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CHAPTER 10: Democracy in America, 1815-1840   MULTIPLE CHOICE        1

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CHAPTER 10: Democracy in America, 1815-1840

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

     1.   Andrew Jackson’s inauguration was:

a.

small and dignified.

b.

much like the previous presidential inaugurations.

c.

limited to only the upper crust of society.

d.

a large, rowdy event.

e.

a disastrous affair, since Jackson’s opponents protested outside the White House.

 

 

 

     2.   In the early to mid-nineteenth century, property qualifications for voting:

a.

continued in Virginia because large slaveholders dominated the state’s politics.

b.

survived in all of the slave states but in none of the free states.

c.

died out entirely, allowing all whites to vote in every state.

d.

were more popular in newer states than in the original thirteen.

e.

disappeared because of the Voting Rights Act championed by President Andrew Jackson.

 

 

 

     3.   The Dorr War:

a.

stemmed from a disagreement between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson over internal improvements.

b.

refers to fighting that broke out between whites and Cherokees in Georgia.

c.

demonstrated the contentiousness of the national bank debate.

d.

divided Rhode Islanders over the issue of expanding voting rights for white men.

e.

resulted from the nullification crisis.

 

 

     4.   The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Tocqueville on Democracy was that:

a.

the most important thing about American democracy was that the majority of men could vote.

b.

American democracy was really a sham.

c.

American democracy really represented an important cultural shift.

d.

the ideology of the Whig Party was actually more democratic than that of the Democratic Party.

e.

American democracy could not exist without strong presidential leadership.

 

 

 

     5.   By 1840, approximately ________ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote.

a.

40

d.

75

b.

55

e.

90

c.

65

 

 

 

 

     6.   By the 1830s, the term “citizen” in America had become synonymous with the right to:

a.

accumulate wealth.

d.

own slaves.

b.

vote.

e.

publicly criticize the government.

c.

own property.

 

 

 

 

     7.   What was the biggest change in American society during the Age of Jackson?

a.

There was more acceptance of Native American culture.

b.

Ex-slaves were gaining more rights.

c.

Economic equality was increasing for white males.

d.

White and free black women gained the right to vote.

e.

Sovereignty for white males was more fully realized.

 

 

 

     8.   Women writers benefited from:

a.

men accepting the idea that they had the right to express their political views, just not vote on them.

b.

the increasing popularity of fiction about women workers, based on the Lowell girls.

c.

the Lydia Maria Child Publishing House, which emphasized women’s literature.

d.

the growth of the reading public, part of the democratization of American life.

e.

the need for books to explain how women could play a role in the political sphere.

 

 

     9.   What innovation led to mass production of newspapers and pamphlets in the 1820s and 1830s?

a.

The invention of the printing press.

b.

Noah Webster publishing a dictionary for Americans.

c.

The spread of telegraph wires.

d.

The use of steam power for presses.

e.

The creation of a postal system.

 

 

   10.   Which statement is true in regard to democracy in the Age of Jackson?

a.

Jackson was a typical poor farmer who came to be an accurate symbol of the age.

b.

The justification for the disfranchisement of women was similar to that used against blacks.

c.

The ideals of the Declaration of Independence expanded beyond white men.

d.

Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that democracy in the United States was overrated.

e.

States created after 1800 extended suffrage beyond white males.

 

 

 

   11.   A primary reason that both women and blacks were largely excluded from the expansion of democracy was:

a.

the argument that, since they did not have the vote in England, they ought not to have the vote in America.

b.

that they were not citizens, so they could not vote.

c.

that both groups were viewed as being naturally incapable and thus unfit for suffrage.

d.

that members of neither group had asked to be included in politics.

e.

that both groups were largely illiterate, and literacy was a necessary skill for political participation.

 

 

 

   12.   By 1860, free black men could vote on the same basis as whites only in:

a.

Virginia and Maryland.

b.

New York and Pennsylvania.

c.

the Upper Northwest (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota).

d.

four states in the Lower South.

e.

five New England states.

