Question 1

Why were some southerners surprised by Jackson's views on nullification?

Accepted Answer

A)  He strongly believed that the president should take a backseat when it came to legislative matters, refusing to ever exercise veto power over congressional bills. 
B)  He refused to openly support nullification throughout his presidency and relied on Calhoun to make any speeches endorsing it for him. 
C)  He had long believed that states should be able to pick which federal laws they adhere to, but he abandoned this view at the end of his presidency. 
D)  He agreed with Vice President Calhoun on all other policy matters except nullification, and the pair had a remarkably close working relationship. 
E)  He was a southern cotton planter who owned many slaves but, upon threats to nullify federal laws, strongly exhibited an ardent sense of nationalism. 
A)  He strongly believed that the president should take a backseat when it came to legislative matters, refusing to ever exercise veto power over congressional bills. 
B)  He refused to openly support nullification throughout his presidency and relied on Calhoun to make any speeches endorsing it for him. 
C)  He had long believed that states should be able to pick which federal laws they adhere to, but he abandoned this view at the end of his presidency. 
D)  He agreed with Vice President Calhoun on all other policy matters except nullification, and the pair had a remarkably close working relationship. 
E)  He was a southern cotton planter who owned many slaves but, upon threats to nullify federal laws, strongly exhibited an ardent sense of nationalism.

Question 2

Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Native Americans, and women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

With so much opposition to Jackson's Native American policies, how did he still manage to get them passed and enforced?

Accepted Answer

Jackson was able to get his Native Ameri

Question 4

What were the strengths and weaknesses of Jackson's transformational presidency?

Accepted Answer

Jackson's transformational presidency ha

Question 5

Jackson's attempt to censor the mail revolved around which issue?

Accepted Answer

A)  tariffs 
B)  western land claims 
C)  slavery 
D)  Indian threats 
E)  South Carolina's nullification 
A)  tariffs 
B)  western land claims 
C)  slavery 
D)  Indian threats 
E)  South Carolina's nullification

Question 6

During the Jacksonian era, and for the first time in American political history,

Accepted Answer

A)  a president assumed his position to be superior to that of Congress. 
B)  Whigs won a majority in Congress. 
C)  a third-party candidate finished second in a presidential contest. 
D)  a state effectively nullified a federal law. 
E)  black men in some northern states were permitted to vote for president. 
A)  a president assumed his position to be superior to that of Congress. 
B)  Whigs won a majority in Congress. 
C)  a third-party candidate finished second in a presidential contest. 
D)  a state effectively nullified a federal law. 
E)  black men in some northern states were permitted to vote for president.

Question 7

What was one way in which Jackson's approach to politics was significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  He established a precedent for U.S. presidents to rely on their record rather than campaigns to win votes. 
B)  He ended the powerful Democratic party "machine" because it contradicted his idea of the "common man." 
C)  He was known first and foremost as an intellectual who happened to have produced the nation's first reliable dictionary. 
D)  He showed unprecedented concern for the undemocratic constraints on African Americans and Native Americans. 
E)  Jackson was the first president to see campaigning as an acceptable tactic and to aggressively use it. 
A)  He established a precedent for U.S. presidents to rely on their record rather than campaigns to win votes. 
B)  He ended the powerful Democratic party "machine" because it contradicted his idea of the "common man." 
C)  He was known first and foremost as an intellectual who happened to have produced the nation's first reliable dictionary. 
D)  He showed unprecedented concern for the undemocratic constraints on African Americans and Native Americans. 
E)  Jackson was the first president to see campaigning as an acceptable tactic and to aggressively use it.

Question 8

How did Jackson respond to the nullification crisis?

Accepted Answer

President Andrew Jackson responded to th

Question 9

In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs picked William Henry Harrison to run for president

Accepted Answer

A)  and won the votes of aristocrats by portraying him as a business titan. 
B)  and explained in detail how they would fight the depression. 
C)  and offered few policy details despite their catchy campaign slogan. 
D)  but lost in a close election because so few Americans made it to the polls. 
E)  and won support due to his promise to keep the Republic of Texas its own nation. 
A)  and won the votes of aristocrats by portraying him as a business titan. 
B)  and explained in detail how they would fight the depression. 
C)  and offered few policy details despite their catchy campaign slogan. 
D)  but lost in a close election because so few Americans made it to the polls. 
E)  and won support due to his promise to keep the Republic of Texas its own nation.

