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The new two party political system that emerged int eh 1830s and 1840s
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became an important part of the nations checks and balances
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By the 1840s new techniques of politicking included all of the following except
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deference
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By the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reached
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nearly 80 percent
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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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As president John Quincy Adams
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was one of the least successful president in American history
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John Quincy Adam's weaknesses as president included all of the following except
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his firing good office holders to appoint his own people
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Andrew Jackson's political philosophy was based on his
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suspicion of the federal government
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Andrew Jackson inauguration as president symbolized the
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newly won ascendancy of the masses
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The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in
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the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs
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The section of the United States hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was
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the South
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Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because
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they believed that he federal power this bill represented could be used to suppress slavery
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John C. Calhoun's "South Carolina Exposition" was an argument for
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state's rights
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The strong regional support for the Tariff of 1833 came from
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the South
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The Force Bill of 1833 provided that
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the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties
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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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Andrew Jackson administration supported the removal of Native Americans front he eastern states because
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whites wanted the Indians lands
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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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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 policy of Jackson administration toward he eastern Indian tribes was
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forced removal
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Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the US for all of the following reasons except it
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put public service first, not profits
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Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the US except that
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it refused to lend money to politicians
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One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was
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its promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant
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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 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
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Innovations in the election of 1832 included
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adoption of the written party platforms
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One of the main reason Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the US after the 1832 election was
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his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter
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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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The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except
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taking the country off the gold standard
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The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except
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allegiance to Spain
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Texas gained its independence with
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help from Americans
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Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
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they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory
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Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend 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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Both the Democratic party and the Whig party
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were mass based political parties
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The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to
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be socially and geographically diverse
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Southerners disliked the Tariff of 1828 because it
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raised the price of manufactured goods represented the going power of the federal government
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The South Carolina nullifying convention
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declared the Tariff of 1832 null and void within South Carolina ordered the South Carolina star legislature to make military preparations to defend the state nullified the Force Bill passed by Congress threatened to secede from the Union if the national government tried to force the state into complacence with congressional law
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In his veto of the bank recharter bill, President Jackson claimed that the bank was
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unconstitutional antiwestern too much influenced by aristocrats and foreigners corrupt and monopolistic
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The panic of 1837 was the result of
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over speculation in internal improvements the bank and war specie circular economic distress in Europe
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