IB HOA Chapter 13

The Jacksonian charge of a "corrupt bargain" to gain John Quincy Adams the presidency arose because

Clay was named Secretary of State after throwing his support to Adams in Congress

The winner of the election of 1836 was

Martin Van Buren

In the battle over the "Tariff of Abominations,"

New England backed high tariffs while the South demanded lower duties

Who was the President of the Bank of the United States?

Nicholas Biddle

A new change in the style of politics beginning in the 1820s was

an attempt to appeal to the common people

One unfortunate consequence of the spoils system was

an increase in incompetence and corruption in government

Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because

antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery

The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

be socially and geographically diverse

The style of campaigning that propelled the Whig, William Henry Harrison, to victory in the presidential election of 1840 can best be described as

dangerously sectional

In promoting his policy of Indian removal, President Andrew Jackson

defied rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court that favored the Cherokees

The Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, made which of the following observations of Americans during his journey around the United States in the early 1830s?

democracy in America was restless but vigorous and healthy

One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was

its promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant

In the presidential election of 1836, the new Whig Party adopted which of the following strategies:

nominate a number of regional candidates in the hopes of throwing the election to the House of Representatives

Which of the following issues united members of the new Whig Party beginning in 1834?

objection to Andrew Jackson

Which Americans found the nationalistic policies of President John Quincy Adams most disagreeable?

southerners and westerners

John C. Calhoun's theory of "nullification" was based on the idea that

states should be able to declare invalid those laws they deemed unconstitutional

In Andrew Jackson's victory in the presidential election of 1828, most of his votes came from

the West and the South

The biggest challenge facing the United States during the years, 1836-1840 was

the economy

A new, seemingly more democratic method of nominating presidential candidates that appeared in the 1832 election courtesy of the National Republicans and the Anti-Masonic parties was

the national nominating convention

The text argues that one of the most significant and lasting legacies of the Jacksonian era is

the two-party system

Jackson rationalized his veto of the Bank re-charter bill by claiming the Bank

was unconstitutional

Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of American Indians from the eastern states because

whites wanted the Indians' lands

After vetoing the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States, Jackson further attempted to off the Bank by

withdrawing federal deposits from the Bank