Chapter 10

How much of the adult white male population in the United States could vote by 1840?

Which was not a way women became increasingly active in the public sphere during the early nineteenth century?

The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land.

According to Martin Van Buren, political parties could serve to check the power of officeholders, counteract sectional divisions, and provide voters with genuine alternatives.

The election of 1824 injured Henry Clay's political career.

Which is not an element of Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

During James Madison's presidential terms, two-party political competition completely disappeared.

The Panic of 1819 was caused by:

The election of 1824 resulted in Andrew Jackson being elected president that year.

Culturally speaking, in the United States the right to vote is tantamount to being a citizen.

The leading theorist of nullification and states' rights by 1831 was the vice president of the United States.

President Jackson's critics called him "King Andrew."

The charter for the Bank of the United States was renewed in 1811.

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.

A significant element of the American System was:

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

The second Bank of the United States held all the funds of the federal government.

Often, political cartoons criticizing Andrew Jackson illustrated him as a king.

As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as:

The portion of President James Monroe's 1823 annual message to Congress that asserted that the United States would oppose further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas, that the United States would stay out of European wars, and that European powers were not to interfere with the newly independent Latin American states is called the:

America was a much less highly stratified society than Europe.

Which was not an aspect of the pageantry surrounding elections in nineteenth-century American democracy?

Andrew Jackson was the standard-bearer for which political party?

All of the states that entered the Union after the original thirteen made property ownership a requirement of voting, at least for a time.

The Dorr War revolved around the issue of whether propertyless white men should have the right to vote.

Which of the following questions was not a key focus of political controversy during the Jackson years?

Which was not an element in the 1841 Dorr War?

Andrew Jackson and his supporters publicly argued that the Presidential Election of 1824 had been determined in his favor by a "corrupt bargain" between some of the participants.

The proper chronological order for presidents from 1817 forward is: Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler.

Which of the following was not a paradoxical feature of Andrew Jackson's public career?

Which of the following was a factor in the split between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun?

Which was not an attribute of Alexis de Tocqueville's vision of democracy?

When Thomas Jefferson wrote, "This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," he was referring to:

As a boy, Andrew Jackson had almost been killed when, during the War for Independence, a British officer struck him with his sword after the boy refused to polish the soldier's boots.

In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.

What political party was organized to oppose President Jackson?

Although denied the ballot, women found a voice in the public sphere during the 1820s and 1830s.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.

Between Democrats and Whigs, the Democrats found greater support among Catholic immigrants, subsistence farmers, and urban workers; the Whigs found greater support among wealthy landowners, well-connected businessmen, and Evangelical Protestants.

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that:

The "Era of Good Feelings" was so-called because:

McCulloch v. Maryland ruled that:

By 1860, most states had eliminated ____________ from their voting requirements.

Define "suffrage" as used in the sentence, "Suffrage was the 'the first mark of liberty, the only true badge of the freeman.' "

The 1828 "tariff of abominations" led to the Nullification Crisis.

Which of the following was not a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s?

Which of the following was a factor in the split between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun?

Andrew Jackson appealed to the changing voting pool because he represented those that came from generations of wealth and supported a strong federal government-controlled nation.

Which of the following did Andrew Jackson believe was associated with the outcome of the election of 1824?

The Panic of 1819 left many Americans uneasy about the market revolution.

Martin Van Buren's presidency, to a large degree, was occupied in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.

Despite his reputation for stubbornness, President Jackson proved timid and conciliatory during the Nullification Crisis and the Bank War

Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called:

Which of the following was not a significant development during the decade following Jackson's presidency?

Which was not part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

President Andrew Jackson's inauguration was a quiet affair in which a small group of close-knit friends of the new president met at the White House for a solemn, elite dinner.

Which of the following was not a key difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years?

Both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson believed in states' rights to nullify federal law.