Question 1

For this question,refer to the following image.   The issues highlighted in the map above led most directly to

Accepted Answer

A)  a truce over the issue of slavery. 
B)  a sequence of wars to control American Indian populations. 
C)  a debate about whether to expand into new territories. 
D)  U.S.interest in increasing foreign trade. 
A)  a truce over the issue of slavery. 
B)  a sequence of wars to control American Indian populations. 
C)  a debate about whether to expand into new territories. 
D)  U.S.interest in increasing foreign trade.

Question 2

Answer the following  questions :
-Panic of 1837

Accepted Answer

A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group. 
A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group.

Question 3

Discuss the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the increasing democratization of American politics.How and why did the Industrial Revolution lead to more democratized politics?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Industri

Question 4

Answer the following  questions :
-Second Bank of the United States

Accepted Answer

A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group. 
A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group.

Question 5

Answer the following  questions :
-American System

Accepted Answer

A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group. 
A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group.

Question 6

What compromises over slavery did the members of Congress make to settle the Missouri crisis? How did the compromises over slavery in 1820-1821 compare with those made by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
- Missouri

Question 7

Which of the following developments spurred the Panic of 1837?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cotton prices dropped to an all-time low. 
B)  The stock market crashed,causing widespread bankruptcy. 
C)  The Bank of England curtailed British money flow to the United States. 
D)  State governments throughout the country defaulted on their debts. 
A)  Cotton prices dropped to an all-time low. 
B)  The stock market crashed,causing widespread bankruptcy. 
C)  The Bank of England curtailed British money flow to the United States. 
D)  State governments throughout the country defaulted on their debts.

Question 8

What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution specify should be done in an election like the election of 1824,in which no presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral votes?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Supreme Court intervenes to determine the winner. 
B)  The candidate with the most electoral votes wins. 
C)  The House of Representatives decides the outcome. 
D)  Congress appoints a special bipartisan commission. 
A)  The Supreme Court intervenes to determine the winner. 
B)  The candidate with the most electoral votes wins. 
C)  The House of Representatives decides the outcome. 
D)  Congress appoints a special bipartisan commission.

Question 9

How did the policies of the U.S.government toward Native Americans change between the 1800s and the 1840s? Why did Jackson support Indian removal? Did removal help to preserve,or to destroy,Native American culture? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

Andrew Jackson had built his military an

Question 10

For this question,refer to the following excerpt. We are in the midst of a revolution,hitherto bloodless,but rapidly tending toward a total change of the pure republican character of the government,and to the concentration of all power in the hands of one man.The powers of Congress are paralyzed,except when exerted in conformity with his will,by frequent and an extraordinary exercise of the executive veto,not anticipated by the founders of our Constitution,and not practiced by any of the predecessors of the present chief magistrate....
The judiciary has not been exempt from the prevailing rage for innovation.Decisions of the tribunals,deliberately pronounced,have been contemptuously disregarded....Our Indian relations,coeval with the existence of the government,and recognized and established by numerous laws and treaties,have been subverted....The system of protection of improvement lies crushed beneath the veto.The system of protection of American industry [will soon meet a similar fate]....In a term of eight years,a little more than equal to that which was required to establish our liberties [as an independent republic between 1776 and 1783],the government will have been transformed into an elective monarchy-the worst of all forms of government.
Henry Clay,Introducing a Senate Resolution Censuring Jackson,December 26,1833
The passage above best serves as evidence of

Accepted Answer

A)  the primacy of the judiciary in determining the meaning of the Constitution. 
B)  debates over the authority of different branches of the federal government. 
C)  the Constitution's failure to define precisely the relationship between American Indian tribes and the national government. 
D)  how regional interests continued to trump national concerns for many political leaders of the period. 
A)  the primacy of the judiciary in determining the meaning of the Constitution. 
B)  debates over the authority of different branches of the federal government. 
C)  the Constitution's failure to define precisely the relationship between American Indian tribes and the national government. 
D)  how regional interests continued to trump national concerns for many political leaders of the period.

Question 11

Which of these statesmen played a critical role in creating and passing the 1820 Missouri Compromise?

