HIST 7A - Chapter 9 - Jacksonian America

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[blank_start]Cherokee Tribal Lands[blank_end], Georgia
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  • Cherokee Tribal Lands

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[blank_start]Seminole Tribal Lands[blank_end], Florida
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  • Seminole Tribal Lands

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[blank_start]Reservations in Indian Territory[blank_end], Oklahoma
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  • Reservations in Indian Territory

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[blank_start]Indian Removal Act[blank_end], law to provide funds to force the 5 Civilized Tribes to move west to Indian Territory
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  • Indian Removal Act

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[blank_start]Trail of Tears[blank_end], forced march of the Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory
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  • Trail of Tears

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[blank_start]Daniel Webster[blank_end], Massachusetts Senator, Whig, Great Triumvirate
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  • Daniel Webster

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[blank_start]John C. Calhoun[blank_end], Nullification, South Carolina, bad hair, Great Triumvirate
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  • John C. Calhoun

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[blank_start]Nicholas Biddle[blank_end], President of 2nd bank of the United States
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  • Nicholas Biddle

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[blank_start]Andrew Jackson[blank_end], bank war against 2nd bank of the United States
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  • Andrew Jackson

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[blank_start]Henry Clay[blank_end], American System, a member of the Great Triumvirate with Calhoun and Webster
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  • Henry Clay

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[blank_start]5 Civilized Tribes[blank_end], Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole
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  • 5 Civilized Tribes

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[blank_start]Indian Territory[blank_end], later became Oklahoma
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  • Indian Territory

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[blank_start]Aroostook War[blank_end], violent brawl between Canadian and American lumberjacks over the boundary of Canada and Maine
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  • Aroostook War

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[blank_start]Bank War[blank_end], Andrew Jackson's fight to end the 2nd bank of the United States
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  • Bank War

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[blank_start]Nullification[blank_end], false idea that a state could overturn federal laws
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  • Nullification

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[blank_start]Roger B. Taney[blank_end], Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by Jackson
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  • Roger B. Taney

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[blank_start]Whigs[blank_end], Anti-Jackson forces formed this party in protest
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  • Whigs

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[blank_start]Specie Circular[blank_end], 1836 order that all payment for land must be Specie, gold or silver
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  • Specie Circular

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[blank_start]Spoils System[blank_end], name Jackson's detractors gave to his appointing of his own followers to public offices
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  • Spoils System

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[blank_start]Webster-Ashburton Treaty[blank_end], revised northern border with Canada all the way to the Rocky Mountains
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  • Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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The goal of the Jacksonians was to
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  • ensure that people could rise to prominence on the basis of their own talents and energies.
  • abolish the Bank of the United States.
  • put as many of their own people in office as possible.
  • redistribute the wealth of the nation.
  • reduce the influence of southern planters.

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During the Jacksonian era, the number of voters
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  • included free black males for the first time.
  • actually decreased as a percentage of the population.
  • increased as a result of eased qualification requirements.
  • remained stable.
  • increased at a slower pace than in the previous decade.

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The most significant change regarding “party” to take place in the Jacksonian era was the
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  • emergence of a hard core of party loyalists who picked all candidates for national office.
  • recognition of the value of “third parties.”
  • the institution of party nominating conventions.
  • view that institutionalized parties were a desirable part of the political process.
  • view that party leaders should be presidential candidates.

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Which of the following did Jackson and the Jacksonians NOT attack?
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  • a “class” of permanent officeholders
  • the party caucus
  • the “spoils system”
  • the nullification movement
  • the system by which presidential candidates were selected

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Which of the following was NOT a democratic reform of the age of Jackson?
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  • adoption of the secret ballot
  • All the answers are correct.
  • popular election of presidential electors in most states
  • removal by most states of property and taxation requirements for voting
  • adoption of the national nominating convention for the selection of presidential candidates

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In 1832, South Carolinians responded angrily when a congressional bill provided no relief from what legislation?
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  • Indian Removal Act
  • Maysville Road Act
  • Force Act
  • Independent Treasury Act
  • “tariff of abominations”

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John C. Calhoun advanced the theory of nullification as a
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  • means of making the national government secondary to the states.
  • way to force Congress to pass a protective tariff.
  • way of gaining the support of President Jackson.
  • concession to western interests.
  • moderate alternative to secession.

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The Black Hawk War
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  • saw the Sauk and Foxes temporarily regain control of part of western Illinois.
  • occurred because Black Hawk and his followers refused to recognize a treaty by which they ceded their lands to the United States.
  • was over before Jackson entered the White House.
  • cleared the way for the settlement of Chicago.
  • was notable for the cruel treatment of white settlers by Indians.

