Question 1

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: 
The Texas Revolution, Indian Territory, and Florida Territory, c. 1836
  
-____ San Jacinto

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 2

To what extent is the following statement true or false: "the Tariff of 1828 was dishonest"? Why? What purposes lay behind passage of this tariff law?

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The statement "the Tariff of 1828 was di

Question 3

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ____ to become ____.

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A)  John C. Calhoun, vice president 
B)  William Crawford, chief justice of the United States 
C)  Henry Clay, secretary of state 
D)  Daniel Webster, secretary of state 
E)  John Eaton, secretary of the navy 
A)  John C. Calhoun, vice president 
B)  William Crawford, chief justice of the United States 
C)  Henry Clay, secretary of state 
D)  Daniel Webster, secretary of state 
E)  John Eaton, secretary of the navy

Question 4

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

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A)  it would hurt their growing manufacturing sector. 
B)  this same use of thepower of the federal government could be used to suppress slavery. 
C)  it might hurt Andrew Jackson's political career. 
D)  they were convinced that it would destroy the American woolen industry. 
E)  it could damage the chances of the American System's success. 
A)  it would hurt their growing manufacturing sector. 
B)  this same use of thepower of the federal government could be used to suppress slavery. 
C)  it might hurt Andrew Jackson's political career. 
D)  they were convinced that it would destroy the American woolen industry. 
E)  it could damage the chances of the American System's success.

Question 5

In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, PresidentAndrew Jackson

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A)  publicly hanged several of the nullifiers. 
B)  dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification. 
C)  worked quietly to defuse the confrontation. 
D)  mobilized all the other southern states to oppose nullification. 
E)  sought a Supreme Court ruling declaring nullification invalid. 
A)  publicly hanged several of the nullifiers. 
B)  dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification. 
C)  worked quietly to defuse the confrontation. 
D)  mobilized all the other southern states to oppose nullification. 
E)  sought a Supreme Court ruling declaring nullification invalid.

Question 6

Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following except

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A)  opponents of public education. 
B)  backers of southern states' rights. 
C)  large northern industrialists. 
D)  many evangelical Protestants. 
E)  backers of the American System. 
A)  opponents of public education. 
B)  backers of southern states' rights. 
C)  large northern industrialists. 
D)  many evangelical Protestants. 
E)  backers of the American System.

Question 7

By the 1840s, voter participation in the presidential election reached

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A)  nearly 50 percent. 
B)  25 percent. 
C)  40 percent. 
D)  15 percent. 
E)  nearly 80 percent. 
A)  nearly 50 percent. 
B)  25 percent. 
C)  40 percent. 
D)  15 percent. 
E)  nearly 80 percent.

Question 8

On the forced march from their Georgia homeland to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees experienced all of the following except

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A)  100,000 Indians being uprooted. 
B)  the loss of their ancestral and ostensibly legally protected lands to white settlement. 
C)  countless Indian men, women, and children dying on route or after arriving in Indian Territory. 
D)  having to abandon sacred and family grave sites. 
E)  the rampant sexual abuse of wives and daughters by U.S. soldiers. 
A)  100,000 Indians being uprooted. 
B)  the loss of their ancestral and ostensibly legally protected lands to white settlement. 
C)  countless Indian men, women, and children dying on route or after arriving in Indian Territory. 
D)  having to abandon sacred and family grave sites. 
E)  the rampant sexual abuse of wives and daughters by U.S. soldiers.

Question 9

While he was president, John Quincy Adams was roundly criticized for his

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A)  land policy. 
B)  Indian policy. 
C)  support for internal improvements. 
D)  replacement of so many public servants with his own supporters. 
E)  supposedly aristocratic life style. 
A)  land policy. 
B)  Indian policy. 
C)  support for internal improvements. 
D)  replacement of so many public servants with his own supporters. 
E)  supposedly aristocratic life style.

Question 10

The text's authors have presented the view that "if Jackson had only strangled the serpent of secession in the cradle [during the nullification crisis], ...there might have been no costly Civil War." Do you think that Andrew Jackson acted wisely in the nullification crisis? Why or why not?

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Andrew Jackson's actions during the null

Question 11

The Whig party drew support from

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A)  Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. 
B)  opponents of the American System. 
C)  southerners and states' rightists. 
D)  large northern industrialists and merchants. 
E)  supporters of public schools. 
A)  Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun. 
B)  opponents of the American System. 
C)  southerners and states' rightists. 
D)  large northern industrialists and merchants. 
E)  supporters of public schools.

Question 12

The South Carolina nullifying convention

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A)  declared the Tariff of 1832 null and void within South Carolina. 
B)  ordered the South Carolina state legislature to make military preparations to defend the state. 
C)  nullified the Force Bill passed by Congress. 
D)  threatened to secede from the Union if the national government tried to force the state into compliance with congressional law. 
E)  put the national interest above sectional interest. 
A)  declared the Tariff of 1832 null and void within South Carolina. 
B)  ordered the South Carolina state legislature to make military preparations to defend the state. 
C)  nullified the Force Bill passed by Congress. 
D)  threatened to secede from the Union if the national government tried to force the state into compliance with congressional law. 
E)  put the national interest above sectional interest.

