Deck 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

Question 1

President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Most Whigs were states' rights advocates.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Indians, and women.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The term __________ was given to Jackson's policy of replacing government officials with his own friends and supporters once he was elected.

A)bureaucratic malfeasance
B)spoils system
C)Trail of Tears
D)corrupt bargain
E)Eaton affair

Question 5

What did Jackson consider a "national curse"?

A)Slavery
B)Forced Indian removal
C)The federal debt
D)The spoils system
E)Subservience to Great Britain

Question 6

During President Andrew Jackson's presidency of the late 1820s to 1830s, politics in America became more democratic.

Question 7

The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

Question 8

The Cherokee Nation sued the state of Georgia in the early 1830s and the Supreme Court favored the argument that ancestral lands could not be taken from them.

Question 9

Which of the following was a goal of Jackson's administration?

A)Paying off the national debt
B)Creating a national bank
C)Protecting Native American lands
D)Ending slavery
E)Limiting presidential authority

Question 10

During the 1820s and '30s, more and more __________ were allowed to vote and hold office.

A)landless white males
B)married women
C)free blacks in the North
D)immigrants who were legal residents
E)citizens in western territories

Question 11

The Tariff of 1828 was also known as the "tariff of abominations."

Question 12

Osceola led the Seminole resistance against federal government attempts to remove them from their lands.

Question 13

The political theory of "nullification" was meant to protect states' rights against federal authority.

Question 14

The Panic of 1837 was the worst economic crisis the United States had experienced up to that point in its history.

Question 15

According to the textbook, Andrew Jackson was the most openly __________ president in the history of the United States up to that point.

A)congenial
B)partisan
C)bipartisan
D)divisive
E)unqualified

Question 16

Andrew Jackson used his popularity in winning a decisive second term in 1832 to bolster the economic powers of the Second National Bank.

Question 17

The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West.

Question 18

Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an independent treasury.

Question 19

In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C.Calhoun resigned as vice president.

Question 20

By the third decade of the nineteenth century the U.S.population was doubling every 23 years.

Question 21

When South Carolina declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void, how many other states also endorsed nullification?

A)All of them
B)None of them
C)Five others
D)Fifteen others
E)All the southern states

Question 22

Although Jackson was against an overreaching federal government, the __________ showed that he was not always a supporter of states' rights.

A)Force Bill
B)Indian removal policy
C)death of the bank
D)corrupt bargain
E)Maysville veto

Question 23

What event in 1830 brought more focus to the increasing differences between the North and South?

A)The Tariff of Abominations
B)The Webster-Hayne debate
C)The corrupt bargain
D)The Coffin handbill
E)The Emancipation Proclamation

Question 24

In the 1830s, __________ was the only state in which the majority of the population were slaves.

A)Texas
B)Tennessee
C)Virginia
D)South Carolina
E)Missouri

Question 25

The belief that a state could decide if a federal law was enforced within their borders was known as

A)eradication.
B)denuncification.
C)nullification.
D)states' rights.
E)invalidation.

Question 26

The "Force Bill" desired by President Jackson would have authorized him to use __________ to force states to comply with federal law.

A)state militias
B)the National Guard
C)local police forces
D)the U.S.Army
E)privately recruited mercenaries

Question 27

According to the textbook, Jackson's lowest moment as president came during the

A)Stamp Act crisis.
B)corrupt bargain.
C)death of the Bank of the United States.
D)Indian relocation.
E)nullification crisis.

Question 28

When this Native American chief was captured by the United States, the conflict with the Seminoles in Florida slowly came to an end.

A)Black Fox
B)Crazy Horse
C)Geronimo
D)Osceola
E)Buffalo Hump

Question 29

According to the textbook, which of the following Native American tribes came closest to adopting the customs of white Americans?

A)Seminoles
B)Sioux
C)Karankawa
D)Cherokee
E)Fox

Question 30

A number of prominent Americans advised against Jackson's Indian removal policy, including

A)Mark Twain.
B)James Monroe.
C)Nathaniel Hawthorne.
D)Herman Melville.
E)Davy Crockett.

Question 31

Although most northern Indian tribes were too weak to resist removal westward, the __________ peoples fought to try to remain in the Illinois and Wisconsin Territories.

A)Sauk and Fox
B)Oto and Ute
C)Dakota and Lakota
D)Cree and Oneida
E)Hopi and Navajo

Question 32

The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was written by

A)Martin Van Buren.
B)Andrew Jackson.
C)James Eaton.
D)John C.Calhoun.
E)Daniel Webster.

Question 33

In what areas did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affect Native Americans the most?

A)The coasts
B)South and East
C)Midwest and West
D)California and Arizona
E)Texas and Oklahoma

Question 34

In the controversy over "nullification" and the possible threat of secession by states' rights advocates, President Jackson could be described as a

A)secessionist.
B)bipartisan negotiator.
C)unionist.
D)Jeffersonian
E)republicanism advocate.

Question 35

What Native American people waged a guerrilla war against the U.S.Army in the 1830s to prevent being removed from their ancestral lands?

A)Creeks
B)Sioux
C)Choctaws
D)Cherokees
E)Seminoles

Question 36

Why did Jackson veto the Maysville Road Bill?

