Ch. 11 & 14

Question 1

The New Yorker who established the “Albany Regency”

Answer 1

Martin Van Buren

Question 2

Changes to voting rules resulted in what by 1840

Answer 2

almost universal white manhood suffrage

Question 3

The 1820s and 30s were famous for expanding democratic practices and opportunities for the “common man” also did what

Answer 3

acted contrary to its reputation concerning women and blacks

Question 4

“corrupt bargain”

Answer 4

phrase of the election of 1824

Question 5

Presidential candidates of 1824

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay

Question 6

Period form 1817 to 1824

Answer 6

Era of Good Feelings

Question 7

Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828 based on his political experience and thoughtful positions of the issues

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Informal group of personal advisors favored by President Jackson

Answer 8

Kitchen Cabinet

Question 9

Henry Clay’s American system did not include

Answer 9

a national observatory

Question 10

Political stage of the 1830s that centered on the fundamental problem of how to balance the interests of the states against the interests of the nation

Answer 10

Nullification Crisis

Question 11

Southern planters DIDNT oppose tariffs because

Answer 11

they believed tariffs would prevent westward expansion

Question 12

Trail of Tears

Answer 12

the forced moral of the Cherokee form the east to Indian territory

Question 13

The second bank of the US became a divisive political issue because

Answer 13

Jackson portrayed the bank as the enemy of the people and a tool of the elite

Question 14

The Whig Party

Answer 14

the name of those opposed to royal absolutism in England

Question 15

Panic of 1837

Answer 15

The financial collapse that followed the speculative boom after Jackson killed the second bank of the United States

Question 16

The Whigs campaign slogan in 1840

Answer 16

“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”

Question 17

The national road

Answer 17

tied east and e

west together as a public project

Question 18

The Market Revolution didn’t involve

Answer 18

establishing free trade policies

Question 19

The putting out system

Answer 19

employed mostly unskilled workers doing piecework labor

Question 20

Tejanos

Answer 20

Spanish speaking people born in Texas who joined with American settlers to fight for Texas’ independence but were later largely forced out of Texas

Question 21

The government sponsored explorations of the west EXCEPT

Answer 21

William Henry Ashley’s exploration of the Rockies

Question 22

Manifest Destiny

Answer 22

The argument that the United States had a god given right to expand westward

Question 23

“Fifty-four a forty or Fight”

Answer 23

The slogan associated with president James k Polk which intimated war if Britain did not concede to the United States all of Oregon territory to the border of Russian Alaska

Question 24

The Oregon Treaty between the United States and Britain in 1846

Answer 24

a compromise setting the Canadian-united states border at the 49th parallel

Question 25

Texas was annexed in 1845 in large part because

Answer 25

James K Polk had won the election on an expansionist platform

Question 26

“Mr Polk’s War”

Answer 26

name for the Mexican American war because Whigs believed Polk had misled the country and that the war was unnecessary

Question 27

The Mexican-American War did not involve

Answer 27

the easy defeat of the Mexicans who gave little resistance

Question 28

The Free-Soil Party

Answer 28

wanted first and foremost to promote the interests of whites

Question 29

Zachary Taylor and the Whigs won in 1848

Answer 29

NOT because the liberty party refused to cooperate with the free soilers

Question 30

John Quincy Adams presidency

Answer 30

marked with failure and disappointment

Question 31

Andrew Jackson felt the “Bank War” was a necessary action

Answer 31

to protect the best interests of the “common man”

Question 32

Henry Clay intitiated the Nullification a crisis by writing “Exposition and Protest”

Answer 32

False

Question 33

The Panic of 1837

Answer 33

largely caused by economic policies of Andre Jackson

Question 34

The Supreme Court supported economic opportunity by denying a monopoly in the Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge decision

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Martin Van Buren served as Secretary of State and Vice- president under Jackson

Answer 35

True

Question 36

All Indian tribes east of the Mississippi River left their lands peacefully as a result of the Indian removal act

Answer 36

False

Question 37

The market revolution was a short lived and temporary change for the US

Answer 37

False

Question 38

The transportation revolution

Answer 38

fostered an optimistic and risk taking mentality that stimulated innovation and invention

Question 39

Manifest Destiny

Answer 39

more closely associated with the Democratic party

Question 40

The first permanent settlers in the Oregon territory were Christian missionaries

Answer 40

false

Question 41

After gaining independence from Spain

Answer 41

Mexico encouraged American settlers to move to Texas

Question 42

from the beginning the Mexican war was supported by nearly all Americans

Answer 42

false

Question 43

Almost 40% of the gold miners in California were Americans

Answer 43

False

Question 44

The Wilmot Proviso stated that silvery would be banned in the US

Answer 44

false

Question 45

The Free Soil Party contributed greatly to the presidential victory of Zachary Taylor

Answer 45

true