Question 10

Jackson's vice president was John C. Calhoun.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following was true of the Specie Circular?

Accepted Answer

A)  It paid off the national debt. 
B)  It gave excess federal money to the states. 
C)  It required gold or silver payment for public lands. 
D)  It outlawed paper currency. 
E)  It stabilized the economy for the rest of the 1830s. 
A)  It paid off the national debt. 
B)  It gave excess federal money to the states. 
C)  It required gold or silver payment for public lands. 
D)  It outlawed paper currency. 
E)  It stabilized the economy for the rest of the 1830s.

Question 12

President Jackson's removal policy toward Native Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  upheld all commitments made by previous presidents and thereby earned Native American leaders' trust. 
B)  was far from a political priority of his, as he had campaigned on the protection of Native American lands. 
C)  focused on integration and assimilation to maintain consistency with his other democratic initiatives. 
D)  was based on his belief that Native Americans were barbarians who were to be treated as "subjects." 
E)  was highly transparent in its intentions, especially during negotiations with Native American leaders. 
A)  upheld all commitments made by previous presidents and thereby earned Native American leaders' trust. 
B)  was far from a political priority of his, as he had campaigned on the protection of Native American lands. 
C)  focused on integration and assimilation to maintain consistency with his other democratic initiatives. 
D)  was based on his belief that Native Americans were barbarians who were to be treated as "subjects." 
E)  was highly transparent in its intentions, especially during negotiations with Native American leaders.

Question 13

Match each description with the item below.
-William Henry Harrison

Accepted Answer

A) offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union-It must be preserved!" 
B) was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members 
C) was Jackson's most trusted political adviser and ally and was nicknamed the "Little Magician" 
D) was the director of the Bank of the United States who expressed confidence in the bank's future 
E) was the South Carolinian who became the leading states' rights activist for the South and Jackson's fiercest critic
F)was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832, proving unable to see the sources of Jackson's popularity
G)won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign depicting him as a humble man
H)as a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
I)was a presidential candidate for the anti-Masonic party in 1832 who carried only the state of Vermont
J)was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate who was featured in Harrison's campaign slogan 
A) offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union-It must be preserved!" 
B) was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members 
C) was Jackson's most trusted political adviser and ally and was nicknamed the "Little Magician" 
D) was the director of the Bank of the United States who expressed confidence in the bank's future 
E) was the South Carolinian who became the leading states' rights activist for the South and Jackson's fiercest critic
F)was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832, proving unable to see the sources of Jackson's popularity
G)won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign depicting him as a humble man
H)as a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
I)was a presidential candidate for the anti-Masonic party in 1832 who carried only the state of Vermont
J)was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate who was featured in Harrison's campaign slogan

Question 14

What was the so-called "kitchen cabinet," and what was one reason why it proved significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  a faction of Calhoun's supporters that actively undermined Jackson's presidency behind closed doors 
B)  a committee within Jackson's cabinet that morphed into a new political party known as the anti-Masonic party 
C)  a gathering of expert advisors without ties to the media that helped guide Jackson in making nonpartisan economic decisions 
D)  an informal group of Jackson's close friends and supporters that convinced him to go back on his pledge to be a one-term president 
E)  Jackson's cabinet early on in the Eaton affair that provided such sound guidance that he maintained a relatively smooth first term 
A)  a faction of Calhoun's supporters that actively undermined Jackson's presidency behind closed doors 
B)  a committee within Jackson's cabinet that morphed into a new political party known as the anti-Masonic party 
C)  a gathering of expert advisors without ties to the media that helped guide Jackson in making nonpartisan economic decisions 
D)  an informal group of Jackson's close friends and supporters that convinced him to go back on his pledge to be a one-term president 
E)  Jackson's cabinet early on in the Eaton affair that provided such sound guidance that he maintained a relatively smooth first term

Question 15

The Sauk and the Fox Nations resisted federal policy in Illinois and Wisconsin and were led by

Accepted Answer

A)  Osceola. 
B)  Tecumseh. 
C)  Hiawatha. 
D)  Black Hawk. 
E)  Sitting Bull. 
A)  Osceola. 
B)  Tecumseh. 
C)  Hiawatha. 
D)  Black Hawk. 
E)  Sitting Bull.

