Chapter 13

Question 1

In which election did the Corrupt Bargain take place?

Answer 1

Election of 1824

Question 2

Who were the men involved in the Corrupt Bargain?

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson, who won the popular vote for President but was denied that office. John Quincy Adams, who was chosen by the House of Representatives as President. Henry Clay, who was named Secretary of State after getting the House to vote for John Quincy Adams.

Question 3

Who won the Election of 1828?

Answer 3

Andrew Jackson

Question 4

Spoils System

Answer 4

A system where elected officials reward political supporters by providing jobs in public office.

Question 5

The Tariff of Abominations

Answer 5

The Tariff of 1828, it raised tariffs to the point that Southerners filed formal protests with the Federal Government.

Question 6

The South Carolina Exposition

Answer 6

Written by the then Vice President, John. C. Calhoun, it bluntly and explicitly proposed that states should nullify the tariff.

Question 7

Nullification Crisis

Answer 7

The crisis that grew up around the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832. The crisis was finally resolved with the Compromise Tariff of 1833, negotiated by Henry Clay.

Question 8

Force Bill

Answer 8

This bill authorized Andrew Jackson to use the Army and Navy to force the collection of tariffs in Southern States.

Question 9

Indian Removal Act

Answer 9

Passed in 1830, it provided for the removal of all Indians then East of the Mississippi River. It eventually led to the Trail of Tears.

Question 10

Trail of Tears

Answer 10

The removal of the FIve Civilized Tribes from their homes in Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama to the newly established Indian territory of Oklahoma. Nearly 1/4 of the members of these tribes died on the way to Oklahoma.

Question 11

Black Hawk War

Answer 11

1832, Sauk and Fox braves led by the Chief Black Hawk fought to resist removal from their ancestral lands. The Indians were bloodily crushed.

Question 12

Bank War

Answer 12

1832, Began when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay attempted to renew the Charter of the Bank of the United States. Andrew Jackson vetoes the bill. It continues until the bank is destroyed by the removal of its funds to smaller western banks.

Question 13

NIcholas Biddle

Answer 13

The President of the Bank of the United States.

Question 14

Election of 1832

Answer 14

Andrew Jackson soundly defeats Henry Clay.

Question 15

Specie Circular

Answer 15

A decree that required all public land to be purchased using “hard” or metallic, money.

Question 16

Whig Party

Answer 16

A new political party that formed around hatred for Andrew Jackson. They would eventually take a stand against the expansion of slavery and against liquor.

Question 17

Election of 1836

Answer 17

Martin Van Buren wins the Presidency over a variety of regional candidates put forward by the Whig Party.

Question 18

Panic of 1837

Answer 18

Caused by Andrew Jackson’s fiscal policies and his destruction of the Bank of the United States. This economic crisis lasted for 6 years.

Question 19

Battle of the Alamo

Answer 19

A battle where the defending American force was completely wiped out. The battle was then used as propaganda as American troops chanted “Remember the Alamo” for inspiration.

Question 20

Lone Star Republic

Answer 20

The name of independent Texas before it was annexed by the United States.

Question 21

Election of 1840

Answer 21

William Henry Harrison defeated Martin Van Buren by appealing to the people through the use of imagery such as Log Cabins and Hard Cider.

Question 22

Two-Party System

Answer 22

The system that grew up because of the Whigs and Democrats rivalries and differences in beliefs. The rise of parties eventually fueled sectional tensions.