front 1 President John Quincy Adams aroused southern and western hostility partly because he did which of the following? | back 1 Renewed George Washington's proposal for a national university |
front 2 Despite President Adams's discomfort, his political supporters in the election of 1828 used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Andrew Jackson except: | back 2 Assailing Jackson for his deadly conflicts and uncompromising relations with Indian nations |
front 3 What was the fundamental requirement for holding federal office under President Jackson and his successors? | back 3 Political support of the president and his party |
front 4 What drove southern anger at the Tariff of Abominations? | back 4 Fear that expanding federal government power could threaten the future of slavery |
front 5 All of the following were true of southern reaction to the Tariff of Abominations except: | back 5 Protectionism benefited the farmers and planters of the Old South. |
front 6 South Carolina attempted to block the Tariff of Abominations by doing which of the following? | back 6 Nullifying the federal law through a state convention |
front 7 How did President Andrew Jackson reveal his deep hostility to eastern elites and moneyed interests? | back 7 By vetoing the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States |
front 8 Who did the Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appeal to? | back 8 Americans suspicious of secret societies |
front 9 What was one of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the election of 1832? | back 9 He feared that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter. |
front 10 What was the most fundamental and unifying political perspective underlying the organization of the Whig Party? | back 10 Hostility to Andrew Jackson and his followers |
front 11 All of the following were true of the Election of 1836 except: | back 11 The Whigs easily coalesced around one candidate. |
front 12 Which of the following was not among the problems that crippled Martin Van Buren's presidency? | back 12 Reformers' strong attacks against the spoils system of appointment to federal office |
front 13 Which of the following accurately describes why or when Americans moved to Texas? | back 13 After Mexican authorities granted Stephen Austin a tract of land for settling immigrants to become properly Mexicanized |
front 14 The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except: | back 14 Allegiance to Spain |
front 15 Through which victory did the Texas rebels win their independence? | back 15 Battle of San Jacinto |
front 16 Why did the Whigs nominate William Henry Harrison as their presidential candidate in the election of 1840? | back 16 He was devoted to no real issues and had few enemies. |
front 17 What major change in U.S. politics did the election of 1840 demonstrate? | back 17 The triumph of populist democracy |
front 18 What was a difference between the Democrats and the Whigs? | back 18 The Democrats favored states' rights while the Whigs rallied for a renewed national bank. |
front 19 True or False: By providing plots of western land for Native Americans, the U.S. government hoped that they would voluntarily move west. | back 19 True |
front 20 This act promises which of the following to the Native Americans? | back 20 Protection against other Native American tribes |
front 21 True or False: The Seminole tribe was not the only tribe to wage a violent resistance to the U.S. government's Indian Removal Act. | back 21 true |