AP US History I Chapter 13 – Flashcards

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The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by
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forcing the election into the House of Representatives.
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Andrew Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on his
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suspicion of the federal government.
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The so-called Era of Good Feelings was never entirely tranquil, but even the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the
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Panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend national recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because
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antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery.
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The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when
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no candidate received a mojority of the vote in the Electoral College.
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The Panic of 1837 was cause by all of the following except
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taking the country off the gold standard.
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Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was
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a major expansion of presidential power.
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Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the
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newly won ascendancy of the masses.
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John Quincy Adams could be best described as
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possessing almost none of the arts of the politician.
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In their treatment of Native Americans, white Americans did all of the following except
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argue that Indians could not be assimilated into the larger society.
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Americans moved into Texas
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after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin.
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The presidential election of 1824
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was the first one to see the election of a minority president.
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Innovations in the election of 1832 included
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adoption of written party platforms.
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Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because
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whites wanted the Indian's land.
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The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832
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declared the existing tariff null and viod in South Carolina.
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The section of the United States most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was
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the South.
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John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed _____ to become _____.
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Henry Clay; secretary of state.
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The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was
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William Harrison.
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Match each indivitual below with the correct description. A. Andrew Jackson B. Henry Clay C. John Quincy Adams D. William Crawford 1. Finished third in the electoral vote but was eliminated by illness. 2. Was elecrted president by the House of Representatives despite his weak popular appeal. 3. Threw his support to the winning candidate, inspiring charges of a "corrupt bargain." 4. Finished first in the popular vote but lost in the House of Representatives.
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Answer: A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1.
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The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to
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people who opposed to the growing political power of evangelical Protestants.
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Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following except
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opponents of public education.
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In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following except
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refuse to own slaves.
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The cement that help the Whig party together in its formative days was
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hatred of Andrew Jackson.
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The people who opposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were
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ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson who actually hoped it would be defeated.
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The purpose behind the spoils system was
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to reward political supporters with public office.
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Andrew Jackson and his supporters dislike the Bank of the Untied States for all of the following reasons except it
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put public service first, not profits.
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William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
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made to look like a poor western farmer.
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The strong regional support of the Tariff of 1833 came from
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the South.
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One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election was
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his fear the Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank before its recharter.
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The election of 1824 ended in a deadlock as directed by the _____ amendment, the House of Representatives had to choose among the three top candidates.
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Twelfth
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Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from
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the South and Southwest.
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The nullification crisis of 1832-1833 erupted over
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tariff policy.
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Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on
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the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional.
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The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all the following issues except
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immigration.
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As president, John Quincy Adams
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was one of the least successful presidents in American history.
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The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 except
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proposal of the Divorce Bill.
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John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president inculded all of the following except
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his encouragement of his supporters to "sling mud" at Jackson.
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The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when
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Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833.
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The new two-party systen that emerged in the 1830s and the 1840s
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became an important part of the nation's chacks and balances.
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Texas gained its independence with
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help from Americans.
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Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States except that
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the bank was beholden to British financial intrests.
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One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was its
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being a source of credit and stability, promoting the nation's expanding economy.
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The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was
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forced removal.
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Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because
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this same power could be used to suppress slavery.
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The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
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Henry Clay.
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While in existence, the second Bank of the United States
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was the depository of the funds of the national government.
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The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for
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neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers.
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