The Jacksonian Era
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1. All of the following occurred after the War of 1812, EXCEPT
(A) commerce revived and expanded
(B) an economic boom followed by a devastating bust
(C) all banking was left to the states
(D) westward expansion accelerated dramatically
(E) the federal government started financing internal improvements
2. The Compromise of 1820 (Missouri Compromise) provided for
(A) the end of slavery in the District of Columbia
(B) admission of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state
(C) gradual emancipation of slaves south of the 36'30' line
(D) slavery to be decided by popular sovereignty
(E) the balance of power in the Senate to favor the South
3. As a result of the advancements in transportation in the 1820s
(A) agriculture overtook industry in the North
(B) once viable cities along the Erie Canal became ghost towns
(C) regional specialization developed in the United States
(D) the federal government became more involved in funding internal improvements
(E) transport of cotton to New England became more viable on canals
4. All of the following were provisions of Henry Clay's American System EXCEPT
(A) high protective tariffs
(B) the building of a national road
(C) federal subsidies to Southern farmers
(D) the recharter of the Bank of the United States
(E) federally financed internal improvements
5. Cherokee Indians who had been told to move from their homelands found significant support from
(A) settlers of the Great Plains (B) abolitionists such as Garrison (C) the Supreme Court (D) the president (E) the Congress
6. The tariff controversy that began in 1828 rekindled the
(A) discussion of a federal income tax
(B) fight over the reelection of Martin Van Buren
(C) spirit of open trade between the United States and Britain
(D) argument over federal involvement into internal improvements
(E) controversy over the doctrine of nullification
7. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
(A) It provided a method for counting slaves among state populations
(B) It allowed Missouri to be admitted to the Union as a slave state
(C) It created the free state of Maine from territory that belonged to Massachusetts
(D) One of its purposes was to maintain equal representation of slave and free states in the Senate
(E) It included a northern border in the Louisiana Territory, north of which slavery was prohibited
8. The election of 1824 marked a turning point in presidential politics because, for the first time,
(A) the presidency was won by a non-Federalist
(B) a presidential and vice-presidential candidate ran together on the same ticket
(C) all the candidates campaigned widely throughout the states
(D) political parties officially participated in the election
(E) the system of choosing nominees changed from back-room caucuses to public nominating conventions
9. The doctrine of nullification stated that
(A) legal immigrants may be deported when they break the law
(B) Congress may override an executive order with a 2/3 majority vote
(C) the government may take control of a bank if its cash reserves fall below 20% of total deposits
(D) municipal and county governments may rescind licenses granted by the state
(E) a state may repeal any federal law that it deems unconstitutional
10. The Supreme Court decisions concerning Native Americans in 1831 and 1832
(A) reinforced the rights of states to remove Native Americans from disputed lands
(B) denied them the right to sue in federal court but affirmed their right to their traditional lands
(C) voided previous treaties between Native Americans and the United States on the grounds that the treaties were unfair
(D) granted tribes official status as foreign nations
(E) ruled that the federal government had a unilateral right to relocate any and all Native Americans
11. Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that
(A) an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic
(B) the National Republicans alone knew what was right for the people
(C) political participation by the common man should be increased
(D) political rights should be granted to women
(E) franchise restrictions should be racially neutral.
12. President Monroe articulated the Monroe Doctrine in his 1823 address to Congress primarily in order to
(A) respond positively to the recent Latin American revolutions
(B) rule out United States involvement in South America
(C) provide a rationale for United States intervention in the Isthmus of Panama
(D) warn European nations against further colonial ventures in the Western Hemisphere
(E) encourage Britain to help the fledgling Latin American states.
13. 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.
15. 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.
16. The Force Bill of 1833 provided that
(A) the Congress could use the military for Indian removal
(B) the Congress could employ the navy to stop smuggling
(C) the president could use the army to collect excise taxes
(D) the military could force citizens to track down runaway slaves
(E) the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties
17. The Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that
(A) Native American tribal land could not be purchased by the state of Georgia
(B) Georgia must grant citizenship rights to the Cherokees living within its borders
(C) the Cherokees could not sue the state of Georgia in federal court
(D) Georgia's state laws had no authority within Cherokee territory
(E) Georgia had a responsibility for the care of the Cherokees living within its borders
18. The "kitchen cabinet"
(A) was the name given to Jackson's political opponents
(B) was a derisive term for men who advocated for women's rights
(C) was a term used to attack critics of Jackson's position on the Bank
(D) were those who settled on land for which they no longer held a lease
(E) was the nickname of Jackson's unofficial advisors.
19. The leader of South Carolina's opposition to the 'Tariff of Abominations" was
(A) Martin Van Buren (B) Henry Clay (C) William Lloyd Garrison (D) John C. Calhoun (E) John Marshall.
20. The Specie Circular
(A) sought to address the problems associated with the Panic of 1819
(B) was a primary factor in the development of the New Market economy
(C) was nullified by the South Carolina legislature
(D) was an attempt by Jackson to remedy the problems associated with the destruction of the bank
(E) was used by the Charles River Bridge Company to raise funds to build a bridge over the Charles River in Massachusetts.