 

 

 

   13.   In the wake of the War of 1812, younger Republicans like Henry Clay and John Calhoun:

a.

continued to support agrarianism but believed that the nation’s economic independence required a manufacturing sector.

b.

demanded that the United States scale back its international involvement and depend exclusively on agriculture for its prosperity.

c.

believed in the need for national economic development but thought that the federal government should stay out of it and let the states do it.

d.

decided that Jeffersonianism was hopelessly out of date when President James Madison opposed their efforts, and they decided to form their own political party.

e.

threw their support to Andrew Jackson because they realized that their plans were too grandiose to win popular support without a hero as their standard-bearer.

 

 

 

   14.   In response to the demand for internal improvements, President James Madison:

a.

spoke out vigorously against what Henry Clay called the “American System.”

b.

approved a law that created the interstate highway system that we have today.

c.

called for a constitutional amendment to empower the federal government to build roads and canals.

d.

signed into law John Calhoun’s bill for federally financed internal improvements.

e.

created a government-funded steamboat company that revolutionized river transportation.

 

 

 

   15.   The Second Bank of the United States was created:

a.

by Congress in 1816, with the support of President Madison.

b.

to counterbalance the power of the First Bank of the United States.

c.

by President Monroe’s executive order in 1820.

d.

by a group of New York bankers after the First Bank of the United States failed.

e.

by Congress in 1832, with the support of President Jackson.

 

 

 

   16.   In the first half of the nineteenth century, paper money:

a.

could be issued only by the Second Bank of the United States.

b.

was illegal.

c.

promised to pay the bearer on demand a specific amount of gold or silver.

d.

never changed its value because of U.S. government guarantees.

e.

never exceeded the amount of money that the bank printing it held in its vault.

 

 

 

   17.   The Panic of 1819:

a.

resulted partly from an upsurge in European demand for American farm products that the United States was unprepared to meet.

b.

led to impossibly high prices for western lands.

c.

enhanced trust in banks because they did such a good job of weathering the economic storm.

d.

prompted some states to suspend debt collections, which helped debtors but hurt creditors.

e.

inspired John Marshall’s decision against the banking power in Gibbons v. Ogden.

 

 

 

   18.   In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:

a.

the Indians were not allowed to sue the federal government.

b.

the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional.

c.

Catholics could not be barred from political office.

d.

the American System was unconstitutional.

e.

states could nullify federal laws with congressional permission.

 

 

 

   19.   The term “Era of Good Feelings” refers to the period of American history when:

a.

the Federalist Party was at its strongest.

b.

there seemed to be political harmony during the Monroe administration.

c.

Americans united across party lines to declare war on Great Britain in the War of 1812.

d.

slavery was gradually abolished in all the states.

e.

Democrats and Whigs cooperated to solve the nation’s financial crisis.

 

 

 

   20.   Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:

a.

the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.

b.

Congress banned slavery in any new territory that might ever be added to the United States.

c.

Missouri agreed to gradual emancipation of slavery in exchange for admission to the Union.

d.

Ohio became a free state to balance the admission of Missouri as a slave state.

e.

slave states gained a two-seat advantage in the U.S. Senate.

 

 

 

   21.   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.

e.

Missouri’s state constitution prohibited wage labor.

 

   22.   Analysis of the key events of the “Era of Good Feelings” showed that:

a.

Andrew Jackson’s spoils system angered many Americans.

b.

single-party rule managed to erase sectional conflict.

c.

the War of 1812 was an abysmal failure.

d.

the Monroe Doctrine created harmony between Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

e.

harmony came with a two-party system.

 

 

   23.   What significant issue did the Missouri Compromise aim to resolve?

a.

Giving land to Native Americans.

d.

The extension of slavery.

b.

The protective tariff.

e.

The abolition of slavery.

c.

Slaves being treated as property.

 

 

 

 

   24.   Both Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams suggested that the Missouri controversy of 1820–1821:

a.

demonstrated the wisdom of the founding fathers in adopting the three-fifths clause.

b.

should have been solved by adoption of the Tallmadge Amendment.

c.

was not as dangerous as President Monroe made it out to be.

d.

resulted from overly ambitious proslavery politicians seeking to score political points.

e.

revealed a sectional divide that potentially threatened the Union.

