Unit 9

Question 1

How did the election of Andrew Jackson as President signal a new day in American politics?

Answer 1

It reflected the greater power of the people and it showed the growing political power of the west

Question 2

What was Jackson’s idea on how jobs in the federal government should be fulfilled?

Answer 2

That they should be rotated out on a regular basis and the winning party should be able to fill positions with its supporters

Question 3

In the nullification controversy, what state opposed Jackson?

Answer 3

South Carolina

Question 4

What did John Calhoun believe about the enforcement of Federal law?

Answer 4

That a state had the right to nullify or refuse to enforce a Federal law it believed was unconstitutional

Question 5

Why did Andrew Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?

Answer 5

Because he though it was unconstitutional, it did not provide a sound and uniform currency, it got involved in politics, and he was leery of all paper money

Question 6

What was the term used for state banks that received Federal deposits?

Answer 6

Pet banks

Question 7

What was the effect of Jackson’s monetary policies?

Answer 7

National economic downturn, inflation, and a serious depression, called the panic of 1837

Question 8

What was the best known incident of Indian removal?

Answer 8

“The Trail of Tears”

Question 9

What political party held the first national nominating convention?

Answer 9

The Anti-Masons

Question 10

Who was Old Kinderhook?

Answer 10

Martin Van Buren

Question 11

What two key positions did Van Buren hold in the Jackson administration?

Answer 11

He was Secretary of State and Vice President

Question 12

What new political party opposed the Jacksonian Democrats?

Answer 12

The Whigs

Question 13

How did the Whigs hope to win the presidency in 1836?

Answer 13

By nominating Whig candidates in hopes that each would be more popular than Van Buren, so that no candidate would have a majority of electoral votes

Question 14

The administration of Martin Van Buren in 1836 was hurt by what event?

Answer 14

The Panic of 1837

Question 15

What government office handled Federal revenues and cash flows?

Answer 15

The independent treasury

Question 16

Who were the 1840 presidential nominees?

Answer 16

Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler

Question 17

What happened to William Henry Harrison soon after he took office?

Answer 17

He died of pneumonia after giving a long speech in bad weather without a hat

Question 18

How did John Tyler and the Whig party get along?

Answer 18

Poorly. John Tyler was a roadblock to the Whig agenda and was cast out of the Whig party

Question 19

What issue did the Democrats hope to ride back into power in 1844?

Answer 19

Westward expansion

Question 20

What is manifest destiny?

Answer 20

It is the idea that God’s destiny for the United States extends across the continent

Question 21

Over what trail did settlers travel from Independence, Missouri, to what is now the American northwest?

Answer 21

The Oregon Trail

Question 22

What two countries jointly oversaw the Oregon Territory?

Answer 22

The United States and Great Britain

Question 23

A land grant in Texas was given by the Mexican government to whom?

Answer 23

Moses Austin

Question 24

Who encouraged Americans to settle in Texas?

Answer 24

Stephen Austin

Question 25

Who were the Texians, and what did they establish?

Answer 25

Texas-Americans. They established the Republic of Texas as an independent nation

Question 26

What battle did the Texians lose? What battle did the Texians win?

Answer 26

They lost at the battle of the Alamo and won at the battle of San Jacinto River

Question 27

What position did the New Mexican government take regarding the independence of Texas?

Answer 27

They refused to accept the independence of Texas

Question 28

Who was president of the Republic of Texas?

Answer 28

Sam Houston

Question 29

Who were the two major party candidates for President in 1844?

Answer 29

Democrat James Polk and Whig Henry Clay

Question 30

How was the Oregon question resolved?

Answer 30

Great Britain and the U.S. divided Oregon between them at the 49th parallel

Question 31

When was Texas offered annexation and statehood?

Answer 31

1845

Question 32

What was the controversy that led to the Mexican War?

Answer 32

What the border was between Mexico and Texas

Question 33

In what year did the Mexican War begin, and in what year did it end?

Answer 33

It began in 1846; it ended in 1848

Question 34

What did the U.S. receive as a result of the Mexican War?

Answer 34

Texas, California, and the New Mexico area in between for $15 million

Question 35

What has been the importance of protest in American history?

Answer 35

To display people’s rejection of a certain stand or law in hopes that the government will listen and change

Question 36

How can protest lead to change?

Answer 36

By people and the government becoming aware of the problem and striving to change it