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1) List four components of the new democratic political system. How did each of these
represent a change from the previous political system?
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Learning Objective : Explain the reasons for the new political culture of democracy.
Topic : Equality, opportunity, and the new political culture of democracy
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2) What was Calhoun’s theory of nullification? Explain how, according to Calhoun’s theory,
a law could be nullified.
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3) What were two main ways southern Native American tribes tried to resist removal? Why
were these methods unsuccessful?
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4) Give three reasons people demanded removal of the eastern Native American tribes. Why
was the program of removal popular? Why did support for this program become stronger after
1815?
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5) Why was Andrew Jackson hostile to the Second Bank of the United States?
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Topic : The Bank War
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6) What powers did the Second Bank of the United States possess that would help it
regulate state banks and affect the economy?
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7) Describe three ways that the Jacksonian era was an era of the common people, and three
ways that it was not. On the whole, which of the two arguments do you think was more
important in the Jacksonian era?
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8) How did Andrew Jackson change the office of the presidency? Of the different changes
you describe, which do you think was the most important?
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9) Which of the two major political parties responded most favorably to the growing market
economy? Give three examples of how that party showed its support.
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10) List three political techniques employed by Franklin Plummer of Mississippi that
illustrated the new democratic political system. In what sense could he be considered a product
of democracy?
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11) Give three examples of the rising tide of racism among white Americans during the
Jacksonian era. Why do you think racism increased during an era when democratic values were
praised?
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12) Americans in the age of Jacksonian democracy celebrated equality, but they did not mean
equality of wealth or condition; rather, they meant equality of ________.
12) ______
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13) The outcome of the 1824 election, determined by the House of Representatives, angered
Jackson’s supporters when Henry ________ was named secretary of state.
13) ______
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14) In the Jacksonian Party System, the ________ believed in limited government, and also
that religion and politics should be kept clearly separate.
14) ______
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15) The Jacksonian era has been called the “Age of the ________ Man,” when ordinary folk
were celebrated and courted by politicians.
15) ______
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16) The system whereby victorious candidates for political office replace officeholders with
their own supporters is called the ________ system.
16) ______
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17) In the case of Worcester v. ________, the Supreme Court ruled that Native Americans
had full authority over native land.
17) ______
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18) The forced removal of the ________ people to Oklahoma in 1838, a deadly march under
army escort, is known as the Trail of Tears.
18) ______
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19) In protest against the federal tariff, John C. Calhoun of South Carolina developed a(n)
________ theory, which supported state sovereignty and ultimately laid the groundwork for
southern secession.
19) ______
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Learning Objective : Describe Calhoun’s theory of nullification and why it was unsuccessful.
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20) Nicholas ________, who was despised by Andrew Jackson, was an effective president of
the national bank.
20) ______
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21) The ________ Party was successful in the 1840 presidential election.
21) ______
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22) The chapter introduction tells the story of politicians Powhatan Ellis and Franklin
Plummer to make the point that
22) ______
A) people had strange names in the 1800s.
B) these two men, frontiersmen who identified with the common folk, typified the
democratic-minded politician in the age of Jackson.
C) appealing to common folk was an effective campaign technique in an age that prized
equality and opportunity.
D) Andrew Jackson was more a figurehead than a really influential leader.
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23) To reconcile the fundamental tension between equality and opportunity, Americans in the
final analysis committed to
23) ______
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A) equality of opportunity.
B) political equality, but economic inequality.
C) political means to achieve the end of equal economic conditions.
D) equality of condition for native-born whites by denying opportunity to Blacks, Native
Americans, and immigrants.
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24) Which of the following was NOT an important characteristic of politics in the age of
Jackson?
24) ______
A) a dynamic expansion of presidential power and leadership
B) expanded political democracy and increased participation in politics
C) the acceptance of a party system as legitimate
D) end of the spoils system of filling public offices with political supporters
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25) As president, John Quincy Adams
25) ______
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A) took the lead in organizing a new political party to undergird his reelection campaign.