 

 

 

   25.   The independence movements in Latin America between 1810 and 1822:

a.

led Spain to crack down and succeed in consolidating its power in the Americas.

b.

gained very little sympathy in the United States because of atrocities committed by revolutionaries.

c.

created seventeen different nations, each headed by a person of Indian ancestry.

d.

paralleled in some ways the independence movement that created the United States.

e.

created new nations that economically developed at a very fast rate.

 

 

 

   26.   The Monroe Doctrine:

a.

was the idea that all white men should have voting rights.

b.

secured Florida from Spain.

c.

declared the Americas off-limits for further European colonization.

d.

stated that the United States would be neutral in all international conflicts.

e.

settled the nullification crisis favorably for South Carolina.

 

   27.   What would have been an accurate assessment of the Monroe Doctrine at the time?

a.

The Latin American revolutions had little in common with American ideals.

b.

It was more talk than action, as the United States was weak militarily.

c.

The United States had battle plans drawn to attack Europe to prevent further colonization.

d.

This was a plan to gain Canada from the British.

e.

It failed in helping the United States gain Florida.

 

 

 

   28.   In the document “The Memorial of the Non-Freeholders of the City of Richmond,” what were the freeholders claiming?

a.

A majority of white males were not allowed to vote.

b.

Immigrants should be granted suffrage.

c.

Poor farm workers needed to be granted a free plot of land from the government in Virginia.

d.

The voting age needed to be lowered to fifteen.

e.

Women should be allowed to vote in local elections.

 

 

   29.   What did the citizens appeal to in the “Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens Threatened with Disfranchisement”?

a.

Violence.

b.

Abolition of slavery.

c.

The conscience of white males.

d.

The hard work of white women in the home.

e.

Workers who had no protection on the job.

 

 

 

   30.   In the presidential election of 1824, who received the most votes but failed to win a majority of either the popular or electoral votes (requiring the House of Representatives to select a president)?

a.

Andrew Jackson.

d.

James Monroe.

b.

Henry Clay.

e.

Nicholas Biddle.

c.

John Quincy Adams.

 

 

 

 

   31.   Henry Clay was charged with orchestrating a “corrupt bargain” during the 1824 election so that he could become:

a.

president.

d.

ambassador to England.

b.

vice president.

e.

chief justice.

c.

secretary of state.

 

 

 

 

   32.   In regard to foreign policy, what did John Quincy Adams envision for the United States?

a.

The United States would return land to Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River.

b.

With Mexico, the United States should not be interested in gaining territory this far South.

c.

The United States should focus only on gaining Caribbean islands.

d.

The United States would need to go to war to gain Canada.

e.

The United States would eventually control all of North America.

 

 

 

   33.   How would one describe John Quincy Adams?

a.

He had a strong nationalist view of governing.

b.

As a Federalist senator, he had vehemently opposed Jefferson’s embargo policy.

c.

He had promoted the idea of strict construction in regard to the Constitution.

d.

He opposed spending national government funds on economic development.

e.

He had virtually no foreign policy experience before he assumed the role of secretary of state.

 

 

   34.   Which president’s vision for America most resembled Alexander Hamilton’s plans?

a.

Andrew Jackson.

d.

John Quincy Adams.

b.

James Monroe.

e.

William Henry Harrison.

c.

Martin Van Buren.

 

 

 

 

   35.   What idea did John Quincy Adams promote that was not accepted in his presidency and is still rejected in today’s United States:

a.

Building national roads.

b.

A publicly funded astronomical observatory.

c.

Congressional aid for farming.

d.

Official adoption of the metric system.

e.

Legislation promoting manufacturing.

 

 

 

   36.   Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is true?

a.

By 1832, he had established the political machinery of the Whig Party.

b.

He wanted to see competition between political parties.

c.

Based on his strong intellectualism, he promoted the idea of a national university.

d.

He emphasized sectionalism over party loyalty.

e.

