Deck 9: Democracy and Popular Politics, 1828-1848

Question 1

The new Whig Party consisted mainly of those who disliked ​

A)internal improvements.
B)a strong central government.
C)​the national bank.
D)​Andrew Jackson.
E)​Freemasons.

Answer 1

​Andrew Jackson.

Question 2

What was the primary topic of disagreement between Mexican authorities and U.S.settlers in Texas in the 1830s? ​

A)Mexico's mercantilism
B)Diplomacy with Great Britain
C)​Slavery
D)​Free access to the Mississippi River at New Orleans
E)​Religion

Answer 2

​Slavery

Question 3

Which of the following statements was true of the tariff of 1828? ​

A)Calhoun believed that the tariff,although high,was acceptable.
B)Northerners termed it "the tariff of abominations."
C)​Upon taking office,Jackson rescinded the tariff.
D)​The tariff threatened to raise the price of manufactured goods while hurting overseas markets for southern cotton.
E)​The tariff was well received by citizens and politicians in all regions of the United States.

Answer 3

​The tariff threatened to raise the price of manufactured goods while hurting overseas markets for southern cotton.

Question 4

During Jackson's presidency,he did all but which of the following? ​

A)He replaced 10 percent of officeholders during his two terms.
B)He fired partisan newspaper editors from important government posts.
C)​He supported Peggy Eaton.
D)​He came to rely on his informal "kitchen" cabinet.
E)​He initiated the spoils system.

Question 5

Americans referred to Henry Clay's appointment as secretary of state by President John Quincy Adams,who was named earlier to his position in a controversial House of Representatives decision,as ​

A)the spoils system.
B)political gerrymandering.
C)​a corrupt bargain.
D)​an impeachable offense.
E)​Both A and B

Question 6

After gaining its independence from Mexico,Texas ​

A)immediately joined the United States.
B)declared its intention to steer clear of entanglements with the United States.
C)​existed as an independent republic for almost ten years.
D)​sent Sam Houston to serve in the United States Congress.
E)​invited Louisiana to join it in a small republic.

Question 7

Why did Martin Van Buren oppose John Quincy Adams in the 1824 presidential contest?​

A)Adams was a friend of Andrew Jackson.
B)Adams supported nationally sponsored internal improvements.
C)​He thought Adams was intellectually unfit to be president.
D)​All of these

Question 8

Mid-nineteenth-century Irish immigrants tended to be all of the following,except

A)wealthy.
B)Catholic.
C)​unskilled.
D)​young.
E)​single.

Question 9

Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering of the Bank of the United States because he believedit​

A)prevented state banks from lending money.
B)refused to accept deposits of federal revenue.
C)​went against states' rights.
D)​constantly meddled in national politics.
E)​had been responsible for his losing thousands of dollars years earlier.

Question 10

Who led South Carolina's response to the tariff of abominations? ​

A)John C.Calhoun
B)Henry Clay
C)​Daniel Webster
D)​Benjamin Rush
E)​James Goodson

Question 11

Which of the following events occurred first? ​

A)Andrew Jackson named Martin Van Buren as his running mate.
B)The Anti-Masons held the first national political convention.
C)​The bank war became a campaign issue.
D)​The first tariff of abominations was passed.

Question 12

Why did some Americans object to Andrew Jackson as president? ​

A)He was a "military chieftain."
B)He was responsible for "executing" men in duels and while serving as military commander.
C)​He had married a woman some labeled a bigamist and an adulteress.
D)​He was too "rough and raw" for the presidency.
E)​All of these

Question 13

Who was Andrew Jackson's presidential successor? ​

A)Henry Clay
B)Martin Van Buren
C)​William Seward
D)​John Eaton

Question 14

The election of 1824 was noted for ​

A)the number of candidates vying for the presidency.
B)the record number of American voters who went to the polls.
C)​the lack of a plurality in the electoral college,which resulted in the House of Representatives choosing the president.
D)​Both the large number of candidates and the record voter turnout.
E)​Both the large number of candidates and the selection of the president by the House of Representatives.

