Exam 9: Jacksonian America

In the 1830s, as a result of removal policies, the United States gained control of more than 100 million acres of Indian lands.

The Washington Star was the first of the new "penny press" newspapers.

JohnC. Calhoun's most powerful rival within the Jackson administration was ________.

President Jackson's attack on federal officeholders led to the introduction of what one of his allies called the "________."

In 1832, Henry Clay sought to use the debate over the Bank of the United States primarily to

As president, Andrew Jackson believed the power of the federal government

The most successful of the "Five Civilized Tribes" when it came to resisting Jackson's removal policy was the ________ tribe.

In an attempt to end the nullification crisis, President Andrew Jackson in 1833

President Andrew Jackson sought to apply his democratic principles by first targeting

How "democratic" was the United States during the 1830s? Who was included in the political process and who was not?

By 1828, in all but one state, presidential electors were chosen by

Radical Jacksonians were known as ________.

In the years after the War of 1812, the "Bucktail" philosophy that favored political parties argued that

Jacksonian democracy included a weak challenge to the institution of slavery.

The policy most favored by white westerners during the early 1800s was to

The Whig Party held the first national party convention.

President Jackson sought to remove all of the eastern Indian tribes except the "Five Civilized Tribes."

President Jackson's distrust of paper currency became obvious when in 1836 he issued an executive order called the "________."

In the 1820s, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification

In the debate over the Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson agreed with