In the 1820s, he wanted politicians to focus more on ending slavery.

 

 

   37.   Which occurred during the election of 1828?

a.

Adams fired most of the federal employees who openly campaigned for Jackson.

b.

One campaign slogan declared, “Adams can fight, but Jackson can write.”

c.

Adams’s supporters questioned the morality of Andrew Jackson’s wife because they saw her as a bigamist.

d.

Andrew Jackson accused John Quincy Adams of being a murderer.

e.

Andrew Jackson challenged Henry Clay to a duel because of 1824’s “corrupt bargain.”

 

 

 

   38.   How are Andrew Jackson and George Washington most similar?

a.

Both had a strong mistrust of banks.

b.

Washington favored states’ rights more than Jackson.

c.

Both had similar policies in regard to Native Americans.

d.

Jackson did not like to use the veto power as much as Washington did.

e.

Both were popular army generals, which helped them get elected to the presidency.

 

   39.   By the time of Jackson’s presidency, politics:

a.

remained very much the province of the elite.

b.

was centered on the congressional elections held every other year.

c.

focused on organization, with the public refusing to tolerate showmanship or flowery oratory.

d.

often emphasized individual politicians with mass followings and popular nicknames.

e.

was completely under the control of Martin Van Buren.

 

 

 

   40.   The practice of giving a political office to someone based on party loyalty is called:

a.

a meritocracy.

d.

the party system.

b.

the spoils system.

e.

nepotism.

c.

paternalism.

 

 

 

   41.   Many of the members of Jackson’s Kitchen Cabinet, as his group of close advisers was known, were:

a.

bankers.

b.

newspaper editors.

c.

women, including Peggy Eaton and Floride Calhoun.

d.

military officers.

e.

Protestant ministers.

 

   42.   What was a general belief of the Democrats in the 1830s?

a.

The federal government should be more powerful than state governments.

b.

New corporate enterprises were suspicious.

c.

Only government could protect against social inequality.

d.

Government should exercise its power to try to improve private morality.

e.

Restraining individual competition was a good thing.

 

 

 

   43.   Which statement is a correct assessment about the Whigs?

a.

The Whig leadership criticized the American System.

b.

Their programs connected best with voters in isolated rural areas.

c.

They hoped to derail the market economy.

d.

They argued that the role of government was to promote the welfare of its people.

e.

The Whigs believed that active state governments were essential to increasing freedom.

 

   44.   During Andrew Jackson’s presidency, what occurred financially?

a.

The administration refused requests for federal expenditures for roads.

b.

Eventually the tariff was raised.

c.

The budget of the Second Bank of the United States increased by the end of his second term.

d.

The national government debt was eliminated.

.

Democrats increased expenditures.

 

 

 

   45.   Whigs wanted the government involved in the following activity:

a.

Restricting promotion of alcohol production.

b.

Subsidizing land for poor farmers.

c.

Promoting a rigid class society.

d.

Regulating corporations.

e.

Banning prostitution.

 

 

   46.   Which state referred to the Tariff of 1828 as an “abomination”?

a.

Virginia.

d.

Georgia.

b.

New York.

e.

South Carolina.

c.

North Carolina.

 

 

 

 

   47.   The nullification crisis:

a.

involved the fears of some slaveholders that the federal government might take action against slavery.

b.

was based on southern concerns that tariffs were preventing the South from industrializing as fast as the North.

c.

largely concerned the opposition of southwestern planters to federally financed internal improvements.

d.

brought Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun closer together politically.

e.

attracted support from Whigs like Daniel Webster, who saw it as an opportunity to embarrass and annoy Jackson.

 

 

 

   48.   Who wrote Exposition and Protest and emerged by the early 1830s as the most prominent spokesman for the right of nullification?

a.

John C. Calhoun.

d.

John Quincy Adams.

b.

Henry Clay.

e.

Daniel Webster.

c.

Andrew Jackson.

