The Era Of Good Feelings Test Questions – Flashcards
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who proposed the American System?
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Henry Clay
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where was Henry Clay from?
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Kentucky
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what was the purpose of the American System?
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to promote American industry and to protect domestic manufacturers from foreign competition
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what parts of the American System catered to the needs of the North?
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the second bus and the tariff of 1816
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what was the tariff of 1816?
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a 25% protective tariff placed on foreign goods
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what aspects of the American System catered to the needs of the South?
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transportation
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examples of transportation implemented by the American System?
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railroads, canals, new roads built as direct trade routes
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where were most canals built?
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the north
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who proposed a bonus bill to call for more transportation in the South?
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John Calhoun
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who vetoed the bonus bill?
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Madison
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how was the Panic of 1819 caused?
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the second bus demanded loan payments back, so people panicked and withdrew their savings, causing the banks to crash
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what was the problem presented in the Missouri Compromise?
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MO wanted to enter the Union as a slave state, but it would disrupt the Sectional Balance and give slave states additional power in the Senate
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What is the Sectional Balance?
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the balance of free/ slave states
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solution of the Missouri Compromise?
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a piece of MA would be removed to create ME a free state, and MO would be a slave state. north of the 36'30" must be free, but south of it can have slaves
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who proposed the Monroe Doctrine?
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John Quincy Adams
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what did the Monroe Doctrine do?
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established US policy of protecting the autonomy of nations in the Western Hemisphere
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who presided over the Era of Good Feelings?
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James Monroe
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in what year was john quincy adams elected president?
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1824
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on what day did Adams and Jefferson die?
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July 4, 1826
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whose policies essentially made Monroe's presidency?
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John Quincy Adams'
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why was John Quincy not elected a second term?
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the country was ready for Andrew Jackson
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what was the Old Guard?
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the first 6 presidents of the US that were all well-born and of high class, either born in VA or MA
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where was Andrew Jackson born?
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in a log cabin on the border of the Carolinas
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Andrew Jackson carried an intense hatred for whom?
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the British
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what did Andrew Jackson earn a reputation for?
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clear, strong-willed, wild, violent, and active
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Andrew Jackson was appointed ____________________ for the ____________ territory
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attorney general, Tennessee
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what happened at the Battle of Horseshoe Ben?
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Jackson killed a lot of Indians
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Jackson planned to invade _______ and attack the ________.
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Florida, Seminals
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What was the Adams - Onis Treaty?
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Spain sold us Florida
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Jackson was a national figure by what year?
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1820
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Describe the Election of 1824
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5 different people of the same party ran, and no one won the majority of the electoral college, but Jackson won the popular vote, and when the HOR voted, they could not choose a winner, Clay is eliminated and threw his support behind Adams, who won
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who founded the modern democratic party?
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Andrew jackson
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what was Jackson's response to the outcome of the election of 1824?
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it was a "corrupt bargain"
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who became John Quincy Adams' Secretary of State?
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henry clay
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what year does Jackson become president?
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1828
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what did Jackson do as far as voting requirements go?
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got rid of necessity to own land in order to vote
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who was invited to Jackson's inauguration and what was the result?
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the common man, it became a raucous scene
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what did Jackson's presidency symbolize?
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any white US male could become president
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what did the spoils system do?
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it rewarded Jackon's political supporters and friends with well-paying government jobs
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why was the spoils system controversial?
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it was corrupt
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what did jackson say to defend the spoils system?
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"it's like the spoils of war"
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what was the result of the Peggy-Eaton affair?
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jackson created his own "kitchen cabinet"
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what was the "kitchen cabinet"?
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Jackson's own group of advisors used instead of the approved Cabinet
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what was the tariff of 1828?
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John Quincy Adams raised the taxes even more than the original 25%
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why was the South furious about the tariff of 1828?
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they wanted cheaper products, and it disrupted the trade pattern
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how did the tariff of 1828 disrupt the trade pattern in the South?
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because the South could no longer buy goods from England, they were less inclined to purchase cotton from the South
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what did Jackson call the tariff of 1828?
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the Tariff of Abomination
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What was John Calhoun's opinion of the tariff of 1828?
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he opposed it
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who was the VP during Jackson's first term?
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John Calhoun
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what was South Carolina's response to the tariff of 1828?
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they passed the Doctrine of Nullification
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what was jackson's response to the Doctrine of Nullification?
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he passed the Force Bill
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what did the force bill do?
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it forced them to follow the law
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what was the tariff of 1832?
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Jackson lowered the tariff by a smidgen
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what did Jackson seek out to destroy?
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the BUS
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who was Jackson's running mate for his re-election?
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Martin Van Buren
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who were the only 4-time losers of the presidential election?
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Henry Clay and William James Bryant
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what year was the second BUS set to expire?
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1836
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who wanted to re-charter the BUS in 1832?
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Henry Clay
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who campaigned against the BUS in 1832?
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Jackson
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who won the election of 1832?
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Jackson
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what was significant about Biddle's BUS Battle?
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Nicholas Biddle denounced Jackson's arguments against the BUS
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what was Jackson's response to Biddle's BUS Battle?
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he stopped funding the BUS and invested in small banks
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what happened to the small banks that Jackson began "funding" instead of the BUS?
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they essentially just started printing out money causing inflation
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what did Jackson declare in response to the inflation that he had [essentially] caused?
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he said land could only be bought with gold
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how was the Panic of 1837 caused?
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when people rushed to the bank to exchange all their paper currency for gold
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what was one of the worst Panics in American history?
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the Panic of 1837
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in what year was the FRS established?
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1913
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what does the FRS do?
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it controls the flow of money
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arguments against the BUS and FRS? [by Ron Paul and Jackson]
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not constitutional, favors the wealthy, secretive, easily manipulated
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what did Jackson say he could do about white settlement?
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nothing
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what was the most dramatic Indian Removal Act? what year?
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Jackson's Indian Removal Policy 1830
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what did Jackson do in the Creek wars that was significant?
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he adopted the only remaining boy in a village and raised him as a son
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what did Jackson claim to be of the Natives?
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a "father figure"
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what did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 do?
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it moved all Natives west of the Mississippi
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what did the Cherokees first deal with?
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settling missionaries
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who pushed out Cherokees?
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settlers in GA and the Southeast
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who argued against Georgia's Indian Removal Policy on behalf of the Natives?
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Samuel Worcester
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how did Georgia respond to Worcester's protest of their policy?
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Georgia fired him from his job and kicked him out of the state
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how did Worcester respond to Georgia kicking him out?
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he sued the state of GA because of their policy
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what were Native American tribes viewed as?
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foreign nations
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what was the Supreme Court's ruling of Worcester v. Georgia?
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Georgia cannot set Native American Policy
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what was Jackson's response to the Supreme Court ruling of Worcester v. Georgia?
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he didn't care or enforce it
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what did the Supreme Court rule that Native tribes were to be treated as?
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autonomous nations
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what year did the Trail of Tears occur?
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1837
