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1. Andrew Jackson could be described as a
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
frontier aristocrat
poor western farmer
southern plantation owner
strong believer in Washington D.C.
wealthy eastern merchant
2. Before the democratization of the 1820s and 1830s, states restricted the influence of the
ordinary citizen in politics by all of the following methods except
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
non-suffrage for women
placing property requirements on voters
requiring voters to be taxpayers
restricting voting to members of a specific church
selecting presidential electors in legislatures
3. Which of the following was not a democratic reform of the age of Jackson?
a) adoption of the national nominating convention for the selection of presidential
candidates
b) adoption of the secret ballot
c) popular election of presidential electors in most states
d) removal by most states of property and taxation requirements for voting
4. The oldest continuos political party in the United States is the
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Democratic party
Federalist party
Know-Nothing party
National Republican party
Whig party
5. The most significant proponent of the “Nullification Doctrine” was
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
John C. Calhoun
John H. Eaton
Martin Van Buren
6. The philosophy of the Whig party supported
a)
b)
c)
d)
decrease in federal government power
use of fewer technological advances
reduction in the number of business charters
control of westward expansion
7. During the presidency of Andrew Jackson, the “spoils system” was used to replace
a)
b)
c)
d)
the majority of federal officeholders
one out of two federal officeholders
one out of three federal officeholders
one out of five officeholders
8. Significant conflict arose between Jackson and his cabinet (notably with Mrs. Calhoun) over
a)
b)
c)
d)
the spoils system
the office appointments
the Kitchen Cabinet
the Eaton affair
9. The Whig presidential candidate in the election of 1836 was
a)
b)
c)
d)
all of the answer below
Daniel Webster
Hugh Lawson White
William Henry Harrison
10. The Bank of the United States benefited the United States economy by
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
all of the answers below
holding government funds
issuing bank notes
regulating the amount of money in the economy
restraining policies of state banks
11. In 1832, Henry Clay was the presidential candidates of the
a)
b)
c)
d)
Federalists
National Republicans
Democrats
Anti-Masons
12. In response to South Carolina’s vote to nullify the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832, President
Andrew Jackson took all of the following actions except
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
arrested John C. Calhoun
insisted that states that wanted nullification was an act of treason
sent a warship of the United States Navy to Charleston harbor
strengthened federal forts in South Carolina
won approval of the Force Bill
13. The theory of nullification is based on the principle that
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
a majority of states may declare a federal law unconstitutional
individual states may declare a federal law unconstitutional
individual states may petition the federal government to recall a law
the Supreme Court may declare legislation unconstitutional
the United States Congress may declare a state law unconstitutional
14. The creation of a second party system in the 1830s produced competition between the
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Democrats and Federalists
Democrats and Republicans
Federalists and Republicans
Republican and Whigs
Whigs and Democrats
15. The chief weapon used by Andrew Jackson in his dispute with the National Bank was
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
file a law suit against the Bank of the United States
paying government debts from tariff revenue only
the support of the Supreme Court in voiding the bank’s charter
to deposit government money in state banks
to give unqualified support to the Tariff of 1832
16. The “Force Bill” of 1832:
a) authorized the president to use force to see that acts of Congress were obeyed
b) forced Jackson to stand up to Calhoun
c) forced the president to consult Congress if he planned to use troops against South
Carolina
d) made it impossible for other southern states to nullify laws
17. The Whig Party:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
favored expanding the power of the federal government
encouraged industrial and commercial development
advocated knitting the country together into a consolidated economic system
did all of the above
did none of the above
18. During Andrew Jackson’s presidency, the common people gained political power
through all of the following means except
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
creation of national nominating conventions
elimination of property qualifications for voting
enfranchisement of women and free blacks
increase in opportunity to hold political office
opening up all white males to vote
19. In the early 1800s, most people thought that indians were
a) “noble savages” who possessed great virtues
b) “savages” who could not be civilized
c) “primatives” who needed to be protected
d) “innocents” who had no knowledge of evil
e) “little brothers” as set forth by the Pilgrims
20. The Black Hawk War was fought between the citizens and the United States and the
a) Sauk and Fox Indians
b) Cherokee and Sauk Indians
c) Creek and Cherokee Indians
d) Fox and Creek indians
21. The Bank of the United States performed all of the following functions except
a) ensured that small banks followed sound financial policies
b) issued reliable bank notes which served as legal tender
c) promoted land speculation and rapid frowth financed by state banks
d) provided credit for new business enterprises
22. The “Great Triumvirate” of the early Whig Party included all of the following except
a) John C. Calhoun
b) Daniel Webster
c) Henry Clay
d) Martin Van Buren
23. Jacksonian Democrats favored all of the following except
a) rotation in the office
b) universial suffrage for white males
c) the caucas system of nominating candidates
d) rewarding political supporters with government jobs
24. The goal of the Jacksonians was to:
a) redistribute the wealth of the nation
b) reuce the influence of southern planters
c) ensure that people could rise to prominence on the basis of their own talents
d) put as many of their own people in office as possible
25. During the Jacksonian era, the number of voters:
a) increased at a more rapid pace than did the population as a whole
b) increased at a slower pace than the previous decade
c) actually decreased as a percentage of the population
d) remained stable
26. The most significant change regarding “party” to take place in the Jacksonian era was the:
a) recognition of the value of “third parties”
b) view that institutionalized parties were a desirable part of the political process
c) view that party leaders should be presidential candidates
d) emergence of a gard core of party loyalists who picked all candidates for national