 

 

 

 

   49.   The controversy over Peggy Eaton:

a.

led to her divorce from her husband, the secretary of war.

b.

ended when Floride Calhoun came to Eaton’s defense.

c.

helped to enhance Martin Van Buren’s influence during the Jackson administration.

d.

began when Andrew Jackson accused her of improper sexual advances.

e.

aided Andrew Jackson in winning the presidency in 1828.

 

 

 

   50.   Who argued in a famous debate with South Carolina’s Robert Hayne that the people, not the states, created the Constitution?

a.

John C. Calhoun.

d.

Daniel Webster.

b.

John Quincy Adams.

e.

Martin Van Buren.

c.

Henry Clay.

 

 

 

 

   51.   The Force Act of 1833:

a.

created a standing federal army to deal with threats to national security.

b.

provided for a police force for the District of Columbia.

c.

gave the president authority to use military personnel to collect tariffs.

d.

became law at the insistence of nullification supporters.

e.

was declared unconstitutional by Chief Justice Roger Taney in 1838.

 

 

 

   52.   Jackson adhered to what philosophy during the nullification crisis?

a.

The national government was supreme.

b.

States should have the final say.

c.

The Supreme Court knew best about the Native Americans.

d.

Slavery was morally wrong.

e.

Protective tariffs were not necessary.

 

 

 

   53.   The nullification crisis ended:

a.

in the so-called Dorr War.

b.

with North Carolina’s threat to secede in 1832.

c.

with the Supreme Court’s opinion in Hamilton v. Jackson.

d.

with a compromise tariff.

e.

with Daniel Webster’s powerful pro-nullification speech to the Senate.

 

 

 

   54.   Who was the last tribe to put up resistance on the battlefield in the Old Northwest?

a.

Sauk.

d.

Choctaw.

b.

Cherokee.

e.

Seminole.

c.

Sioux.

 

 

 

 

   55.   What was the role of the Supreme Court in the protection of Native American lands?

a.

The Supreme Court prevented Native Americans from losing access to land in Georgia.

b.

The Supreme Court believed the Native Americans deserved no protection.

c.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Seminole War was illegal.

d.

The Supreme Court was unable to enforce any form of protection.

e.

The Supreme Court urged legislation to be passed that created reservations.

 

 

 

   56.   In his Cherokee Nation v. Georgia opinion, Chief Justice John Marshall stated that:

a.

Georgia had to respect Indian title to their lands.

b.

Indians were wards of the federal government.

c.

the Cherokee had to move to the Indian Territory.

d.

President Jackson had full authority over Indian affairs.

e.

Indians were U.S. citizens, with all attendant rights and responsibilities.

 

 

   57.   The U.S. Supreme Court’s 1832 Worcester v. Georgia decision:

a.

supported the right of the Cherokee people to maintain a separate political identity.

b.

approved Georgia’s plans to confiscate Cherokee land and move the people to reservations.

c.

struck down Georgia’s anti-tariff Nullification Ordinance.

d.

was fully supported by President Andrew Jackson.

e.

was strongly opposed by Whigs.

 

 

 

   58.   Which Indian nation fought a war with the U.S. army from 1835 to 1842 to resist removal to the West?

a.

Cherokee.

d.

Seminole.

b.

Chickasaw.

e.

Choctaw.

c.

Creek.

 

 

 

 

   59.   In the 1830s, how should Andrew Jackson’s ideas on the Second Bank of the United States be characterized?

a.

The Bank did not permit the issuance of enough paper money to meet national demand.

b.

Bank workers should receive pay wages.

c.

Jackson believed the renewal of the Bank charter should be done quickly.

d.

The Bank was a “monster” that had too much power.

e.

Jackson believed he could negotiate with Biddle, who was willing to compromise on the role of the Bank.

 

 

 

   60.   Who was the president of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?

a.

Langdon Cheves.

d.

Nicholas Biddle.

b.

Paul Volcker.

e.

Charles Winchester.

c.

Henry Clay.

 

 

 

 

   61.   How does the Bank War demonstrate that Andrew Jackson enhanced the power of the presidency?

a.

He became the first president ever to veto a bill passed by Congress.

b.

By removing federal funds from the Bank even after Congress overrode his veto, he showed strong leadership.

c.

