HISTORY 1301 CHAPTER 10 QUIZ

Andrew Jackson was the first president born in poverty.

1) True
2) False

Andrew Jackson's action with regard to the Indians was to

1) defend Cherokee rights to disputed lands in Georgia.
2) send in troops to slaughter the Indians.
3) refuse to enforce a Supreme Court decision in their favor.
4) oppose their removal to the West.

As a result of Henry Clay's compromise in 1833,

1) Congress reduced the tariff.
2) South Carolina rescinded its nullification of the tariff.
3) Congress authorized the president to use force to gain compliance with the law in
South Carolina.
4) all of these

At the Jefferson Day dinner in 1830, Andrew Jackson offered as a toast,

1) "The Union, next to our liberty most dear!"
2) "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable."
3) "ConsolidationThat perpetual cry, both of terror and delusionConsolidation!"
4) "Our UnionIt must be preserved!"

Between 1824 and 1849, participation in presidential elections declined.

1) True
2) False

Causes of the panic of 1837 included

1) a financial depression in England.
2) Van Buren's election in 1836.
3) the policies of the Bank of the United States.
4) all of these

Enemies of the Bank of the United States included Nicholas Biddle.

1) True
2) False

Harrison won the presidential election of 1840 primarily on the basis of major issues that he
raised in the campaign.
1) True
2) False

In the "age of the common man," the United States achieved true social and economic
equality.
1) True
2) False

In the Webster-Hayne debate, Robert Y. Hayne

1) sought an alliance between New England and the West.
2) denounced the Bank of the United States.
3) supported a policy of using public land sales to raise revenue.
4) viewed the Union as a compact of states.
In the case of Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokees were a
"distinct political community" in which Georgia law had no force.
1) True
2) False

In the panic of 1837, Van Buren supported emergency government aid for the unemployed.
1) True
2) False

Jackson and his supporters agreed with Jefferson's vision for America.
1) True
2) False

Jackson helped to bring an early end to the Bank of the United States by
1) getting Congress to pass an act killing the bank.
2) beginning to deposit government funds in state banks rather than in the Bank of the
United States.
3) suing the bank in federal court.
4) persuading the English to withdraw their funds from the bank.

Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill

1) combated inflation by stopping wage increases for labor.
2) indicated his support for the idea of nullification.
3) grew directly out of his Indian policy.
4) struck at both Calhoun and Clay.

Most northern Indians gave in to federal threats and were relocated; however, many Indians
1) signed the Indian Removal Treaty.
2) fought valiantly to regain their ancestral lands.
3) decided to relocate in the North.
4) integrated into Southern communities.

Native resistance to the Indian Removal Act came from the northern tribes.
1) True
2) False

Peggy Eaton was controversial because her background offended

1) conservative congressmen from New England.
2) Martin Van Buren.
3) John C. Calhoun's wife.
4) former president John Quincy Adams.

President Jackson claimed that nullification sought disunion, which was treason.
1) True
2) False

The "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign was in support of

1) Henry Clay.
2) Andrew Jackson.
3) William Henry Harrison.
4) Martin Van Buren.

The Distribution Act of 1836 gave surplus funds in the federal treasury as loans to the states.
1) True
2) False

The Whig coalition included all the following except

1) supporters of John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster.
2) Anti-Masons.
3) Catholic immigrants.
4) social reformers.

The Whigs
1) received their name from their strong support of President Andrew Jackson.
2) generally opposed rechartering the national bank in 1832.
3) were organized around supporters of John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Daniel
Webster.
4) were opposed to the wealthy slave-owning planters in the South.

The first party in American presidential politics to hold a national convention was the Anti-
Masonic party.
1) True
2) False

The first third party in presidential politics was the Whig party, founded in 1832.
1) True
2) False

The tariff of 1832 was dubbed the "tariff of abominations" because it hit northern industries
hard and only pleased southerners.
1) True
2) False

The two main rivals within the Jackson administration were Martin Van Buren and Daniel
Webster.
1) True
2) False

The vice-president during Andrew Jackson's first term as president was

1) Martin Van Buren.
2) Henry Clay.
3) Nicholas Biddle.
4) John C. Calhoun.

To keep the government financially sound after the panic of 1837, Van Buren proposed
1) a higher tariff and an increase in the money supply.
2) reviving the Bank of the United States.
3) government aid to state banks.
4) an independent treasury.