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Henry Clay 
C)  James Tallmadge 
D)  Thomas W.Cobb 
A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Henry Clay 
C)  James Tallmadge 
D)  Thomas W.Cobb

Question 12

The power of elected officials to grant government jobs to party members in return for their loyalty is known as which of the following systems?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nepotism 
B)  Patronage 
C)  Caucusing 
D)  The Whig System 
A)  Nepotism 
B)  Patronage 
C)  Caucusing 
D)  The Whig System

Question 13

John C.Calhoun challenged the northern Whig economic ideology by arguing

Accepted Answer

A)  that northern factory owners and southern slave owners had nothing in common. 
B)  that advanced civilizations always had antagonism between workers and capitalists. 
C)  that American society was essentially a classless one. 
D)  for federal supremacy over the states and a strong tariff. 
A)  that northern factory owners and southern slave owners had nothing in common. 
B)  that advanced civilizations always had antagonism between workers and capitalists. 
C)  that American society was essentially a classless one. 
D)  for federal supremacy over the states and a strong tariff.

Question 14

The proposed 1819 Tallmadge Amendment articulated which of the following plans?

Accepted Answer

A)  The gradual emancipation of slaves in Missouri 
B)  The right of each new state in the Union to decide on its own slavery laws 
C)  A prohibition on the entry of new slave states into the Union 
D)  Louisiana Territory slaves' recolonization in Africa 
A)  The gradual emancipation of slaves in Missouri 
B)  The right of each new state in the Union to decide on its own slavery laws 
C)  A prohibition on the entry of new slave states into the Union 
D)  Louisiana Territory slaves' recolonization in Africa

Question 15

The South's political clout,which ensured that the national government would continue to protect slavery,rested on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its rapidly rising profits from manufacturing 
B)  The North's indifference to the matter of slavery 
C)  Its domination of the presidency and Senate 
D)  A treaty with Great Britain ensuring that the slave trade would continue 
A)  Its rapidly rising profits from manufacturing 
B)  The North's indifference to the matter of slavery 
C)  Its domination of the presidency and Senate 
D)  A treaty with Great Britain ensuring that the slave trade would continue

Question 16

Which of the following statements characterizes the presidential campaign of 1840?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whig organizers pinned their hopes on clear explanations of the American System and on the voters' desire for national moral purification. 
B)  The Whigs' campaign was a carnival of speeches,parades,and mass meetings to demonstrate the man-of-the-people qualities of their presidential candidate. 
C)  The Democrats outdid the Whigs by presenting Martin Van Buren as the true man of the people,in the tradition of Andrew Jackson. 
D)  Big businesses and labor unions contributed large sums of money to the candidates for the first time in American history. 
A)  Whig organizers pinned their hopes on clear explanations of the American System and on the voters' desire for national moral purification. 
B)  The Whigs' campaign was a carnival of speeches,parades,and mass meetings to demonstrate the man-of-the-people qualities of their presidential candidate. 
C)  The Democrats outdid the Whigs by presenting Martin Van Buren as the true man of the people,in the tradition of Andrew Jackson. 
D)  Big businesses and labor unions contributed large sums of money to the candidates for the first time in American history.

Question 17

Answer the following  questions :
-internal improvements

Accepted Answer

A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group. 
A) The right to vote.Between 1820 and 1860,most states revised their constitutions to extend the vote to all adult white males.Black adult men gained the right to vote with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868).The Nineteenth Amendment (1920)granted adult women the right to vote. 
B) Northern landlords,slave-owning planters,and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century. 
C) A highly organized group of insiders that directs a political party.As the power of notables waned in the 1820s,disciplined political parties usually run by professional politicians appeared in a number of states. 
D) The widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory.In 1829,Andrew Jackson instituted the system on the national level,arguing that the rotation of officeholders was preferable to a permanent group of bureaucrats. 
E) A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates,make policies,and enforce party discipline.
F)The mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams,with a national bank to manage the nation's financial system;protective tariffs to provide revenue and encourage industry;and a nationally funded network of roads,canals,and railroads.
G)Public works such as roads and canals.
H)A term used by Andrew Jackson's supporters for the appointment by President John Quincy Adams of Henry Clay as his secretary of state,the traditional stepping-stone to the presidency.Clay had used his influence as Speaker of the House to elect Adams rather than Jackson in the election in 1824.
I)A term meaning a powerful and potentially oppressive national government.
J)A tariff enacted in 1828 that raised duties significantly on raw materials,textiles,and iron goods.New York Senator Van Buren hoped to win the support of farmers in New York,Ohio,and Kentucky with the tariff,but it enraged the South,which had no industries that needed tariff protection and resented the higher cost of imported dutied goods.
K)The constitutional argument advanced by John C.Calhoun that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
L)An interpretation of the Constitution that exalts the sovereignty of the states and circumscribes the authority of the national government.
M)National bank with multiple branches chartered in 1816 for twenty years.Intended to help regulate the economy,the bank became a major issue in Andrew Jackson's reelection campaign in 1832.
N)Act that directed the mandatory relocation of eastern tribes to territory west of the Mississippi.Jackson insisted that his goal was to save the Indians and their culture.Indians resisted the controversial act,but in the end most were forced to comply.
O)Forced westward journey of Cherokees from their lands in Georgia to present-day Oklahoma in 1838.Nearly a quarter of the Cherokees died en route.
P)The principle that the less government does,the better,particularly in reference to the economy.
Q)This second national party arose in 1834 when a group of congressmen contested Andrew Jackson's policies and conduct.The party identified itself with the pre-Revolutionary American and British parties of the same name that had opposed the arbitrary actions of British monarchs.
R)Triggered by a sharp reduction in English capital and credit flowing into the United States,the cash shortage caused a panic while the collapse of credit led to a depression-the second major economic crisis of the United States-that lasted from 1837 to 1843.
S)An executive order in 1836 that required the Treasury Department to accept only gold and silver in payment for lands in the national domain.
T)Refers to the fact that the political allegiance of many American voters was determined less by party policy than by their membership in a specific ethnic or religious group.