He identified himself as the symbolic representative of all the people with his veto message that appealed directly to the public.

d.

Because Jackson forced the Bank to issue more paper money to end a depression, Americans increasingly looked to the White House for economic leadership.

e.

Because Jackson’s actions led to an economic decline, he did not enhance the power of the presidency.

 

 

 

   62.   Which of the following assessments of Jackson’s opposition to the Bank of the United States is true?

a.

Jackson’s motivations showed no concern for the American people.

b.

Jackson was motivated by a Jeffersonian philosophy but acted in a Hamiltonian way.

c.

Jackson went against his own party’s wishes.

d.

Jackson believed he was doing what George Washington would have done if he had been president in the 1830s.

e.

Jackson was motivated by a Hamiltonian philosophy, but acted in a Jeffersonian way.

 

 

 

   63.   “Hard money” in the 1830s referred to:

a.

gold and silver, also called “specie.”

b.

wages paid to manual laborers.

c.

money backed by government guarantees.

d.

any money issued by a bank.

e.

highly inflated currency after the Panic of 1837.

 

 

 

   64.   What triggered the Panic of 1837?

a.

The removal of Native Americans from the Southeast.

b.

Martin Van Buren’s victory in the election of 1836.

c.

The protective tariff.

d.

The Seminole War.

e.

Jackson’s war on the national bank.

 

 

 

   65.   The Panic of 1837:

a.

inspired a more vigorous labor movement in the decade that followed.

b.

led to a relatively mild economic downturn that resolved itself by 1839.

c.

can only be blamed on Andrew Jackson’s veto of the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States.

d.

was caused, in part, by a decline in British demand for American cotton.

e.

helped farmers, because the cost of transporting goods to markets fell.

 

 

 

   66.   What was President Martin Van Buren’s new solution to the problem of what to do about the federal government’s relationship to banking?

a.

He called for federal money to be deposited in state-chartered banks known as “pets.”

b.

He proposed the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank, with branches in key cities.

c.

He created the Third Bank of the United States, but this time headed by a reliable Democrat.

d.

He set up a program of federal insurance on individual bank accounts to protect them in times of panic.

e.

He proposed that federal funds be controlled by government officials rather than by bankers.

 

 

 

   67.   In the presidential election of 1840:

a.

the Whigs employed political tactics pioneered by Democrats.

b.

voter turnout dropped dramatically because no popular candidate like Jackson ran.

c.

the Democrats nominated three regional candidates, hoping to throw the election into the House of Representatives.

d.

the Democrats and Whigs both produced platforms that clearly laid out the parties’ positions on major public issues.

e.

the Whigs again nominated Henry Clay.

 

 

 

   68.   Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider?

a.

Andrew Jackson.

d.

John Quincy Adams.

b.

William Henry Harrison.

e.

Henry Clay.

c.

Martin Van Buren.

 

 

 

 

   69.   In what way was the 1840 Whig campaign for president similar to recent presidential campaigns?

a.

Both had an extremely high percentage of voters (80 percent) turning out to cast ballots.

b.

Both had record numbers of African-Americans voting.

c.

Both stressed that the presidential candidate can relate to the average citizen.

d.

Both had candidates with no platforms.

e.

Both dealt with immigration issues.

 

 

   70.   As president, John Tyler:

a.

worked hard to enact the Whig economic program.

b.

proved so popular that he easily won the 1844 presidential election.

c.

vetoed a bill to create a new national bank, thus angering Whigs.

d.

engaged in a public feud with his vice president that led to the latter’s resignation.

e.

appointed Roger Taney to the office of chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

 

 

MATCHING

 

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.

a.

his proposal sparked Missouri controversy

b.

Second Bank of the United States

c.

A Son of the Forest

d.

temporary Rhode Island governor

e.

“log cabin” candidate

f.

theorist behind nullification

g.

advocated a powerful federal government as president

h.

Jefferson’s treasury secretary

i.

accused of making a “corrupt bargain”

j.

founder of the Democratic Party

k.

senator who denounced nullification as treasonous

l.

