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From what segment of society did Andrew Jackson much of his political support? |
Farmers and laborers |
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Which statement regarding the American electorate during the 1820s is TRUE? |
The right to vote was expanded to include many more white males |
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in 1840, efforts to expand voting rights in Rhode Island resulted in |
two governments claiming control of the state |
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By 1828, in all but one state, presidential electors were chosen by |
popular vote |
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By the 1830s, political parties were generally regarded as |
a desired and essential part of the democratic process |
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In the years after the War of 1812, support for the idea of political parties was greatest in |
New York |
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In the 1830s, an argument in favor of political parties was the belief that |
a permanent political opposition was useful to the democracy |
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Today, the oldest political part in the United States is |
Democrat |
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According to Andrew Jackson’s theory of democracy |
all white male citizens should be treated equally |
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President Andrew Jackson sought to apply his democratic principles by first targeting |
federal officeholders |
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The "spoils system" refers to |
giving out jobs as political rewards |
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In 1832, supporters of President Jackson held a national convention in order to |
make the nominating process more democratic |
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As President, Andrew Jackson believed the power of the federal government |
should be reduced and was supreme over individual states |
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When John C Calhoun put forth his doctrine of nullification hew was |
vice-president |
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In the 1820s, John C Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification |
as an alternative to possible secession |
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John C Calhoun drew his doctrine of nullification ideas from the |
United States Constitution |
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In his doctrine of nullification, John C Calhoun argued |
that states were the final authority on the constitutionality of federal laws |
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What political ally had the closest ties and greatest influence with President Jackson? |
Martin Van Buren |
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The political significance of Peggy Eaton on Andrew Jackson’s administration was |
the presidential aspirations of John C Calhoun were likely ended |
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In 1830, the Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate was begun by a political dispute over |
the sale of public land |
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In 1830, Senator Robert Hayne sought to attract support from westerners in Congress for |
South Carolina’s drive to lower the tariff |
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In the 1830 Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate. Webster considered Hayne’s arguments to be an attack on |
federal authority |
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In 1830, what political figure said, "Our Federal Union – It must be preserved"? |
Andrew Jackson |
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In 1830, what political figure said, "The Union, next to our liberty most dear"? |
John C Calhoun |
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In 1833, the nullification crisis came to an end after President Andrew Jackson |
authorized the use of military force to see the acts of Congress were obeyed |
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The primary goal of the United States’ policy toward Indians in the early 1800s was to |
assimilate Indian tribes into white society |
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The Black Hawk War |
as notable for its vicious behavior by the white American military |
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The Supreme Court ruled in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) |
that Georgia had no authority to remove the Cherokee tribes |
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The "Trail of Tears" taken by the Cherokees led them to the area that later became |
Oklahoma |
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IN 1830, the first of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to be removed to the west was the |
Choctaw |
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Of the "Five Civilized Tribes" the tribe that best resisted the pressures of removal were the |
Seminoles |
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As a result of the United States government’s Indian policy in the 1830s and 1840s |
nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi |
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In the 1820s, under Nicholas Biddle, the Bank of the United States |
was financially sound and profitable |
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In the 1830s, the Bank of the United States was opposed by |
"soft-money" advocates and "hard-money" advocates |
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In the debate over the Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson supported the interests of |
the "hard-money" advocates |
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In 1832, Henry Clay sought to use the debate over the Bank of the United States primarily to |
boost his presidential candidacy |
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Which of the following statements regarding the Bank of the United States is FALSE? |
President Jackson ordered the Bank closed before the expiration of its charter |
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President Andrew Jackson’s success in abolishing the Bank of the United States |
left the nation with an unstable banking system for many years |
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The Supreme Court ruling in Charles River Bridge Company v. Warren bridge Company (1837) |
reflected the Jacksonian ideas of democracy and economic opportunity |
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Jacksonian Democrats |
neither A nor B |
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In the 1830s, Democrats were more likely than Whigs to support |
territorial expansion |
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In the 1830s, the so-called Locofocos were |
radical Democrats |
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The political philosophy of Whigs |
favored expanding the power of the federal government |
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From the following groups, support for the Whigs was weakest among |
small western farmers |
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In the 1820s, the Whig support for the Anti-Mason Party demonstrated |
the desire of the party to attract the largest possible number of voters |
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During the 1830s, evangelical Protestants tended to support |
Whigs |
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Who among the following was NOT a leading Whig at some point during his political career? |
Martin Van Buren |
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During its two-decade history the Whig Party won the presidency |
two times |
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The Whig Party was least successful at |
uniting behind a strong national leader |
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In 1836, Martin Van Buren won the presidency because |
the political opposition offered multiple candidates |
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In 1836, Congress passed a "distribution" act that required the federal government to |
disperse its surplus fund to the states |
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In 1836, President Andrew Jackson’s "specie circular" |
resulted in a severe financial panic |
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President Martin Van Buren’s "subtreasury" system |
was a financial system to replace the Bank of the United States |
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The presidential election campaign of 1840 saw |
the first influence of the "penny press" in politics |
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In 1840, William Henry Harrison |
was part of a wealthy, large land-owning, frontier elite |
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As president, John Tyler |
was a Whig who had once been a Democrat |
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In 1841, the story of the American ship the Creole saw the British government |
support the rights of mutinous slaves on the ship |
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Which statement about the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty is FALSE? |
It included an American pledge not to allow slave ships to land at British ports |
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Today’s Democratic Party traces its’ heritage back to |
Jefferson |
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Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States |
rapidly grew, in part, due to improved public health |
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In 1860, the percentage of the population in free states living in town (2,500+ people) was |
twenty-six percent |
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Which city did NOT owe its growth to the Great Lakes? |
Cincinnati |
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Between 1840 and 1860, the overwhelming majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States came from |
Ireland and Germany |
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Before 1860, the largest single group within the Irish immigrants were |
young, single women |
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Before 1860, compared to Irish immigrants to the United States, German immigrants |
generally arrived with more money |
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Prior to 1860, hostility among native-born Americans toward immigrants was spurred, in part, by |
fears of political radicalism |
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The "Know-Nothings" movement was directed at reducing the influence of |
Catholics |
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The Erie Canal was |
a tremendous financial success |
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The Morse Code used electrical current to create |
a series of alternating electrical bursts which represented individual letters |
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By 1866, telegraphic communications |
existed between the United States and Europe |
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Before the 1830s, American corporations could be chartered only by |
state legislatures |
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In the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed in the United States that |
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