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The “Five Civilized Tribes” were the
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  • Cherokee, Creek, Miami, Mowa, and Iroquois.
  • Pontiac, Cherokee, Sioux, Mohicans, and Creek.
  • Cherokee, Cahaba, Iroquois, Mohawk, and Pequot.
  • Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw.
  • Creek, Seminole, Choctaw, Cahaba, and Pequot.

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When the Indian removal was completed,
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  • only elements of the Seminoles remained.
  • every Indian tribe east of the Mississippi was gone.
  • the Indians were relocated in reservations much like the tribal lands they left.
  • every Indian west of the Mississippi River was gone.
  • the Indians were far enough removed from whites where they would not face further encroachments.

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Under Nicholas Biddle, the National Bank
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  • restrained poorly managed state banks.
  • required that all deposits be in gold or silver coins
  • withheld credit from new businesses
  • operated solely from its Philadelphia headquarters.
  • did little general banking business.

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The National Bank was supported by
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  • “soft-money” advocates.
  • “hard-money” advocates.
  • Roger B Taney.
  • eastern business interests.
  • western farmers.

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Determined to reduce the Bank’s power even before its charter expired, Jackson
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  • removed government deposits from state banks.
  • fired most of its officials, including Biddle.
  • directed Biddle to call in all loans.
  • exposed the high officials who had been borrowing from the Bank.
  • removed government deposits from the bank.

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The penny press
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  • focused on hard news stories to attract a new audience.
  • originated in Boston.
  • relied on volunteer reporters.
  • took years to become successful.
  • brought sensationalized and opinionated news reporting to the masses.

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During the age of Jackson, politics became open to virtually all the nation’s white male citizens.
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  • True
  • False

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Jackson was strongly committed to the preservation of the Union.
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  • True
  • False

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When South Carolina nullified the tariffs of 1828 and 1832, Jackson had no choice but to go along.
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  • True
  • False

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If Calhoun and his allies learned nothing else from the nullification crisis, they learned that no state could defy the federal government alone.
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  • True
  • False

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During the first decades of the nineteenth century, the American view of Indians as “noble savages” changed to a view of them simply as “noble.”
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  • True
  • False

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Indian removal was a purely Jacksonian idea.
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  • True
  • False

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When the Bank of the United States died in 1836, the country was left with a fragmented and chronically unstable banking system.
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  • True
  • False

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The Whig vision of America was one of a nation embracing the industrial future and rising to world greatness as a commercial and manufacturing power.
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  • True
  • False

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Democrats were more likely than Whigs to support which of the following policies?
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  • slavery
  • women’s suffrage
  • westward expansion
  • immigration restriction

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Which of the following accurately describe how Andrew Jackson changed the office of the presidency?
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  • strengthened the federal government by crushing nullification and the Bank of the United States
  • redirrected the national effort to grant equality to Indians and African Americans
  • made the "spoils system" an established feature of American politics
  • helped establish the legitimization of the party system

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Which of the following statements is true about Andrew Jackson’s presidency?
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  • It had little impact on the American political system.
  • It did not significantly change the power of the presidential office.
  • It weakened the office of the president through his policy decisions.
  • His personal popularity and policies strengthened the office of the president.

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Which of the following was a consequence of allowing the charter of the Bank of the United States to expire?
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  • an unstable financial system that damaged the American economy
  • a decline in the different types of paper currency in the United States
  • a short economic depression followed by years of economic prosperity
  • an expansion of credit that benefited the American economy

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Which of the following does NOT describe white attitudes toward Native Americans in the 1800s?
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  • whites from the western states and territories considered Indians uncivilized savages who didn't deserve to have good land
  • whites in the 18th-century considered Native Americans "noble saveages"
  • justified "removal" as a way of protecting the tribes
  • the early 19th-century brough most compassionate views of Native Americans
  • favored Indian removal because they wanted the land

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What institution of the federal government supported the Indians’ right to remain on their lands in the 1800s?
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  • the President
  • the Supreme Court
  • the Bureau of Indian Affairs
  • Congress

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In what direction did the federal government generally force the tribes to migrate during the 1800s?
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  • north
  • east
  • west
  • south

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The shortest term of office for any American President was ________________________ who died of pneumonia after only one month in office.
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  • James K. Polk
  • Andrew Jackson
  • William Henry Harrison
  • John Tyler
  • Martin Van Buren
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