Cherokee resistance leader

 

 

     1.   Thomas Dorr

 

     2.   Henry Clay

 

     3.   John Calhoun

 

     4.   Albert Gallatin

 

     5.   James Tallmadge

 

     6.   John Ross

 

     7.   Daniel Webster

 

     8.   John Quincy Adams

 

     9.   Martin Van Buren

 

   10.   Nicholas Biddle

 

   11.   William Apess

 

   12.   William Henry Harrison

 

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.

a.

held that the Bank of the United States was constitutional

b.

America’s diplomatic declaration of independence

c.

opposed Andrew Jackson

d.

election of 1824

e.

performers in racist theatrical shows

f.

inexpensive newspapers

g.

getting a job based on party loyalty, not on merit

h.

called Indians “wards” of the federal government

i.

political program for economic development

j.

men who did not own enough property to vote

k.

Cherokee trek to Oklahoma

l.

maintained the balance of power between slave and free states

 

 

   13.   Missouri Compromise

 

   14.   “corrupt bargain”

 

   15.   McCulloch v. Maryland

 

   16.   minstrels

 

   17.   Whig Party

 

   18.   American System

 

   19.   Monroe Doctrine

 

   20.   nonfreeholder

 

   21.   penny press

 

   22.   spoils system

 

   23.   Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

 

   24.   Trail of Tears

 

TRUE/FALSE

 

     1.   Most states that entered the Union after the original thirteen required ownership of property to vote.

 

     2.   The French writer Alexis de Tocqueville identified democracy as an essential attribute of American freedom.

 

     3.   By the early nineteenth century, the term “citizen” had become synonymous with the right to vote.

 

 

     4.   Women enjoyed an expansion of democracy for themselves during the 1830s and 1840s, as they were welcomed into the public sphere.

 

 

     5.   In the nineteenth century, racism expanded into an ideology of white superiority, with science being used to support this thinking.

 

 

     6.   Since President Madison believed that a constitutional amendment was necessary for the government to build roads and canals, the Twelfth Amendment was passed by Congress and ratified in 1816.

 

 

     7.   In today’s United States, the Federal Reserve determines the amount of paper money to be issued.

 

     8.   Since the Bank of the United States handled the Panic of 1819 so efficiently, public support for the banking system increased dramatically.

 

     9.   The Missouri Compromise debate illustrated that northern politicians did not want slavery to expand for primarily moral reasons.

 

   10.   Some of the new Latin American nations allowed Indians and free blacks to vote.

 

   11.   The Monroe Doctrine was a forceful statement that declared that westward expansion for the United States could not be prevented on any account since its destiny was divinely appointed.

 

   12.   Andrew Jackson was the only candidate in the 1824 election to have national appeal.

 

 

   13.   John C. Calhoun’s “corrupt bargain” gave John Quincy Adams the White House in 1824.

 

   14.   Martin Van Buren believed that party politics was an important component in ensuring liberty for the American people.

 

 

   15.   Andrew Jackson’s vision of democracy excluded blacks but included Indians.

 

 

   16.   Andrew Jackson was Harvard educated but was able to portray himself to the American people as a common man.

 

 

   17.   The party battles of the Jacksonian era reflected the clash between public and private definitions of American freedom and their relationship to government power.

 

   18.   Whigs believed that the federal government was responsible for promoting the welfare of the people and securing liberty.

 

   19.   Supporters of nullification claimed that the federal government was overstepping its rights and infringing on states’ rights.

 

 

   20.   Daniel Webster insisted that the national government had been created by an agreement between sovereign states, each of which retained the right to prevent the enforcement within its borders of acts of Congress that exceeded the powers specifically spelled out in the document.

 

 

   21.   The Trail of Tears refers specifically to the removal of the Seminole Indians from Florida to present-day Oklahoma.

 

   22.   The Panic of 1837 led to a depression that lasted until 1843.

 

   23.   The Independent Treasury completely separated the federal government from the nation’s banking system.

 

 

   24.   John Tyler’s presidency proved very popular with Whigs.

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