21. Andrew Jackson was rated as a “Near Great” President by the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. survey in 1948. Which of the
following issues of the Jackson Era most detracts from Jackson’s place in history?
(A) Jackson’s war on the Bank of the United States
(B) The Cherokee Indian Removal Policy
(C) The Panic of 1837
(D) Passage of the Force Bill and the Tariff of 1833
(E) Veto of the Maysville Road Bill
22. As a result of John Marshall's decisions the Federal government's powers
(A) decreased
(B) increased
(C) were unaffected
(D) were increased only in time of national crisis
(E) were decreased in time of national crisis.
23. The election of Jackson in 1828 indicated
(A) the growing strength of the West
(B) the tremendous strength of the Whig party
(C) the growing strength of the Industrial party of the United States
(D) the emergence of Hamiltonian philosophy
(E) rebirth of the Federalist party.
24. The new political party that arose from the 1828 election was the
(A) Republican party (B) Democratic-Republican party (C) Democratic party (D) National-Republican party (E) Federalist party
25. The Monroe Doctrine has served as a corner-stone for American
(A) economic policy (B) foreign policy (C) politics (D) policy of separation of church and state (E) sectionalism
26. The presidential election of 1840 is often considered the first “modern” election because
(A) the slavery issue was first raised in this campaign
(B) there was a very low turnout of eligible voters
(C) voting patterns were similar to those later established in the 1890’s
(D) both parties for the first time widely campaigned among all the eligible voters
(E) a second era of good feeling had just come to a close, marking a new departure in politics
27. The National Road was constructed primarily for the purpose of
(A) demarcating the southwestern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase
(B) promoting trade and communication with the Old Northwest
(C) opening the Southwest to ranchers
(D) assisting the movement of settlers to the Oregon Country
(E) relieving overpopulation and crowding in the Northeast
28. The president in 1825, John Quincy Adams, appointed John Calhoun (who campaigned against Adams in the 1824
election) as his vice president and was charged by his political opponents with
(A) having struck a "corrupt bargain"
(B) having made the best choice possible in a short list of candidates
(C) violating the Twelfth Amendment
(D) ignoring regional interests
(E) ignoring the request of the House of Representatives to appoint a different candidate for the post
29. The essay “Exposition and Protest” was directed against "abominations." Who was the author and what was the
abomination?
(A) John Marshall against the abomination of Andrew Jackson having defied him
(B) Andrew Jackson against Nicholas Biddle and the National Bank
(C) John Calhoun against the Tariff of 1828
(D) Henry Clay against the spoils system
(E) Daniel Webster's against the Compromise of 1850
30. The Whig party turned against President John Tyler because
(A) he criticized Henry Clay's handling of the Nullification Crisis
(B) he aggressively favored the expansion of slavery
(C) he opposed the entire Whig legislative program
(D) he was felt to be ineffective in pushing the Whig agenda through Congress
(E) he spoke out in favor of the annexation of Texas
31. The Kentucky and Virginia resolutions, the Hartford Convention, and the South Carolina Exposition and Protest were
similar in that all involved a defense of
(A) freedom of the seas (B) freedom of speech (C) the institution of slavery (D) states’ rights (E) presidential power in foreign affairs
“The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver...
Was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any country before?”
32. The above was said by whom following the Election of 1824?
(A) Henry Clay (B) John Adams (C) John C. Calhoun (D)Andrew Jackson (E) John Marshall
33. The goal of the Jacksonians was to
(A) redistribute the wealth of the nation
(B) reduce the influence of Southern planters
(C) ensure that people could rise to prominence on the basis of their own talents and energies
(D) put as many of their own people in office as possible
(E) abolish the Bank of the United States
34. During the Jacksonian era, the number of voters
(A) included free black males for the first time
(B) increased at a slower pace than in the previous decade
(C) decreased as a percentage of the population
(D) remained relatively stable
(E) increased at a more rapid pace than did the population as a whole
35. The most significant change regarding “party” to take place in the Jacksonian era was
(A) recognition of the value of “third parties”
(B) view that parties were a desirable part of the political process
(C) view that party leaders should be presidential candidates
(D) emergence of hard core party loyalists
(E) the institution of party nominating conventions
36. The Missouri crisis, which was settled by a compromise in 1820, was significant because it was a sign of sectional crisis and
because
(A) it revealed how strong anti-slavery sentiments were
(B) it revealed how deep pro-slavery sentiments ran
(C) it stood in sharp contrast to the rising American nationalism of the 1820s
(D) it involved most of the major politicians of the day
(E) it slowed the future admission of new states
37. John Marshall’s influence on the Supreme Court was so great that he
(A) was able to get whomever he wanted appointed to the bench
(B) more than anyone other than the framers themselves molded the development of the Constitution
(C) was able to ignore the other justices
(D) could single-handedly overturn acts of Congress
(E) could ignore the Constitution
38. The lasting significance of Gibbons v. Ogden was that it
(A) opened the way for steamboat travel on the Mississippi
(B) confirmed the state’s right to regulate commerce
(C) made peace between the Court and the Adams administration
(D) ruled that contracts could easily be violated
(E) freed transportation systems from restraints by the states