Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stephen Austin

Accepted Answer

Stephen Fuller Austin, commonly known as

Question 2

Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons except it

Accepted Answer

A)  minted gold and silver coins but issued no paper money. 
B)  controlled much of the nation's gold and silver. 
C)  was a private institution. 
D)  foreclosed on many western farms. 
E)  put public service first, not profits. 
A)  minted gold and silver coins but issued no paper money. 
B)  controlled much of the nation's gold and silver. 
C)  was a private institution. 
D)  foreclosed on many western farms. 
E)  put public service first, not profits.

Question 3

In what ways did Andrew Jackson as president reflect the views,values,and interests of the West and those of the South?

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson, as president, reflected

Question 4

In the 1820s and 1830s,the public's attitude regarding political parties

Accepted Answer

A)  reflected the view of "a pox on both your houses." 
B)  was deeply ambivalent. 
C)  was more positive in the North and the South. 
D)  reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life. 
E)  was that they were the best expressions of political ideologies. 
A)  reflected the view of "a pox on both your houses." 
B)  was deeply ambivalent. 
C)  was more positive in the North and the South. 
D)  reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life. 
E)  was that they were the best expressions of political ideologies.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Seminole Indians

Accepted Answer

The Seminole Indians were a Native Ameri

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Trail of Tears"

Accepted Answer

The "Trail of Tears" refers to the force

Question 7

The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 except

Accepted Answer

A)  expansion of bank credit. 
B)  proposal of the Divorce Bill. 
C)  proposal of higher tariffs. 
D)  proposal of subsidies for internal improvements. 
E)  more active involvement on the part of the government. 
A)  expansion of bank credit. 
B)  proposal of the Divorce Bill. 
C)  proposal of higher tariffs. 
D)  proposal of subsidies for internal improvements. 
E)  more active involvement on the part of the government.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Democratic Party is one of the two m

Question 9

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Goliad

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

Accepted Answer

A)  a clean sweep of federal job holders. 
B)  the replacement of insecurity by security in employment. 
C)  the destruction of the personalized political machine. 
D)  the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs. 
E)  the same actions of those taken by John Quincy Adams. 
A)  a clean sweep of federal job holders. 
B)  the replacement of insecurity by security in employment. 
C)  the destruction of the personalized political machine. 
D)  the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs. 
E)  the same actions of those taken by John Quincy Adams.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Indian Removal Act (1830)

Accepted Answer

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was a law

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"favorite son"

Accepted Answer

The term "favorite son" has historical s

Question 13

Despite Adams's discomfort,his political supporters used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Jackson except

Accepted Answer

A)  describing Jackson's mother as a prostitute. 
B)  claiming Jackson's wife was an adulteress. 
C)  printing black-bordered handbills shaped like coffins. 
D)  pointing out his numerous duels and brawls. 
E)  trumpeting his hanging of six Indian chiefs. 
A)  describing Jackson's mother as a prostitute. 
B)  claiming Jackson's wife was an adulteress. 
C)  printing black-bordered handbills shaped like coffins. 
D)  pointing out his numerous duels and brawls. 
E)  trumpeting his hanging of six Indian chiefs.

Question 14

The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

Accepted Answer

A)  promote sectionalism over nationalism. 
B)  take radical and extreme positions on issues. 
C)  take similar positions on issues such as banking. 
D)  be socially and geographically diverse. 
E)  be socially exclusive but geographically diverse. 
A)  promote sectionalism over nationalism. 
B)  take radical and extreme positions on issues. 
C)  take similar positions on issues such as banking. 
D)  be socially and geographically diverse. 
E)  be socially exclusive but geographically diverse.

Question 15

As president,John Quincy Adams

Accepted Answer

A)  was more successful than as secretary of state. 
B)  adjusted to the New Democracy. 
C)  was one of the least successful presidents in American history. 
D)  put many of his supporters on the federal payroll. 
E)  was successful in getting his programs enacted into law. 
A)  was more successful than as secretary of state. 
B)  adjusted to the New Democracy. 
C)  was one of the least successful presidents in American history. 
D)  put many of his supporters on the federal payroll. 
E)  was successful in getting his programs enacted into law.

Question 16

Write your definition of tyrant.Then use this definition to argue that Andrew Jackson was or was not a presidential tyrant riding roughshod over the Constitution.

Accepted Answer

A tyrant is a ruler who exercises absolu

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The term "Nullifiers" refers to a politi

Question 18

In his veto of the bank recharter bill,President Jackson claimed that the bank was

Accepted Answer

A)  unconstitutional. 
B)  antiwestern. 
C)  too much influenced by aristocrats and foreigners. 
D)  corrupt and monopolistic. 
E)  controlled only by the government. 
A)  unconstitutional. 
B)  antiwestern. 
C)  too much influenced by aristocrats and foreigners. 
D)  corrupt and monopolistic. 
E)  controlled only by the government.

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 20

If you had been living in the age of Jackson,would you have been for or against the following: nullification,veto of the bank,and Indian removal? Justify your position.

Accepted Answer

If I had been living in the age of Jacks

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stephen Austin

Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons except it

In what ways did Andrew Jackson as president reflect the views,values,and interests of the West and those of the South?

In the 1820s and 1830s,the public's attitude regarding political parties

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Seminole Indians

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Trail of Tears"

The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 except

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

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Goliad

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Indian Removal Act (1830)

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"favorite son"

Despite Adams's discomfort,his political supporters used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Jackson except

The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

As president,John Quincy Adams

Write your definition of tyrant.Then use this definition to argue that Andrew Jackson was or was not a presidential tyrant riding roughshod over the Constitution.

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

In his veto of the bank recharter bill,President Jackson claimed that the bank was

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

If you had been living in the age of Jackson,would you have been for or against the following: nullification,veto of the bank,and Indian removal? Justify your position.

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution,1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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