Chapter 11 Flashcards
*The Jacksonian concept of equality was a belief that:
everyone should have an equal chance to succeed
*Thomas Jefferson considered Andrew Jackson unfit for the presidency due to his:
violent temperament
*Andrew Jackson was a true Jeffersonian in his:
belief in limited government
*As a result of the Eaton affair:
both John Eaton and Martin Van Buren left the cabinet
*Jackson declared his opposition to nullification:
in his toast at a Jefferson Day dinner
*In response to South Carolina’s tariff nullification, Jackson:
privately threatened to hang Calhoun
*President Jackson’s policy toward Indians could best be described as one of:
removal
*By the 1832 election, the Jacksonians had become known as the:
Democrats
*After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by:
withdrawing its federal deposits
*Pet banks were:
state banks that received federal government deposits
*As a result of Jackson’s bank policies:
banks printed new bank notes with abandon
*Jackson’s opponents called themselves Whigs to:
denounce what they saw as Jackson’s tyrannical qualities
*Martin Van Buren was known as the “Little Magician” due to his:
skill as a professional politician
*After the panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:
government assistance
*All of the following factors contributed to the panic of 1837 EXCEPT the:
tariff of 1835, which had lowered duties to dangerous levels
*The Independent Treasury Act provoked opposition from:
Whigs and conservative Democrats
*In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs:
depended on a catchy campaign slogan
*According to “progressive” historians, Jackson:
led a vast democratic movement against the abuses of the “Monster” bank
*One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is:
the dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840
*The irony of Jackson’s political philosophy is that:
his laissez-faire rationale for republican simplicity became the justification for the unregulated growth of centers of economic power
/ Nicholas Biddle
was the director of the Bank of the United States
/ John C. Calhoun
resigned vice presidency, 1832
/ Henry Clay
was Jackson’s opponent for president in 1832
/ John Eaton
was the husband of a woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members
/ William Henry Harrison
won the presidency with his “Log Cabin and Hard Cider” campaign
/ Andrew Jackson
offered as toast at Jefferson Day dinner: “Our Union—It must be preserved!”
/ John Tyler
was the 1840 Whig vice-presidential candidate
/ Martin Van Buren
called the Little Magician
/ Daniel Webster
as the Massachusetts senator, said “Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable”
/ William Wirt
was a presidential candidate for Anti-Masonic party, 1832
