Chapter 13

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In the 1820s and the 1830s, the public’s attitude regarding political parties

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reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life

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The so called Era of Good Feelings was never entirely tranquil, but even the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the

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Panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820

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The presidential election of 1824

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was the first one to see the election of a minority president

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Andrew Jackson…

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finished first in the popular vote but lost in the House of Representatives

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Henry Clay…

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threw his support to the winning candidate, inspiring charges of a “corrupt bargain”

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John Quincy Adams…

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was elected president by the House of Represenatives despite his weak popular appeal

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William Crawford…

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finished third in the electoral vote but was eliminated by illness

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The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when

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no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College

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People in the West tended to prefer Andrew Jackson in the 1824 election because he

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campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in government

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John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a “corrupt bargain” when he appointed ______ to become ______.

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Henry Clay, Secretary of State

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John Quincy Adams could be described as

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possessing almost none of the arts of the politician

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Andrew Jackson’s Democratic political philosophy was based on his

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suspicion of the federal government

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Andrew Jackson’s inauguration as president symbolized the

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newly won ascendency of the masses

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The purpose behind the spoils system was

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to reward political supporters with public office

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The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

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the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs

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Writing about his observations of America and Americans as he traveled across the United States, the Frenchmen Alexis de Tocqueville was most struck by

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the general equality of condition among the people

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Opposing the Tariff of 1828, Southerners labeled it a “Yankee Tariff” because

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the tariff protected New England manufacturing at their expense

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John C. Calhoun’s South Carolina Exposition was an argument for

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states’ rights

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The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832

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declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina

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The Force Bill of 1833 provided that the

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President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

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The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

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Henry Clay

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In response to South Carolina’s nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson

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dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification

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The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when

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Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833

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Andrew Jackson’s administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

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whites wanted the Indians’ lands

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The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was

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forced removal

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One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States

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was the depository of the funds of the national government

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While in existence, the second Bank of the United States

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was the depository of the funds of the national government

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Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States on

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the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional

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The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to

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American suspicions of secret societies

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Innovations in the election of 1832 included

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adoption of written party platforms

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One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election was

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his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter

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The cement that held the Whig party together in its formative days was

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hatred of Andrew Jackson

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The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by

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forcing the election into the House of Represenatives

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Americans moved into Texas

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after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin

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Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

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San Jacinto

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Texas gained its independence with

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help from Americans

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Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because

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they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory

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One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that the

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Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian

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President Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because

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antislavery groups in the US opposed the expansion of slavery

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Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from

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the South and Southwest

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The “Tippecanoe” in the Whigs’ 1840 campaign slogan was

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William Harrison

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William Henry Harrison, the Whig party’s presidential candidate in 1840, was

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made to look like a poor western farmer

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Both the Democratic Party and the Whig party

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were mass-based political parties

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The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

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be socially and geographically diverse

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Nulllification Crisis (1832-1833)

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Showdown between Jackson and the South Carolina legislature, which declared the 1832 tariff null and void in the state and threatened secession if the federal gov. tried to collect duties. was resolved by a compromise negotiated by Henry Clay

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Spoils System

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policy of rewarding political supporters with public office.The practice was widely abused by unscrupulous office seekers, but it also helped cement party loyalty in the emerging two-party system

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New Democracy

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Got more people involved in the government. There were fewer voter restrictions and voter turnout increased (all white men could vote)