Question 18

Which of the following statements describes the extent to which parents exercised control over their children's marriages in the United States in 1800?

Accepted Answer

A)  Because landholdings shrank,parents lost leverage over their children's choices of marital partners. 
B)  Most parents encouraged marriage for love,believing that it offered the best chance for long-term economic security. 
C)  American parents typically still arranged their children's marriages in order to safeguard the families' economic welfare. 
D)  Most parents disinherited their children if they married for sentimental rather than practical reasons. 
A)  Because landholdings shrank,parents lost leverage over their children's choices of marital partners. 
B)  Most parents encouraged marriage for love,believing that it offered the best chance for long-term economic security. 
C)  American parents typically still arranged their children's marriages in order to safeguard the families' economic welfare. 
D)  Most parents disinherited their children if they married for sentimental rather than practical reasons.

Question 19

Society's notion of women as republican wives and mothers was based on which of the following ideas about women?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women learned through doing and did not need formal education. 
B)  Their virtue would civilize the business world. 
C)  They were uniquely qualified to educate and nurture the spirit. 
D)  Women were fundamentally tainted by the sins of Eve. 
A)  Women learned through doing and did not need formal education. 
B)  Their virtue would civilize the business world. 
C)  They were uniquely qualified to educate and nurture the spirit. 
D)  Women were fundamentally tainted by the sins of Eve.

Question 20

How did the constitutional interpretations of the Taney Court differ from those of the Marshall Court? What changed as a result of the Taney Court's decisions?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
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Exam 9: A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1848

For this question,refer to the following image. The issues highlighted in the map above led most directly to

Answer the following questions : -Panic of 1837

Discuss the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the increasing democratization of American politics.How and why did the Industrial Revolution lead to more democratized politics?

Answer the following questions : -Second Bank of the United States

Answer the following questions : -American System

What compromises over slavery did the members of Congress make to settle the Missouri crisis? How did the compromises over slavery in 1820-1821 compare with those made by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787?

Which of the following developments spurred the Panic of 1837?

What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution specify should be done in an election like the election of 1824,in which no presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral votes?

How did the policies of the U.S.government toward Native Americans change between the 1800s and the 1840s? Why did Jackson support Indian removal? Did removal help to preserve,or to destroy,Native American culture? Explain your answer.

Which of these statesmen played a critical role in creating and passing the 1820 Missouri Compromise?

The power of elected officials to grant government jobs to party members in return for their loyalty is known as which of the following systems?

John C.Calhoun challenged the northern Whig economic ideology by arguing

The proposed 1819 Tallmadge Amendment articulated which of the following plans?

The South's political clout,which ensured that the national government would continue to protect slavery,rested on which of the following?

Which of the following statements characterizes the presidential campaign of 1840?

Answer the following questions : -internal improvements

Which of the following statements describes the extent to which parents exercised control over their children's marriages in the United States in 1800?

Society's notion of women as republican wives and mothers was based on which of the following ideas about women?

How did the constitutional interpretations of the Taney Court differ from those of the Marshall Court? What changed as a result of the Taney Court's decisions?

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The Problem of Empire, 1754-1776

Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789

Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820

Economic Transformations, 1800-1848

Religion, Reform, and Culture, 1820-1848

Imperial Ambitions, 1820-1848

Sectional Conflict and Crisis, 1844-1860

Bloody Ground: the Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Conquering a Continent, 1860-1890

Industrial America: Corporations and Conflicts, 1877-1910

Making Modern American Culture, 1880-1917

Civilizations Inferno: the Rise and Reform of Industrial Cities, 1880-1917

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Unsettled Prosperity: From War to Depression, 1919-1932

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