Question 16

In the face of the growing coalition of the Whigs, the Democrats still gained members from

Accepted Answer

A)  admirers of Henry Clay. 
B)  economic nationalists. 
C)  social reformers, such as abolitionists. 
D)  southern planters. 
E)  German and Irish Catholics. 
A)  admirers of Henry Clay. 
B)  economic nationalists. 
C)  social reformers, such as abolitionists. 
D)  southern planters. 
E)  German and Irish Catholics.

Question 17

One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is

Accepted Answer

A)  Jackson's sincere commitment to equality for all Americans. 
B)  the wisdom of Jackson's destruction of the "monster" bank. 
C)  Jackson's place as one of the greatest presidents in American history. 
D)  the dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840. 
E)  the degree that common men lessened the power of elites. 
A)  Jackson's sincere commitment to equality for all Americans. 
B)  the wisdom of Jackson's destruction of the "monster" bank. 
C)  Jackson's place as one of the greatest presidents in American history. 
D)  the dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840. 
E)  the degree that common men lessened the power of elites.

Question 18

Match each description with the item below.
-John Eaton

Accepted Answer

A) offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union-It must be preserved!" 
B) was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members 
C) was Jackson's most trusted political adviser and ally and was nicknamed the "Little Magician" 
D) was the director of the Bank of the United States who expressed confidence in the bank's future 
E) was the South Carolinian who became the leading states' rights activist for the South and Jackson's fiercest critic
F)was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832, proving unable to see the sources of Jackson's popularity
G)won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign depicting him as a humble man
H)as a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
I)was a presidential candidate for the anti-Masonic party in 1832 who carried only the state of Vermont
J)was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate who was featured in Harrison's campaign slogan 
A) offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union-It must be preserved!" 
B) was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members 
C) was Jackson's most trusted political adviser and ally and was nicknamed the "Little Magician" 
D) was the director of the Bank of the United States who expressed confidence in the bank's future 
E) was the South Carolinian who became the leading states' rights activist for the South and Jackson's fiercest critic
F)was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832, proving unable to see the sources of Jackson's popularity
G)won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign depicting him as a humble man
H)as a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
I)was a presidential candidate for the anti-Masonic party in 1832 who carried only the state of Vermont
J)was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate who was featured in Harrison's campaign slogan

Question 19

The Bank War demonstrated that Andrew Jackson was exceedingly knowledgeable regarding the national bank's role and policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

How did the Eaton affair reveal the role and influence of personal lives and decisions in helping to shape politics?

Accepted Answer

The Eaton affair revealed the role and i

Exam 10: The Jacksonian Era

Why were some southerners surprised by Jackson's views on nullification?

Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Native Americans, and women.

With so much opposition to Jackson's Native American policies, how did he still manage to get them passed and enforced?

What were the strengths and weaknesses of Jackson's transformational presidency?

Jackson's attempt to censor the mail revolved around which issue?

During the Jacksonian era, and for the first time in American political history,

What was one way in which Jackson's approach to politics was significant?

How did Jackson respond to the nullification crisis?

In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs picked William Henry Harrison to run for president

Jackson's vice president was John C. Calhoun.

Which of the following was true of the Specie Circular?

President Jackson's removal policy toward Native Americans

Match each description with the item below. -William Henry Harrison

What was the so-called "kitchen cabinet," and what was one reason why it proved significant?

The Sauk and the Fox Nations resisted federal policy in Illinois and Wisconsin and were led by

In the face of the growing coalition of the Whigs, the Democrats still gained members from

One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is

Match each description with the item below. -John Eaton

The Bank War demonstrated that Andrew Jackson was exceedingly knowledgeable regarding the national bank's role and policies.

How did the Eaton affair reveal the role and influence of personal lives and decisions in helping to shape politics?

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