Question 13

It has been observed that "though Jackson was perhaps not himself a democrat, he was a democratic leader." Do you agree or disagree? What specific examples from Andrew Jackson's presidency illustrate or contradict the view of Jackson as a "democrat" and the view of Jackson as a "democratic leader"?

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I agree with the statement that Andrew J

Question 14

The Mexican government's original grant of a huge grant land to Stephen Austin came with an understanding that these immigrants

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A)  become Mexican citizens. 
B)  be Roman Catholics. 
C)  not own any slaves. 
D)  could create and manage fully self-governing settlements. 
E)  could retain American citizenship and be practicing Protestants. 
A)  become Mexican citizens. 
B)  be Roman Catholics. 
C)  not own any slaves. 
D)  could create and manage fully self-governing settlements. 
E)  could retain American citizenship and be practicing Protestants.

Question 15

Match each individual below with the correct description.
A.Andrew Jackson
B.Henry Clay
C.John Quincy Adams
D.William Crawford
1)finished third in the electoral vote in the presidential election of 1824 but was eliminated by illness
2)was elected president by the House of Representatives despite his weak popular appeal
3)threw his political support to the presidential candidate elected by the House of Representatives, inspiring charges of a "corrupt bargain"
4)finished first in the popular vote in the election of 1824 but lost in the House of Representatives

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A)  A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
C)  A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 
D)  A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 
E)  A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 
A)  A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4 
B)  A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2 
C)  A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1 
D)  A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1 
E)  A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

Question 16

The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s

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A)  significantly reduced sectional political divisions in the country. 
B)  was seen at the time as a weakening of democracy. 
C)  resulted in the Civil War. 
D)  fulfilled the wishes of the founding fathers. 
E)  became an important part of the nation's checks and balances. 
A)  significantly reduced sectional political divisions in the country. 
B)  was seen at the time as a weakening of democracy. 
C)  resulted in the Civil War. 
D)  fulfilled the wishes of the founding fathers. 
E)  became an important part of the nation's checks and balances.

Question 17

Write your definition of political favoritism.Then use this definition to argue that the rotation in office/spoils system of the Jacksonians was or was not crass political favoritism.

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Political favoritism can be defined as t

Question 18

To what extent was Andrew Jackson a states' rightist? To what extent was he a nationalist?

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Andrew Jackson was a complex figure when

Question 19

Both the Democratic party and the Whig party

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A)  favored a renewed national bank. 
B)  supported federal restraint in social and economic affairs. 
C)  were mass-based political parties. 
D)  clung to states' rights policies. 
E)  feared the rise of the Anti-Masonic party. 
A)  favored a renewed national bank. 
B)  supported federal restraint in social and economic affairs. 
C)  were mass-based political parties. 
D)  clung to states' rights policies. 
E)  feared the rise of the Anti-Masonic party.

Question 20

The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

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A)  Andrew Jackson. 
B)  John C. Calhoun. 
C)  John Quincy Adams. 
D)  Daniel Webster. 
E)  Henry Clay. 
A)  Andrew Jackson. 
B)  John C. Calhoun. 
C)  John Quincy Adams. 
D)  Daniel Webster. 
E)  Henry Clay.

Exam 13: The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: The Texas Revolution, Indian Territory, and Florida Territory, c. 1836 -____ San Jacinto

To what extent is the following statement true or false: "the Tariff of 1828 was dishonest"? Why? What purposes lay behind passage of this tariff law?

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ____ to become ____.

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, PresidentAndrew Jackson

Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following except

By the 1840s, voter participation in the presidential election reached

On the forced march from their Georgia homeland to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees experienced all of the following except

While he was president, John Quincy Adams was roundly criticized for his

The text's authors have presented the view that "if Jackson had only strangled the serpent of secession in the cradle [during the nullification crisis], ...there might have been no costly Civil War." Do you think that Andrew Jackson acted wisely in the nullification crisis? Why or why not?

The Whig party drew support from

The South Carolina nullifying convention

It has been observed that "though Jackson was perhaps not himself a democrat, he was a democratic leader." Do you agree or disagree? What specific examples from Andrew Jackson's presidency illustrate or contradict the view of Jackson as a "democrat" and the view of Jackson as a "democratic leader"?

The Mexican government's original grant of a huge grant land to Stephen Austin came with an understanding that these immigrants

The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s

Write your definition of political favoritism.Then use this definition to argue that the rotation in office/spoils system of the Jacksonians was or was not crass political favoritism.

To what extent was Andrew Jackson a states' rightist? To what extent was he a nationalist?

Both the Democratic party and the Whig party

The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

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