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HIST 7A - Chapter 9 - Jacksonian America

HIST 7A - Chapter 9 - Jacksonian America

Question 1 of 50

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, Georgia

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Question 2 of 50

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, Florida

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Question 3 of 50

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, Oklahoma

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Question 4 of 50

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, law to provide funds to force the 5 Civilized Tribes to move west to Indian Territory

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Question 5 of 50

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, forced march of the Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory

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Question 6 of 50

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, Massachusetts Senator, Whig, Great Triumvirate

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Question 7 of 50

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, Nullification, South Carolina, bad hair, Great Triumvirate

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Question 8 of 50

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, President of 2nd bank of the United States

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Question 9 of 50

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, bank war against 2nd bank of the United States

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Question 10 of 50

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, American System, a member of the Great Triumvirate with Calhoun and Webster

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Question 11 of 50

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, Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole

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, later became Oklahoma

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Question 13 of 50

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, violent brawl between Canadian and American lumberjacks over the boundary of Canada and Maine

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, Andrew Jackson's fight to end the 2nd bank of the United States

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, false idea that a state could overturn federal laws

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, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appointed by Jackson

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, Anti-Jackson forces formed this party in protest

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, 1836 order that all payment for land must be Specie, gold or silver

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, name Jackson's detractors gave to his appointing of his own followers to public offices

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Question 20 of 50

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, revised northern border with Canada all the way to the Rocky Mountains

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Question 21 of 50

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The goal of the Jacksonians was to

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 22 of 50

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During the Jacksonian era, the number of voters

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 23 of 50

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The most significant change regarding “party” to take place in the Jacksonian era was the

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 24 of 50

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Which of the following did Jackson and the Jacksonians NOT attack?

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 25 of 50

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Which of the following was NOT a democratic reform of the age of Jackson?

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 26 of 50

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In 1832, South Carolinians responded angrily when a congressional bill provided no relief from what legislation?

Select one of the following:

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Maysville Road Act

  • Force Act

  • Independent Treasury Act

  • “tariff of abominations”

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Question 27 of 50

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John C. Calhoun advanced the theory of nullification as a

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 28 of 50

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The Black Hawk War

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 29 of 50

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The “Five Civilized Tribes” were the

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 30 of 50

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When the Indian removal was completed,

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 31 of 50

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Under Nicholas Biddle, the National Bank

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 32 of 50

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The National Bank was supported by

Select one of the following:

  • “soft-money” advocates.

  • “hard-money” advocates.

  • Roger B Taney.

  • eastern business interests.

  • western farmers.

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Question 33 of 50

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Determined to reduce the Bank’s power even before its charter expired, Jackson

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 34 of 50

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The penny press

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 35 of 50

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 36 of 50

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Jackson was strongly committed to the preservation of the Union.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 37 of 50

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

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 38 of 50

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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.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 39 of 50

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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.”

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 40 of 50

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Indian removal was a purely Jacksonian idea.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 41 of 50

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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.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 42 of 50

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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.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 43 of 50

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Democrats were more likely than Whigs to support which of the following policies?

Select one of the following:

  • slavery

  • women’s suffrage

  • westward expansion

  • immigration restriction

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Question 44 of 50

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Which of the following accurately describe how Andrew Jackson changed the office of the presidency?

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 45 of 50

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Which of the following statements is true about Andrew Jackson’s presidency?

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 46 of 50

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Which of the following was a consequence of allowing the charter of the Bank of the United States to expire?

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 47 of 50

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Which of the following does NOT describe white attitudes toward Native Americans in the 1800s?

Select one of the following:

  • 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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Question 48 of 50

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What institution of the federal government supported the Indians’ right to remain on their lands in the 1800s?

Select one of the following:

  • the President

  • the Supreme Court

  • the Bureau of Indian Affairs

  • Congress

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Question 49 of 50

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In what direction did the federal government generally force the tribes to migrate during the 1800s?

Select one of the following:

  • north

  • east

  • west

  • south

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Question 50 of 50

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The shortest term of office for any American President was ________________________ who died of pneumonia after only one month in office.

Select one of the following:

  • James K. Polk

  • Andrew Jackson

  • William Henry Harrison

  • John Tyler

  • Martin Van Buren

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