McCulloch v. Maryland ruled that

The Bank of the United States was constitutionally legal

John Tyler was given numerous nicknames upon assuming the office of the presidency, including the title

The Executive Ass

Which was not an element in the 1841 Dorr War?

The war's bloodshed led to the deaths of more than 246 people, and to Dorr's execution.

When Thomas Jefferson wrote, "This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," he was referring to

The westward expansion of slavery

The election of 1824 injured Henry Clay's political career.

True

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

announcement of American System program; "Tariff of Abominations"; veto of Second Bank recharter

Pet banks were created when

both houses of Congress approved the president's appointment for a new pet bank, which handled more gold and silver than paper money.

The Tariff of 1816 protected goods produced in the United States, especially

cheap cotton textiles

William Henry Harrison's presidency ended as he

died from pneumonia a month after taking office

Andrew Jackson and his supporters publicly argued that the presidential election of 1824 had been determined in his favor by a "corrupt bargain" between some of the participants.

false

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.

false

The charter for the Bank of the United States was renewed in 1811.

false

The election of 1824 resulted in Andrew Jackson being elected president that year.

false

In the mid 1800s, this had replaced class as the boundary between those American men who were entitled to enjoy political freedom and those who were not.

race

The Panic of 1819 was caused by

the land bubble burst and its ensuing economic panic.

Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called

the spoils system

The Era of Good Feelings was so-called because

they were years of one-party government

Although denied the ballot, women found a voice in the public sphere during the 1820s and 1830s.

true

Between Democrats and Whigs, the Democrats found greater support among subsistence farmers, aspiring entrepreneurs, and urban workers; the Whigs found greater support among wealthy landowners and well-connected businessmen.

true

Culturally speaking, in the United States the right to vote is tantamount to being a citizen.

true

During Jackson's presidency, Democrats reduced expenditures, lowered the tariff, killed the national bank, and refused pleas for federal aid to internal improvements.

true

John Tyler's presidency could best be summed up as devoid of accomplishment.

true

The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land.

true

The Dorr War revolved around the issue of whether propertyless white men should have the right to vote.

true

The Indian Sequoia developed an alphabet from the Cherokee language.

true

The Panic of 1819 left many Americans uneasy about the market revolution.

true

The man responsible for negotiating a treaty for the United States to acquire Florida from Spain, aid in an agreement with Great Britain to fix the Canadian-American border at the 49th parallel, and wrote a majority of the Monroe Doctrine is

John Quincy Adams

Which is true of Martin Van Buren's campaign for president ?

Rather than being dangerous and divisive, he believed political parties were a necessary and desirable element of political life.

Which of the following was not a key difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years?

The Democrats held a stronghold on upstate New York; the Whigs held more isolated rural communities

Andrew Jackson appealed to the changing voting pool because he represented those that came from generations of wealth and supported a strong federal government-controlled nation.

false

As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.

false

While Whigs considered individual morality a private matter, not a public concern, Democrats insisted that liberty and power reinforced each other.

false

The government-sponsored construction of roads and canals in the early 1800s later deemed unconstitutional was called

internal improvements

President Jackson's critics called him "King Andrew."

true

Because of their written language and constitution, the Blackfoot were considered by many white Americans to be a "civilized tribe."

false

Both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson believed in states' rights to nullify federal law.

false

Despite his reputation for stubbornness, President Jackson proved timid and conciliatory during the nullification crisis and the Bank War.

false

Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.

false

In Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice Marshall described Indians as "wards" of the federal government, deserving paternal protection.

false

In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.

false

President Andrew Jackson's inauguration was a quiet affair in which a small group of close-knit friends of the new president met at the White House for a solemn, elite dinner.

false

The Democrats nominated William Henry Harrison without a platform, instead promoting him as the "log cabin" candidate, or a champion of the common man.

false

By 1860, most states had eliminated ____________ from their voting requirements.

property requirements

Among his other plans, John Quincy Adams wanted the United States to adopt the metric system of weights and measures.

true

Andrew Jackson believed slanderous comments during his election bid contributed to his wife's early death shortly after the election.

true

As a boy, Andrew Jackson had almost been killed when, during the War for Independence, a British officer struck him with his sword after the boy refused to polish the soldier's boots.

true

During the market revolution, the emergence of organized political parties spurred newspaper publication.

true

Martin Van Buren's presidency, to a large degree, was occupied in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.

true

The 1828 "tariff of abominations" led to the nullification crisis.

true

The Second Bank of the United States held all the funds of the federal government and accumulated a large amount of paper money issued by local banks.

true

The proper chronological order for presidents from 1817 forward is: Monroe, J.Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison.

true

White Americans enjoyed a much less stratified system of society than did Europeans.

true