Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Andrew Jackson was the most openly partisan and politically involved president up to that point in history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Why was the banking controversy so important in the 1830s? What actions did Jackson take toward the B.U.S.? Why?

Accepted Answer

The banking controversy was so important

Question 4

The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchman traveling through the United States in the 1830s, claimed that "the only pleasure an American knows" was

Accepted Answer

A)  business. 
B)  alcohol. 
C)  money. 
D)  politics. 
E)  boxing. 
A)  business. 
B)  alcohol. 
C)  money. 
D)  politics. 
E)  boxing.

Question 6

President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following statements identifies a way in which Jackson's inauguration was significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  During the inauguration, a drunken mob of people from various walks of life engaged in wild celebration and destruction, which appeared to symbolize the democratization of political life. 
B)  The inauguration was such an impressive and welcoming affair that those who had been skeptical of Jackson's qualifications began to warm up to his presidency. 
C)  The inauguration prompted organized and united reactions from the crowd that grew so violent that the new president needed to deploy troops his first day in office. 
D)  During the inauguration, elite politicians were so impressed with the attitudes of the western Democrats present that new opportunities for collaboration between the parties emerged. 
E)  The inauguration turned into a public scandal because rather than properly mourning his recently deceased wife, Jackson was seen dancing with many different women. 
A)  During the inauguration, a drunken mob of people from various walks of life engaged in wild celebration and destruction, which appeared to symbolize the democratization of political life. 
B)  The inauguration was such an impressive and welcoming affair that those who had been skeptical of Jackson's qualifications began to warm up to his presidency. 
C)  The inauguration prompted organized and united reactions from the crowd that grew so violent that the new president needed to deploy troops his first day in office. 
D)  During the inauguration, elite politicians were so impressed with the attitudes of the western Democrats present that new opportunities for collaboration between the parties emerged. 
E)  The inauguration turned into a public scandal because rather than properly mourning his recently deceased wife, Jackson was seen dancing with many different women.

Question 8

Pet banks were

Accepted Answer

A)  state banks with ties to Jackson. 
B)  institutions allowed to issue notes that were not covered by specie reserves. 
C)  credit unions championed by Henry Clay in the Senate. 
D)  institutions chartered in 1832 for the express purpose of handling foreign investments. 
E)  banks owned by Jackson's biggest critics. 
A)  state banks with ties to Jackson. 
B)  institutions allowed to issue notes that were not covered by specie reserves. 
C)  credit unions championed by Henry Clay in the Senate. 
D)  institutions chartered in 1832 for the express purpose of handling foreign investments. 
E)  banks owned by Jackson's biggest critics.

Question 9

The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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 11

Which of the following statements about the Second Bank of the United States is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a public corporation mainly owned by the government. 
B)  It disbursed payments for federal debts. 
C)  It was exclusively supported by state governments. 
D)  It held only the funds of major private corporations. 
E)  It was forbidden from using government deposits as collateral for loans to businesses. 
A)  It was a public corporation mainly owned by the government. 
B)  It disbursed payments for federal debts. 
C)  It was exclusively supported by state governments. 
D)  It held only the funds of major private corporations. 
E)  It was forbidden from using government deposits as collateral for loans to businesses.

Question 12

What led Jackson and Calhoun to go from close friends and political allies to bitter enemies and rivals? Trace the rift between them. Be sure to include both policy and personal differences that strained their relationship.

Accepted Answer

The rift between Andrew Jackson and John

Question 13

What practice did the Democrats and National Republicans adopt from the third party that also entered the presidential race in 1832?

Accepted Answer

A)  holding a national convention 
B)  vigorously campaigning 
C)  forming close ties with newspapers 
D)  keeping all messages secret from the public 
E)  adopting a vague stance on most issues to avoid alienating voters 
A)  holding a national convention 
B)  vigorously campaigning 
C)  forming close ties with newspapers 
D)  keeping all messages secret from the public 
E)  adopting a vague stance on most issues to avoid alienating voters

Question 14

In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832) was

Accepted Answer

A)  elation, as it had ruled that he had the executive power as president to intervene and send aid to the Cherokee Nation. 
B)  anger, as it formally ended the Indian Removal Act and undid most of his policies regarding western expansion. 
C)  acquiescence, as he knew the Cherokees were the least likely of the southern tribes to adopt the customs of white America. 
D)  defiance, as he refused to enforce it and claimed that he had no constitutional authority to intervene against the anti-Cherokee laws in Georgia. 
E)  nonconcern, as he believed that the Christian missionaries in Georgia had the right to interact with Native Americans as they saw fit. 
A)  elation, as it had ruled that he had the executive power as president to intervene and send aid to the Cherokee Nation. 
B)  anger, as it formally ended the Indian Removal Act and undid most of his policies regarding western expansion. 
C)  acquiescence, as he knew the Cherokees were the least likely of the southern tribes to adopt the customs of white America. 
D)  defiance, as he refused to enforce it and claimed that he had no constitutional authority to intervene against the anti-Cherokee laws in Georgia. 
E)  nonconcern, as he believed that the Christian missionaries in Georgia had the right to interact with Native Americans as they saw fit.

Question 16

The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Match each description with the item below.
-Martin Van Buren

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 18

The second two-party system emerged during the Jacksonian era and included Democrats and Whigs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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 20

Match each description with the item below.
-Henry Clay

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

Exam 10: The Jacksonian Era

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

Andrew Jackson was the most openly partisan and politically involved president up to that point in history.

Why was the banking controversy so important in the 1830s? What actions did Jackson take toward the B.U.S.? Why?

The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West.

Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchman traveling through the United States in the 1830s, claimed that "the only pleasure an American knows" was

President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.

Which of the following statements identifies a way in which Jackson's inauguration was significant?

Pet banks were

The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe.

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

Which of the following statements about the Second Bank of the United States is accurate?

What led Jackson and Calhoun to go from close friends and political allies to bitter enemies and rivals? Trace the rift between them. Be sure to include both policy and personal differences that strained their relationship.

What practice did the Democrats and National Republicans adopt from the third party that also entered the presidential race in 1832?

In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president.

President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832) was

The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

Match each description with the item below. -Martin Van Buren

The second two-party system emerged during the Jacksonian era and included Democrats and Whigs.

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

Match each description with the item below. -Henry Clay

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

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