A)It was a local matter, outside of Congressional authority.
B)He wanted to anger his political rival Calhoun.
C)He decided to take a stand for principled government.
D)It was explicitly unconstitutional.
E)He had told Congress not to pass it.

Question 37

The tariff of 1828 was known as the __________ by its detractors.

A)Mongrel Tariff
B)Not-Protective Tariff
C)Corrupt Bargain
D)Tariff of Abominations
E)Axis of Evil

Question 38

When Jackson became president, he was convinced the nation must be saved from

A)banks.
B)the British.
C)corrupt politicians.
D)the Republicans.
E)the Democrats.

Question 39

In what case did the Supreme Court rule that Native American tribes did not have to give up their land involuntarily?

A)McCullough v.Maryland
B)Marshall v.Madison
C)Chippewa v.Jackson
D)Cherokee Nation v.Georgia
E)Worcester v.Georgia

Question 40

During the 1820s, South Carolina experienced widespread emigration out of the state.What did most citizens of South Carolina believe to be the cause of this exodus?

A)Indian removal
B)The protective tariff
C)The nullification crisis
D)The corrupt bargain
E)The Dust Bowl

Question 41

In the 1840 election, the Whig party adopted __________ to run on.

A)an anti-slavery platform
B)a pro-slavery platform
C)no platform
D)a pro-Bank of the United States platform
E)an anti-Bank of the United States platform

Question 42

What were the causes and results of the panic of 1837? What impact did this economic crisis have on the Van Buren administration?

Question 43

The destination of the Trail of Tears was present-day

A)Texas.
B)Oklahoma.
C)Arkansas.
D)Wyoming.
E)Wisconsin.

Question 44

Which of the following parties supported federal spending for internal improvements to foster economic growth?

A)Whigs
B)Democrats
C)Know-Nothings
D)American party
E)Federalists

Question 45

Although one can make the case that Jackson's was a transformational presidency, it is one that applied only to

A)land owners.
B)rich easterners.
C)white men.
D)southern plantation owners.
E)northern industrialists.

Question 46

An anti-Jackson coalition hostile to his authoritarian style organized into the __________ party in the mid-1830s.

A)Whig
B)Democrat
C)Know-Nothing
D)American party
E)Federalists

Question 47

Discuss Andrew Jackson's "contradictions" in terms of his attitudes and actions toward the "common man," Indians, women, blacks, the role of federal versus state government, and expanding opportunity versus maintaining the status quo.

Question 48

Which of the following were attracted to the Democratic party during Jackson's administration?

A)The "common man"
B)The wealthy class
C)Native Americans
D)African Americans
E)Bankers

Question 49

Despite President Jackson's attempt to get a federal law passed that would censor certain publications, his efforts actually strengthened __________ movements.

A)nativist
B)nationalist
C)abolitionist
D)socialist
E)states' rights

Question 50

In preparing for the 1832 election, both major political parties followed the example of the __________ in holding national nominating conventions.

A)Whig party
B)Know-Nothings
C)American party
D)Anti-Masonic party
E)Federalist party

Question 51

Catholics from Germany and Ireland, arriving in the 1830s, were often attracted to the policies of the _______ party.

A)Democratic
B)Republican
C)Jacksonian
D)Whig
E)American

Question 52

Which of the following occurred during the Jackson administration?

A)Passage of the Independent Treasury Act
B)Booming industrialization
C)The "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" Campaign
D)A decline in urban population
E)Decreased westward expansion

Question 53

Consider the era from the presidential election of 1824 through the end of Andrew Jackson's presidency (1837).How was he "transformational"? Explain what was different about him compared with previous elections and administrations.

Question 54

The tribe most affected by the Trail of Tears was the

A)Cherokee.
B)Sioux.
C)Fox.
D)Cheyenne.
E)Chippewa.

Question 55

Which of the following was a destabilizing factor in the U.S.economy in the mid-1830s despite a balanced federal budget?

A)An imbalance in foreign trade
B)The amount of paper money in circulation
C)Not enough gold in U.S.reserves
D)A phenomenon known later a "stagflation"
E)President Van Buren's lack of economic knowledge

Question 56

The Tariff of 1828 proved to be the impetus behind the entire nullification controversy.Why was the tariff passed, and why did it lead to the nullification controversy?

Question 57

In the case of __________ the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia law had no force within the Cherokee nation.

A)McCullough v.Maryland
B)Marshall v.Madison
C)Chippewa v.Jackson
D)Cherokee Nation v.Georgia
E)Worcester v.Georgia

Question 58

During the Bank War, President Jackson ordered the

A)creation of "pet banks" for federal deposits.
B)creation of a sub-treasury not open to the public.
C)continuation of the Bank of the United States' charter.
D)establishment of the Federal Reserve.
E)abolishment of paper currency.

Question 59

What was Jackson's most important accomplishment as president? What was his greatest failure? Explain how each affected U.S.society and politics of that era.

Question 60

One major factor leading to the Panic of 1837 was

A)hyperinflation.
B)hypoinflation.
C)Jackson's support of the Second National Bank.
D)Van Buren's foreign policy.
E)declining British demand for U.S.cotton.