Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Hickoryites

Accepted Answer

The term "Hickoryites" refers to the pol

Question 2

Compare and contrast the Whigs and Democrats in regard to their beliefs,public policies,and supporters.Summarize the crucial differences between them.

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The Whigs and Democrats were two major p

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-In the 1820s and 1830s the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were

Accepted Answer

A)  westward expansion and Indian removal. 
B)  the end of property qualifications for voting, and political conventions. 
C)  the admission of Texas and Oregon to the Union. 
D)  hard money and banking regulation. 
E)  slavery and economic distress. 
A)  westward expansion and Indian removal. 
B)  the end of property qualifications for voting, and political conventions. 
C)  the admission of Texas and Oregon to the Union. 
D)  hard money and banking regulation. 
E)  slavery and economic distress.

Question 4

What happened at the Alamo?

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A)  Hundreds of Texans died as part of their effort to secure independence. 
B)  Texans won their independence. 
C)  Thousands of Mexican soldiers were killed in a bloody battle against Texan volunteers. 
D)  Slaveowners and abolitionists clashed over the issue of slavery in Texas. 
E)  The U.S. and Mexico agreed to establish a buffer zone between the two countries. 
A)  Hundreds of Texans died as part of their effort to secure independence. 
B)  Texans won their independence. 
C)  Thousands of Mexican soldiers were killed in a bloody battle against Texan volunteers. 
D)  Slaveowners and abolitionists clashed over the issue of slavery in Texas. 
E)  The U.S. and Mexico agreed to establish a buffer zone between the two countries.

Question 5

What were the causes of the Panic of 1837? Could this downturn have been prevented,or was it evidence of the problems inherent in a free-market economy? What solutions were proposed to alleviate the crisis?

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The Panic of 1837 was caused by a combin

Question 6

The slavery issue had been at least temporarily set aside with the Missouri Compromise of 1820.Yet how did the question of slavery simmer not far beneath the surface of American society in the Age of Jackson?

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The question of slavery simmered not far

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Alamo

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The answer of Identify and state the historical significance of...

Question 8

Why was John Quincy Adams a great secretary of state and moral leader of American society,but such a failure in the presidency? Did the dawning age of popular mass democracy mean that leaders who could not curry favor with the public would be ineligible for the highest political offices?

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John Quincy Adams was a great secretary

Question 9

Who emerged completely victorious from the nullification crisis of 1833?

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A)  The state of South Carolina 
B)  President Andrew Jackson 
C)  John C. Calhoun and states' rights advocates 
D)  Neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers 
E)  New England manufacturing interests 
A)  The state of South Carolina 
B)  President Andrew Jackson 
C)  John C. Calhoun and states' rights advocates 
D)  Neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers 
E)  New England manufacturing interests

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Sam Houston

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Sam Houston was a significant figure in

Question 11

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

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A)  San Antonio. 
B)  Goliad. 
C)  the Alamo. 
D)  San Jacinto. 
E)  the Rio Grande. 
A)  San Antonio. 
B)  Goliad. 
C)  the Alamo. 
D)  San Jacinto. 
E)  the Rio Grande.

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Whig party

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The Whig Party was a political party act

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-independent treasury

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The Independent Treasury was a system es

Question 14

Whose book,Democracy in America,is considered to this day to be one of the most insightful portraits of American society in the Jacksonian era?

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A)  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 
B)  Alexis de Tocqueville 
C)  John C. Calhoun 
D)  John Marshall 
E)  Henry Clay 
A)  Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. 
B)  Alexis de Tocqueville 
C)  John C. Calhoun 
D)  John Marshall 
E)  Henry Clay

Question 15

Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from

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A)  New England. 
B)  the South and Southwest. 
C)  the Old Northwest. 
D)  New Mexico. 
E)  the Ohio Territory. 
A)  New England. 
B)  the South and Southwest. 
C)  the Old Northwest. 
D)  New Mexico. 
E)  the Ohio Territory.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Black Hawk

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Black Hawk was a prominent leader of the

Question 17

How does the election of 1840 "illustrate the shortcomings of democratic politics"?

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The election of 1840 illustrates the sho

Question 18

Who was "Czar Nicholas"?

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A)  Prime minister of Russia 
B)  President of the Bank of the United States 
C)  Author of Democracy in America 
D)  Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
E)  President of Mexico 
A)  Prime minister of Russia 
B)  President of the Bank of the United States 
C)  Author of Democracy in America 
D)  Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 
E)  President of Mexico

Question 19

Discuss the emergence of the two-party system.Was this political system inevitable for America? Why or why not? Why were multiple parties unable to endure? Which parties seem to have lasting power in the 1820s to 1840 and why?

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The emergence of the two-party system in

Question 20

The initial attempt to bring Texas into the Union was thwarted by

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A)  many Texans' determination to maintain an independent republic. 
B)  the "Texican" refusal to accept Anglo-American culture and language. 
C)  northern antislavery forces. 
D)  the British and French governments. 
E)  Mexicans who threatened a new war if Texas became part of the United States. 
A)  many Texans' determination to maintain an independent republic. 
B)  the "Texican" refusal to accept Anglo-American culture and language. 
C)  northern antislavery forces. 
D)  the British and French governments. 
E)  Mexicans who threatened a new war if Texas became part of the United States.

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Hickoryites

Compare and contrast the Whigs and Democrats in regard to their beliefs,public policies,and supporters.Summarize the crucial differences between them.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -In the 1820s and 1830s the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were

What happened at the Alamo?

What were the causes of the Panic of 1837? Could this downturn have been prevented,or was it evidence of the problems inherent in a free-market economy? What solutions were proposed to alleviate the crisis?

The slavery issue had been at least temporarily set aside with the Missouri Compromise of 1820.Yet how did the question of slavery simmer not far beneath the surface of American society in the Age of Jackson?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Alamo

Why was John Quincy Adams a great secretary of state and moral leader of American society,but such a failure in the presidency? Did the dawning age of popular mass democracy mean that leaders who could not curry favor with the public would be ineligible for the highest political offices?

Who emerged completely victorious from the nullification crisis of 1833?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Sam Houston

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Whig party

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -independent treasury

Whose book,Democracy in America,is considered to this day to be one of the most insightful portraits of American society in the Jacksonian era?

Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Black Hawk

How does the election of 1840 "illustrate the shortcomings of democratic politics"?

Who was "Czar Nicholas"?

Discuss the emergence of the two-party system.Was this political system inevitable for America? Why or why not? Why were multiple parties unable to endure? Which parties seem to have lasting power in the 1820s to 1840 and why?

The initial attempt to bring Texas into the Union was thwarted by

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