Question 15

Which candidate won the 1840 presidential election? ​

A)Andrew Jackson
B)John Tyler
C)​John C.Calhoun
D)​William Henry Harrison
E)​Zachary Taylor

Question 16

What was the original cause of the split between Andrew Jackson and John C.Calhoun? ​

A)The Tariff of 1828
B)The 1824 election
C)​John Eaton's appointment as secretary of war
D)​Martin Van Buren's appointment as secretary of state.
E)​Nullification

Question 17

In 1840,William Henry Harrison was a presidential candidate for which political party?​

A)Democratic
B)Whig
C)​Anti-Mason
D)​Republican
E)​Stalwart

Question 18

What is the name given to the principle that a state has a right to override a federal law? ​

A)Statism
B)Sectionalism
C)​Division of power
D)​Nullification
E)​Federalism

Question 19

Which of the following presidents served later than the others? ​

A)John Tyler
B)William Henry Harrison
C)​Martin Van Buren
D)​James K.Polk

Question 20

What national politician penned the controversial South Carolina Exposition? ​

A)John C.Calhoun
B)Martin Van Buren
C)​Andrew Jackson
D)​Henry Eaton
E)​Henry Clay

Question 21

Martin Van Buren was the first presidential candidate to go out on the campaign trail,inventing a new style of politics.​

Question 22

Southerners,especially Calhoun,referred to the 1828 tariff that favored the Northeast and the West over the South as the Tariff of Abominations.​

Question 23

Republicans was the new name given to supporters of Jackson;shortened from the old name of Democratic-Republicans ​

Question 24

The term "the spoils system" refers to the practice of removing appointees upon entering office and replacing them with one's own political supporters ​

Question 25

John Tyler was a member of the Whig Party,yet once he became president in 1841,he actively resisted Whig legislation in Congress.​

Question 26

John Quincy Adams labeled the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 as "the corrupt bargain."

Question 27

​Nicholas Biddle was president of the Second Bank of the United States during Jackson's administration

Question 28

The Freemasons formed in response to the growth of secret political societies;their efforts grew them into an influential third party ​

Question 29

Andrew Jackson's defense of Peggy Eaton's so-called scandalous past contributed to the rift between Jackson and John C.Calhoun ​

Question 30

Nullification was a universally accepted belief that a state had the right to ignore,or nullify,a federal law within its own borders if that law was deemed unsuitable.​

Question 31

In his pamphlet "South Carolina Exposition," Henry Clay laid out his argument supporting nullification.​

Question 32

"Old Hickory" was a campaign nickname attached to Andrew Jackson by supporters ​

Question 33

The first national political convention in the United States was conducted by the Democrats in Baltimore.​

Question 34

William Henry Harrison won the presidency in 1840 in part because he lived in a log cabin and drank hard cider.​

Question 35

Andrew Jackson filled his cabinet with men from his native Tennessee.​

Question 36

The Whig Partywas founded in the 1830s;its members were held together by their opposition to Jackson.​

Question 37

The "Era of Good Feelings" was the label attached to President James Monroe's early administration after the War of 1812 ended ​

Question 38

Santa Anna was the Mexican general who led the infamous attack on the Alamo ​

Question 39

The Force Bill gave congressional authorization for President Jackson to use military force to keep order in South Carolina during the nullification crisis ​

Question 40

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty between the United States and Great Britain established a new boundary in Maine and around the Great Lakes,and provided for joint naval patrols to intercept slave ships arriving illegally ​

Question 41

Andrew Jackson wanted to bring about the end of the Second National Bank because he thought it was a tool of business and other elites.​

Question 42

New immigrant groups in the antebellum years typically supported Whig candidates.​

Question 43

​The Liberty Party was formed to assure that western lands were provided to would-be settlers free of cost.

Question 44

A major potato blight in Ireland that starved over 1 million people and led almost 2 million more to migrate to the United States ​