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

Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Henry Clay

Answer 1

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Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Andrew Jackson

Answer 2

Student answers will vary.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Santa Anna

Answer 3

Student answers will vary.

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
common man

Question 5

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

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
annexation

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
antislavery

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Denmark Vesey

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Martin Van Buren

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John C.Calhoun

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Crawford

Question 12

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

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Daniel Webster

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Quincy Adams

Question 15

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

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Harrison

Question 17

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

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
William Travis

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
John Tyler

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Nicholas Biddle

Question 21

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
minority president

Question 22

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tariff of Abominations

Question 23

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
speculation

Question 24

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Specie Circular

Question 25

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
National Republicans

Question 26

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
spoils system

Question 27

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"King Mob"

Question 28

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"corrupt bargain"

Question 29

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
nullification

Question 30

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
nationalism

Question 31

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
rotation in office

Question 32

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
South Carolina Exposition

Question 33

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tariff of 1833

Question 34

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

Question 35

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Anti-Masonic party

Question 36

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Panic of 1837

Question 37

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Twelfth Amendment

Question 38

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Tariff of 1832

Question 39

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"slavocracy"

Question 40

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
"Revolution of 1828"

Question 41

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Everglades

Question 42

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Bank of the United States

Question 43

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

Question 44

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Lone Star

Question 45

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Indian Territory

Question 46

The so-called Era of Good Feelings was never entirely tranquil,but even the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the

A) Monroe Doctrine and the Indian Removal policy.
B) War of 1812 and the clamor of the War Hawks.
C) Panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
D) judicial decisions of John Marshall.
E) disputes between the different political parties.

Question 47

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Goliad

Question 48

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

Question 49

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Force Bill

Question 50

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Unionists

Question 51

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Alamo

Question 52

In the 1820s and 1830s,the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were

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 53

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

Question 54

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Nullifiers

Question 55

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Divorce Bill

Question 56

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

Question 57

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
Five Civilized Tribes

Question 58

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

Question 59

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ Texas

Question 60

COMPLETION
Locate the following places by reference number on the map:

____ San Jacinto

Question 61

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

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

Question 62

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

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 63

Andrew Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on his

A) support of a strong central government.
B) advocacy of the American System.
C) suspicion of the federal government.
D) opposition to the old antifederalist ideals.
E) conviction of the need for "the best and the brightest" in government.

Question 64

People in the West tended to prefer Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election because he

A) came from the same poor background as many of his supporters.
B) campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in government.
C) promised to uphold the needs of free labor.
D) had embraced the American System.
E) None of these

Question 65

Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the

A) return of Jeffersonian simplicity.
B) newly won ascendancy of the masses.
C) supremacy of states' rights over federal power.
D) involvement of state governments in the economy.
E) act of style over substance.

Question 66

The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when

A) no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College.
B) William Crawford suffered a stroke and was forced to drop out of the race.
C) the House was forced to do so by "King Caucus."
D) Henry Clay, as Speaker of the House, made the request.
E) widespread voter fraud was discovered.

Question 67

John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president included all of the following except

A) his strong nationalistic ideology.
B) his support for elitist proposals like a national university.
C) his personal coldness and tactlessness with people.
D) the charges of "corrupt bargain" hanging over his presidency.
E) his encouragement of his supporters to "sling mud" at Jackson.

Question 68

Writing about his observations of America and Americans as he traveled across the United States,the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville was most struck by

A) the comparative wealth of Americans versus Europeans.
B) the general equality of condition among the people.
C) the low voter turn-outs.
D) the ugliness of political campaigns.
E) None of these

Question 69

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

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 70

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

A) it would hurt their manufacturing sector.
B) this same power 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 71

As president,John Quincy Adams

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 72

The purpose behind the spoils system was

A) to press those with experience into governmental service.
B) to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business.
C) to reward political supporters with public office.
D) to reverse the trend of rotation in office.
E) the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class.

Question 73

Match each individual below with the correct description.

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 74

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

A) divided the nation further.
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 75

The presidential election of 1824

A) was the first to use the electoral college.
B) was the first one to see the election of a minority president.
C) saw a record high voter turn-out show up at the polls.
D) saw the formulation of well-organized political parties.
E) was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 76

Opposing the Tariff of 1828,Southerners labeled it a "Yankee Tariff" because

A) the tariff protected New England manufacturing at their expense.
B) it charged a tax on Southern manufactured goods, making it difficult for the South to compete in the world market.
C) it imposed a high tax on Southern-grown cotton.
D) it put an unfair burden on southern commerce for tax revenues.
E) None of these

Question 77

John Quincy Adams could be described as

A) an excellent politician.
B) a man who sought popular support.
C) a politician with great tact.
D) possessing almost none of the arts of the politician.
E) a man of limited intelligence.

Question 78

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

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 79

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

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 80

The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were

A) supporters of John Quincy Adams who wanted to protect New England manufacturers.
B) abolitionists who saw it as the opening wedge for the use of federal power against slavery.
C) ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson who actually hoped it would be defeated.
D) supporters of Henry Clay's American System.
E) southern plantation owners who wanted to prevent dumping of Egyptian cotton in America.