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The american electorate during the 1820's

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right to vote was expanded to include many more white males

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In 1840, efforts to expand voting rights in Rhode Island resulted in

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two governments claiming control of the state

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The lawyer and activist who led the campaign to expand voting rights in Rhode Island was

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Thomas Dorr

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In 1828, presidential electors were chosen by

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popular vote

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By the 1830's political parties were generally regarded as

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a desired and essential part of the democratic process

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In the years after the War of 1812, support for the idea of political parties

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was greatest in New York

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In the 1830's, an argument in favor of political parties

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a permanent political opposition was useful to the democracy

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Today, the oldest political party in the united states is

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Democrat

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According to Andrew Jackson's theory of Democracy

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all white male citizens should be treated equally

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President Andrew Jackson sought to apply his democratic principles by first targeting

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federal officeholders

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The "spoils system"

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refers to giving out jobs as political rewards

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In 1832, supporters of President Jackson, national convention

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held to make the nominating process more democratic

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As president, Andrew Jackson believed the power of the federal government

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should be reduced and was supreme over individual states

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When John C. Calhoun, doctrine of nullification

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he was the vice-president

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In the 1820's, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification, alternative to

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alternative to possible secession

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John C. Calhoun drew his doctrine of nullification ideas from the

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United States Constitution

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In his doctrine of nullification, John C. Calhoun argued

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states were the final authority on the constitutionality of federal laws

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Who of the following saw his close ties and great influence with President Jackson grow stronger as a result of the Peggy Eaton affair?

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Martin Van Buren

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The political significance of Peggy Eaton on Andrew Jackson's administration was

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the presidential aspirations of John C Calhoun were likely ended

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In 1830, the Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate was begun by a political dispute over

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the sale of public land

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Senator Robert Hayne represented the state of

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South Carolina

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In the 1830 Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate, Webster considered Hayne's arguments

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arguments claimed to be an attack on federal authority

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In 1830, what political figure said, "Our federal union-It must be preserved"?

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Andrew Jackson

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In 1830, what political figure said, "The union, next to our liberty most dear"?

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John C. Calhoun

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In 1833, the nullification crisis came to an end after President Andrew Jackson

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authorized the use of military force to see the acts of Congress were obeyed

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The primary goal of the United States' policy towards Indians in the early 1800's

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assimilate Indian tribes into white society

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The Black Hawk War

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notable for its vicious behavior by the white American military

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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

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ruled Georgia had no authority to remove the Cherokee tribes

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The "Trail of Tears" taken by the cherokees

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led them to the area that later became Oklahoma

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In 1830, the first of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to be removed to the west was the

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Choctaw

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"Five Civilized Tribes"

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the Seminoles was the tribe that best resisted the pressures of removal

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As a result of the United States Government's Indian policy in the 1830's and 1840's

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nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi

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In 1830, Maysville Road

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Jackson vetoed a federal subsidy to the Maysville Road because the road was not a part of any system of interstate commerce

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In the 1820's under Nicholas Biddle, the Bank of the United States

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was financially sound and profitable

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In the 1830's, the bank of the United States was opposed by

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both "soft-money" advocates and "hard-money" advocates

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In the debate over the Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson

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supported the interests of the "hard-money" advocates

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In 1832, Henry Clay, debate over the Bank of the United States

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Henry Clay used the debate over the Bank of the United States primarily to boost his presidential candidacy

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President Andrew Jackson's success in abolishing the Bank of the United States, result

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left the nation with an unstable banking system for many years

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Charles River Bridge Company v. Warren Bridge Company (1837)

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the supreme court ruling reflected the Jacksonian ideas of democracy and economic opportunity

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In the 1830's, Democrats were more likely than Whigs to support

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territorial expansion

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In the 1830's, Locofocos

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were radical Democrats

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The political philosophy of Whigs

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favored expanding the power of the federal government

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Support for the Whigs, regions

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support for the Whigs was weakest among small western farmers

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In the 1820's, Whig support for the Anti-Mason Party demonstrated

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the desire of the party to attract the largest possible number of voters

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During the 1830's, evangelical Protestants tended to support

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Whigs

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Leading Whigs

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NOT Martin Van Buren

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During its two-decade history, the Whig Party won the presidency

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2 times

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The Whig Party was least successful at

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uniting behind a strong national leader

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1836 election, Martin Van Buren

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won the presidency because the political opposition offered multiple candidates

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In 1836, "distribution" act

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required the federal government to disperse its surplus fund to the states

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In 1836, President Andrew Jackson's "specie circular"

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resulted in a severe financial panic

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President Martin Van Buren's subtreasury system

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was a financial system to replace the Bank of the United States

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The presidential election campaign of 1840

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saw the first influence of the "penny press" in politics

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In 1840, William Henry Harrison

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was part of a wealthy, large land-owning, frontier elite

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As president, John Tyler

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was a Whig who had once been a Democrat

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In 1841, the American ship, the Creole

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saw the British government support the rights of mutinous slaves on the ship

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The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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did NOT include an American pledge not to allow slave ships to land at British ports

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