B) named Andrew Jackson as his secretary of state.
C) negotiated a series of key diplomatic agreements with several foreign powers.
D) proposed a broad program of support for manufacturing, agriculture, and the arts.
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26) Which of the following statements concerning Jacksonian America is true?
26) ______
A) Virtually all adult white males enjoyed the rights of suffrage.
B) Because political leaders had to appeal to an expanded electorate, campaigns became
less boisterous and more focused on specific policy issues.
C) American society became more tolerant of native tribes.
D) Jackson tirelessly worked to abolish the spoils system.
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27) In the presidential election of 1824,
27) ______
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A) John Quincy Adams won re-election to a second term.
B) the Whigs defeated the Democrats.
C) the House of Representatives chose the president, because no candidate received a
majority of the popular vote.
D) Andrew Jackson was chosen by the House of Representatives.
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28) Which of the following was a part of the new political party system of democracy?
28) ______
A) the use of judicial oversight
B) the spoils system
C) campaigning in which the key issues were center stage
D) splitting of a state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who won that state
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29) While the democratic winds of change blew all over the world during the 1830s and
1840s, only in one country were the reforms significant. This country was
29) ______
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A) Great Britain.
B) Prussia.
C) the United States.
D) France.
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30) Public interest and involvement in politics grew in the U.S. after 1820 because of a
growing
30) ______
A) public support for equality of condition among all members of society.
B) conviction that government should promote the economic well-being of society.
C) disillusionment with the politics of personality.
D) fear of threats from abroad.
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31) As championed by John Ross, the process whereby the Cherokees created a constitution,
adopted white ways, and began selling their surplus crops was known as
31) ______
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A) accommodation.
B) acculturation.
C) acquiescence.
D) alliteration.
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32) How did President Andrew Jackson feel about the “spoils system”?
32) ______
A) He refused to use this traditional practice because he thought it was undemocratic.
B) He defended all government bureaucracy.
C) He created this system, so of course, he used it.
D) He defended it as a democratic reform.
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33) Three major issues dominated Jackson’s administration, all the result of the nation’s rapid
geographic and economic expansion. Which of the following was NOT one of these three issues?
33) ______
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A) Native American removal to the West
B) controls on both slave and free Black communities
C) the protective tariff
D) money and banking issues
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34) Which of the following statements best describes the attitude of Jacksonian Democrats
toward slavery and Blacks?
34) ______
A) They strongly supported slavery as a positive good for all parts of the country.
B) They accepted the institution of slavery in the South and opposed rights for free
Blacks in the North.
C) They quietly encouraged the minority among their ranks who worked for the abolition
of slavery.
D) They took steps at the state level to improve the condition of Blacks, but did not try to
abolish slavery.
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35) During the Jacksonian era, free Blacks in the North
35) ______
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A) could not vote in any state.
B) escaped outright segregation despite some restrictions.
C) increasingly emphasized racial unity, self-help, and a renewal of ties with Africa.
D) found jobs most readily in the popular minstrel shows.
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36) Which of the following leaders advocated the idea of state nullification in order to oppose
the tariff?
36) ______
A) Andrew Jackson
B) Daniel Webster
C) John C. Calhoun
D) Henry Clay
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37) Jackson’s popularity was derived not only from defeating the British but also from
37) ______
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A) his respected position as a landed gentleman slaveholder in the antebellum South.
B) the way he “spoiled” the children of wealthy political donors.
C) the “common man” bond he shared with the western people.
D) his opening of extensive tracts of native lands to white settlement.
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38) In 1832, in the case ofWorcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that
38) ______
A) Georgia had no right to extend its laws over Cherokee territory.
B) the Cherokee had to abide by the orders of the United States president.
C) the Cherokee had no standing in a U.S. court, since they were not citizens.
D) Jackson’s opening of extensive tracts of native lands to white settlement was
unconstitutional.
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39) Who stated in 1837 that eastern indigenous people had been “placed beyond the reach of
injury or oppression, and that [the] paternal care of the General Government will hereafter watch
over them and protect them”?
