Chapter 11

Question 1

*The Jacksonian concept of equality was a belief that:

Answer 1

everyone should have an equal chance to succeed

Question 2

*Thomas Jefferson considered Andrew Jackson unfit for the presidency due to his:

Answer 2

violent temperament

Question 3

*Andrew Jackson was a true Jeffersonian in his:

Answer 3

belief in limited government

Question 4

*As a result of the Eaton affair:

Answer 4

both John Eaton and Martin Van Buren left the cabinet

Question 5

*Jackson declared his opposition to nullification:

Answer 5

in his toast at a Jefferson Day dinner

Question 6

*In response to South Carolina’s tariff nullification, Jackson:

Answer 6

privately threatened to hang Calhoun

Question 7

*President Jackson’s policy toward Indians could best be described as one of:

Answer 7

removal

Question 8

*By the 1832 election, the Jacksonians had become known as the:

Answer 8

Democrats

Question 9

*After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by:

Answer 9

withdrawing its federal deposits

Question 10

*Pet banks were:

Answer 10

state banks that received federal government deposits

Question 11

*As a result of Jackson’s bank policies:

Answer 11

banks printed new bank notes with abandon

Question 12

*Jackson’s opponents called themselves Whigs to:

Answer 12

denounce what they saw as Jackson’s tyrannical qualities

Question 13

*Martin Van Buren was known as the “Little Magician” due to his:

Answer 13

skill as a professional politician

Question 14

*After the panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:

Answer 14

government assistance

Question 15

*All of the following factors contributed to the panic of 1837 EXCEPT the:

Answer 15

tariff of 1835, which had lowered duties to dangerous levels

Question 16

*The Independent Treasury Act provoked opposition from:

Answer 16

Whigs and conservative Democrats

Question 17

*In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs:

Answer 17

depended on a catchy campaign slogan

Question 18

*According to “progressive” historians, Jackson:

Answer 18

led a vast democratic movement against the abuses of the “Monster” bank

Question 19

*One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is:

Answer 19

the dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840

Question 20

*The irony of Jackson’s political philosophy is that:

Answer 20

his laissez-faire rationale for republican simplicity became the justification for the unregulated growth of centers of economic power

Question 21

/ Nicholas Biddle

Answer 21

was the director of the Bank of the United States

Question 22

/ John C. Calhoun

Answer 22

resigned vice presidency, 1832

Question 23

/ Henry Clay

Answer 23

was Jackson’s opponent for president in 1832

Question 24

/ John Eaton

Answer 24

was the husband of a woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members

Question 25

/ William Henry Harrison

Answer 25

won the presidency with his “Log Cabin and Hard Cider” campaign

Question 26

/ Andrew Jackson

Answer 26

offered as toast at Jefferson Day dinner: “Our Union—It must be preserved!”

Question 27

/ John Tyler

Answer 27

was the 1840 Whig vice-presidential candidate

Question 28

/ Martin Van Buren

Answer 28

called the Little Magician

Question 29

/ Daniel Webster

Answer 29

as the Massachusetts senator, said “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable”

Question 30

/ William Wirt

Answer 30

was a presidential candidate for Anti-Masonic party, 1832