Exam 10: Democracy in America, 1815-1840

A delegate to the 1837 Pennsylvania constitutional convention remarked that the political community was based on white persons. In this age of expanding political participation, analyze how and why some segments of the population were able to achieve greater liberties while others were excluded. What arguments did each group make for a greater political voice?

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

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

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.

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

Andrew Jackson's inauguration was

What argument does "The Memorial of the Non-Freeholders of the City of Richmond" make against the policy of granting the right to vote only to those who own property?

Which was a cause of the Panic of 1819?

Which of the following occurred during the Age of Jackson?

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

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

Many of the members of Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet, as his group of close advisers was known, were

What issue was argued during the Webster-Hayne debate?

Which type of publication first began to be produced in the late 1820s?

As president, John Tyler

As part of the Missouri Compromise, what free state was admitted to the Union?

What triggered the Panic of 1837?

The Force Act of 1833

Why was a second Missouri Compromise necessary?

Which was a component of the American System?