office
27. Which of the following was not a democratic reform of the age of Jackson?
a) Adoption of the national nominating convention for the selection of presidential
candidates
b) Adoption of the secret ballot
c) Popular election of presidential electors in most states
d) Removal by most states of property and taxation requirements for voting
28. The most significant result of the Eaton affair was that:
a) John C. Calhoun became the leader of the Kitchen Cabinet
b) it led to the Webster-Hayne debate
c) Martin Van Buren emerged as Jackson’schoice to succeed him
d) John Eaton became Jackson’s secretary of state
29. The penny press:
a) orginated in Boston
b) focused on hard new stories to attract a new audience
c) took years to become successful
d) did not use banner headlines to attract a readership
30. Andrew Jackson’s appeal to the common people arose partly because
a) Americans finally understood the ideas of the Declaration of Independence
b) many citizens were tired of the partisan fights between Republicans and Federalists
c) he had risen from the masses and reflected many of their prejudices in his personal
attitudes and outlook
d) farmer and labor organizations aroused populists opposition to elitist politics
31. In promoting his policy of Indian removal, President Jackson
a) defied rulings of the US Supreme Court that favored the Cherokees
b) admitted that the action would destroy Native American culture and society
c) acted against the advice of his cabinet and his military commanders in the Southeast
d) hoped to split the Cherokees apart from their allies such as the creeks and Seminoles
32. After the Panic of 1837, the Democrats’ efforts to produce a new financial system resulted in
the creation of:
a) a third national bank
b) the “independent treasury” or “subtreasury” system
c) a system without statebanks
d) a system where only gold was used as currency
IDENTIFICATION
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1. New, circus like method of nominating presidential candidates that
involved wider participation but usually left effective control in the
hands of party bosses
2. Small, short-lived political party that originated a new method of
nominating presidential candidates in the election campaign of 18311832
3. The popular idea that public offices should be handed out on the basis
of political support rather than special qualifications
4. Scornful southern term for the high Tariff od 1828.
5. Theory promoted by John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians
that said states had the right to disregard federal laws to which they
objected
6. The “moneyed monster” that Clay tried to preserve and that jackson
killed with his veto in 1832
7. The sorrowful path which thousands of southeastern Indians were
removed to Oklahoma
8. Anti-Jackson political party that generally stood for national
community and an activist government
9. Popular symbols of the bogus but effective campaign the Whigs used
to elect “poor-boy” William Henry harrison in 1840.
10. Any two of the southeatern Indian people who were removed to
Oklahoma
MATCHING PEOPLE, PLACES, and EVENTS
_____ John C. Calhoun
A. Cherokee leader who devised an alphbet for his people
_____ Henry Clay
B. Political party that generally stressed individual liberty, the
rights of the common people, and hostility to privilege
C. Seminole leader whose warriors killed fifteen hundred
American soldiers in years of guerrilla warfare
D. Former vice president, leader of South Carolina nullifiers,
and bitter enemy of Andrew Jackson
E. Political party that favored a more activitist government,
high tariffs, internal improvements, and moral reforms
F. Free South Carolina black whose 1822 rebellion raised
southern fears about the future of slavery
G. “Old Tippecanoe,” who was portrayed by Whig
propagandists as a hard-drinking common man of the frontier
H. Jackson’s rival for the presidency in 1832, who failed to
save the Bank of the United States
I. The “wizard of Albany,” whose economically troubled
presidency was served in the shadow of Jackson
J. Talented but high-handed bank president who fought a
bitter losing battle with the president of the United States
K. Aloof New England statesman whose elitism made him an
unpopular leader in the new mass democracy
_____ Nicholas Biddle
_____ Sequoyah
_____ John Q. Adams
_____ Osceola
_____ Martin Van Buren
_____ Black Hawk
_____ William H. Harrison
_____ Whigs
_____ Democrats
MATCHING CAUSE AND EFFECT
CAUSE
____ The demand of many whites to acquire
Indian land in Georgia and other states
____ The failure of any candidate to win an
electoral majority in the four-way election of
1824
____ The alleged “corrupt bargain” between
Adams and Clay for the presidency in 1824
____ The high New England-backed Tariff of
1828
____ Andrew Jackson’s “war” against
Nicholas Biddle and hos policies
____ The Panic of 1837
____ Jackson’s belief that any ordinary
American could hold government office
EFFECT
A. Provoked protests and threats of
nullification from South Carolina
B. Aroused popular anger and made Jackson’s
supporters determined to elect him in 1828
C. Laid the foundations for the spoils system
tht fueled the new mass political parties
D. Threw the bitterly contested election into
the US House of Representatives
E. Caused widespread human suffering and
virtually guaranteed Martin Van buren’s defeat
in 1840
F. Fuled the political pressures that led Andrew
jackson to forcibily remove the Cherokees and
others
G. Got the government out of banking but
weakened the American financial system