Miscellanies Flashcards
What U.S. President refused to implement the Supreme Court decision that allowed the Cherokee people to keep their land?
Andrew Jackson
What U.S. President provoked the Mexican-American War’s beginning?
James Polk
What is thought to have prompted Texas to fight for its independence from Mexico?
Mexico outlawed slavery
What made it possible for Andrew Jackson to get elected to the Presidency in 1828?
Land ownership requirement is dropped
How was Andrew Jackson’s upbringing different from every former President’s?
He wasn’t wealthy, self made man
What was the Lowell System?
A factory production system where women worked 13 hour day and stayed in dorms at factory
Which of the following U.S. wars ended with more of a cease-fire than a peace treaty?
The War of 1812
Which of the following is the correct order of the first 7 U.S. Presidents?
Washington, Adams, Jeferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincey Adams, Jackson
Which of the 20th century Presidents stated that “The chief business of America is business”?
Calvin Coolidge
Which of the following is the correct order of the 20th Century Presidents we have studied?
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover
Jacksonian Democracy can best be described as:
democracy for all including the common man
The primary impact of the Market Revolution in the early 1800s was that:
people bought more and made less at home
Which U.S. President saw more Amendments to the U.S. Constitution passed than any other since the Bill of Rights?
Woodrow Wilson
Which of the 20th century Presidents re-segregated the U.S. Government?
Woodrow Wilson
Which of the 20th century Presidents we covered is most remembered for having suffered from scandals involving his cabinet members during his presidency?
Warren G. Harding
