1. The Webster-Hayne debate was part of an ongoing
discussion about what issue?
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A) slavery
B) the rights of Native Americans
C) state’s rights
D) political parties
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2. What did Andrew Jackson’s practice of
rewarding his political backers become known
as?
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A) Jacksonian democracy
B) popular sovereignty
C) checks and balances
D) the spoils system
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3. President Jackson attacked the Second National
Bank of the U.S. claiming it was
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A) causing inflation
B) unconstitutional
C) causing a panic
D) a pet bank
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4. Whose policies controlled the nation’s money
supply during most of Jackson’s presidency?
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A) state banks called “pet banks”
B) Nicholas Biddle, president of the National Bank
C) merchants in the Northeast
D) Jackson and Congress
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5. What was the central principle of Jacksonian
democracy?
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A) practicing the spoils system
B) easing the voting restrictions to include women
C) spreading political power to the common man
D) using tariffs to increase revenue
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6. What development led to the Panic of 1837?
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A) people worried about the nation’s economy
B) too much money in circulation caused inflation
C) state banks issued too much money
D) all the above
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7. An early and important defender
of states’ rights was ________.
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A) John Quincy Adams
B) Andrew Jackson
C) John C. Calhoun
D) Daniel Webster
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8. The present-day Democratic party traces its
roots to the supporters of __________.
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A) Henry Clay
B) Andrew Jackson
C) William Crawford
D) John Q. Adams
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9. In 1832, Andrew Jackson risked
losing votes in the North when he _____.
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A) asked Nicholas Biddle to renew the charter for the National Bank
B) decided how much money state banks receive
C) pushed the bill to renew the national bank through Congress
D) vetoed the bill to renew the National Bank of the U.S.
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10. After passing the Nullification Act of
1832, the people of South Carolina
threatened to ________.
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A) secede from the Union
B) use force to uphold the federal law
C) pass a compromise tariff bill
D) lower earlier tariff rates
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11. Passed by Congress in 1830, this law
allowed the president to make treaties with
Native Americans.
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A) Native American Freedom Act
B) Tolerance Act
C) Indian Removal Act
D) Save-Our-Land-Act
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12. The harsh journey of forced removal of
Cherokee Indians from their homes in
Georgia to the West.
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A) Trail of Weeping
B) Trail of Tears
C) Oregon Trail
D) Tear Trail
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13. Andrew Jackson’s election victory in 1828
depended on support from this group of people.
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A) wealthy people
B) politicians
C) the common people
D) Native Americans
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14. This resulted from a widespread concern
about the nation’s economic health.
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A) Tariff of Abominations
B) Indian Removal Act
C) Great Depression
D) Panic of 1837
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15. This resulted from an increase in the money
supply and a decrease in the value of money.
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A) wealth
B) inflation
C) deflation
D) surplus
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16. Who was President of the National Bank?
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A) William Crawford
B) Nicholas Biddle
C) Henry Clay
D) Daniel Webster
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17. What was another name for the election of
1824?
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A) the Corrupt Deal
B) the Corrupt Election
C) the Corrupt Bargain
D) the Corrupt Agreement
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18. When no candidate won an electoral majority in the
1824 election __________.
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A) there were numerous recount votes
B) the election was decided by the Senate
C) the election was decided by the Supreme Court
D) the election was decided by the House of Representatives
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19. Whites demanded Indian land in Georgia and other states
so __________.
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A) Jackson signed an agreeable treaty with them for their land
B) Jackson allowed the courts to settle the argument
C) President Jackson forcibly removed the Cherokees and others
D) Jackson bought the land from the Cherokees at a fair price
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20. The “Corrupt Bargain” between Adams
and Clay laid the foundation for the ____.
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A) harsh treatment of the Native Americans
B) spoils system and the introduction of new political parties
C) disagreements between Jackson and Biddle
D) Nullification Act
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21. Who was the first President to die
in office?
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A) John Tyler
B) John Quincy Adams
C) Martin Van Buren
D) William Henry Harrison
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22. What President was blamed for the
Panic of 1837?
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A) Martin Van Buren
B) Nicholas Biddle
C) Andrew Jackson
D) John Tyler
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23. What political party was opposed to the
concentration of power in the
chief executive (President)?
• A) the Nationalist
• B) the Federalist
• C) the Whig
• D) the Republican
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24. “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” refers to
________.
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A) the compromise proposed by Henry Clay
B) the Presidential election of 1840
C) the Tariff of Abominations
D) the Corrupt Bargain
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