Jacksonian Democracy and Westward Expansion (1824-1850) Flashcards
Jacksonian banking policies did which of the following?
Encouraged the expansion of credit and speculation.
What was the main authorization of the Jacksonian Indian Policy?
The relocation of eastern Indians to federal lands west of Mississippi River
The diverse coalition making up the Whigs Party was clustered around the National Republican Party of
John Quincy Adams
Between the Monroe Doctrine (1823) and the outbreak of the Civil War (1861), the most important aspect of United States foreign policy was
Expanding the nation’s boundaries
The presidential election of 1840 is often considered the first “modern” election because
For the first time, both parties widely campaigned among all the eligible voters
The 1848 women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, was a protest against
Customs and laws that gave women a status inferior to that of men
The Great Famine of Ireland in the 1840s affected the United States in which of the following ways?
It led to a massive wave of Irish immigrants to the United States.
The idea of Manifest Destiny included all of the following EXCEPT the belief that
Commerce and industry would decline as the nation expanded its agricultural base
Which of the following groups was most likely to adopt the Free Soil ideology?
Western frontier settlers
Which of the following was opposed by both the Free Soil Party and the Republican Party in the mid-nineteenth century?
Extension of slavery into the territories
