Chapter 10: The Jacksonian Era, 1828–1840
CORE OBJECTIVES
1. Describe Andrew Jackson’s major beliefs regarding democracy, the presidency, and the
TRUE/FALSE
1. During President Andrew Jackson’s presidency of the late 1820s to 1830s, politics in
America became more democratic.
2. The Tariff of 1828 was also known as the “tariff of abominations.”
3. The political theory of “nullification” was meant to protect states’ rights against federal
authority.
4. In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president.
5. President Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the
tariff.
6. Osceola led the Seminole resistance against federal government attempts to remove them
from their lands.
7. 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.
8. The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail
of Tears.
9. Andrew Jackson used his popularity in winning a decisive second term in 1832 to bolster
the economic powers of the Second National Bank.
10. The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of
land in the West.
11. Most Whigs were states’ rights advocates.
12. The Panic of 1837 was the worst economic crisis the United States had experienced up to
that point in its history.
13. Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an independent treasury.
14. By the third decade of the nineteenth century the U.S. population was doubling every 23
years.
15. Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Indians, and
women.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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
13. 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.
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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.
19. 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
20. 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.