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Chapter 10 Exam:
Part I: Use your textbook to answer the following questions:
1. Andrew Jackson’s inauguration
a. was small and dignified
b. was much like the previous presidential inaugurations
c. was limited to only the upper-crust of society
d. was a large, rowdy event
e. was a disastrous affair since Jackson’s opponents protested outside the White
House
2. The Dorr War was
a. caused by an argument between Jon Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
b. between Georgians and Cherokees
c. was an example of how contentious the national bank debate was
d. an exception to the trend of democratization
e. the result of the nullification crisis
3. By 1840, approximately _________ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote
a. 50
b. 60
c. 70
d. 80
e. 90
4. A primary reason that both women and Blacks were excluded from the expansion of
democracy
a. it was reasoned that since they did not have the vote in England, they ought not to have
the vote in America
b. neither group were citizens, so the vote could not be extended to them
c. both groups were viewed as being naturally incapable and thus unfit for suffrage
d. neither group had asked to be included in politics
5. Which part of the American System proved to be the most controversial?
a. a new national bank
b. establishment of a permanent army
c. federal financing of improved roads and canals
d. income tax
6. What did the Second Bank of the U.S. do
a. issued paper money
b. collected taxes
c. paid the government’s debts
d, made a profit for itself
e. all of the above
7. McCulloch v. Maryland ruled that
a. the Indians were not allowed to sue the federal government
b. the Bank of the U.S. was constitutional
c. Catholics could not be barred from political office
d. the American System was unconstitutional
8. The Missouri Compromise
a. allowed popular sovereignty in Missouri to determine if it would be a slave or free
state
b. banned slavery in all territories west of Missouri
c. preserved the Congressional balance between slave and free states
d. required all Missouri slaves to be emancipated within ten years
9. Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?
a. Maine’s state constitution allowed slavery to continue until 1840
b. Missouri’s state constitution barred free blacks from entering the state
c. Henry Clay refused to vote for the first Missouri Compromise
d. Texas wished to enter the Union as a slave state at the same time
10. The Monroe Doctrine
a. allowed Maine and Missouri to enter the Union as states
b. secured Florida from Spain
c. declared American abstention from European affairs
d. settled the nullification crisis favorably for South Carolina
11. The “Era of Good Feelings” was a term given to
a. the two terms of James Monroe
b. an informal truce observed by northwestern fur traders and Indians after the War of
1812
c. a period of relative calm between the U.S. and Great Britain
d. the ten years after the Missouri Compromise
12. The national plan that President John Quincy Adams had for American development
included
a. legislation promoting agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing
b. the establishment of a national university
c. creating a naval academy
d. building a national astronomical observatory
e. all of the above
13. The national political parties of the second American party system were
a. Democrats and Whigs
b. Republicans and Democrats
c. Whigs and Know-Nothings
d. Republicans and Whigs
14. The practice of giving a political office to someone based on loyalty to the Party is
called
a. a meritocracy
b. spoils system
c. paternalism
d. Party system
15. Which statement about the Whigs is false?
a. they believed that the government ought to promote the economy
b. they were established as an opposition group to Andrew Jackson
c. They supported implementation of the American System
d. They favored non-government intervention in the economy
16. During Jackson’s presidency, Democrats
a. lowered the tariff
b. killed the national bank
c. refused to use federal monies for internal improvements
d. all of the above
17. The nullification crisis of 1832 ended
a. in civil war
b. with a compromise tariff
c. with South Carolina seceding from the Union
d. when Daniel Webster gave a powerful speech to the Senate in favor of nullification
18. By 1827, Cherokees had their own
a. constitution
b. schools
c. newspapers
d. coded of laws
e. all of the above
19. The panic of 1837 was caused in art by all of the following except
a. declining cotton prices
b. low tariffs
c. land speculation
d. the bank war
e. the Specie Circular
20. The log cabin candidate was
a. John Quincy Adams
b. Henry Clay
c. Martin Van Buren
d. William Henry Harrison
Part II: Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms,
events, and people in a paragraph or two.
21. Panic of 1837
22. corrupt bargain
23. nullification crisis
24. Indian Removal Act
25. Nicholas Biddle