39) ______
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A) Chief Justice John Marshall
B) President Andrew Jackson
C) President Martin Van Buren
D) Cherokee Chief John Ross
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40) What prompted southerners to seek stronger constitutional protections of the institution
of slavery in the 1820s?
40) ______
A) the alleged plot of Denmark Vesey
B) the presidency of antislavery Whig John Quincy Adams
C) the rise in cotton prices
D) the acquisition of new plantation lands in eastern Texas
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41) Which national political figure of the 1820s made a slow but steady journey away from
nationalism toward an extreme states’ rights position?
41) ______
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A) John C. Calhoun
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Martin Van Buren
D) Thomas Jefferson
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42) Daniel Webster refuted Calhoun’s theory of American government by arguing that
42) ______
A) the Homestead Act was indeed unconstitutional.
B) southerners should support western expansion due to New England’s growing political
power.
C) the Constitution was created by “the people” and not as a compact among the separate
states.
D) Jackson’s economic policies were at fault.
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43) Which of the following statements about the nullification crisis of 1832 is FALSE?
43) ______
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A) The issue under discussion was the tariff, but the right of secession was also debated.
B) Andrew Jackson determined that the president had the right to use force to preserve
the Union.
C) The nullification theory, according to Calhoun, gave the South a legal device to justify
secession.
D) Jackson eventually backed down from the controversy and gave in completely to
South Carolina’s demands.
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44) Which of the following is an accurate statement about the presidential election of 1840?
44) ______
A) The incumbent won.
B) The Democratic candidate won.
C) The election demonstrated that a strong, democratic, and popular two-party system
was firmly established.
D) The election was again decided in the House of Representatives.
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45) Jackson finally destroyed the national bank by
45) ______
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A) precipitating a depression in 1833.
B) withdrawing federal funds from it.
C) refusing to continue to deposit federal funds in it, and depositing them in selected state
banks instead.
D) refusing to accept paper money.
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46) Which of the following statements concerning the Bank of the United States is true?
46) ______
A) It was the critical issue in the 1824 election that threw the election into the House of
Representatives.
B) In the 1820s and 1830s it was mismanaged, unresponsive to the nation’s needs, and
unsuccessful in stabilizing the currency.
C) Andrew Jackson hated it because he thought it was an agent of special privilege, and
he vetoed the bill to recharter it.
D) The Supreme Court ruled the bank unconstitutional.
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47) Which of the following is an indication that the development of the modern presidency
began with Andrew Jackson?
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47) ______
A) He was the first president to effectively use the veto power to shape legislative policy
to his liking.
B) He created the offices of secretary of state and secretary of war.
C) He used his office to shape the country’s economic direction.
D) He doubled the size of the federal bureaucracy.
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48) Within only two months of taking office, President Martin Van Buren ran into trouble
because of
48) ______
A) a business panic that became a lingering depression.
B) a diplomatic crisis with Great Britain that favored the Whigs.
C) the problems associated with the Trail of Tears.
D) antislavery protests.
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49) Which of the following would you expect of the Whigs in the 1830s and 1840s?
49) ______
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A) a pessimistic outlook, especially about the role of government
B) the belief that individual effort alone should be used to protect individual rights and
public property
C) support for regulating the new market economy
D) a belief that government should not foster moral welfare
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50) Which of the following groups played a rather surprising role in the Whig campaign in
1840?
50) ______
A) free Blacks
B) women
C) Native Americans
D) Republicans
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51) What was the most popular form of entertainment in Jacksonian America?
51) ______
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A) the minstrel show
B) cockfighting
C) camp meetings
D) political festivals
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52) In the Jacksonian party system,
52) ______
A) the Whigs supported a very active role for government; the Democrats generally
favored a limited government.
B) the Democrats supported a more active government, the Whigs a limited government.
C) neither party believed moral questions should be injected into politics.
D) both parties promoted the market and commercialization equally.
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