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Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is true?


A) By 1832,he had established the political machinery of the Whig Party.
B) He wanted to see competition between political parties.
C) Based on his strong intellectualism,he promoted the idea of a national university.
D) He emphasized sectionalism over party loyalty.
E) In the 1820s,he wanted politicians to focus more on ending slavery.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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The independence movements in Latin America between 1810 and 1822:


A) led Spain to crack down and succeed in consolidating its power in the Americas.
B) gained very little sympathy in the United States because of atrocities committed by revolutionaries.
C) created seventeen different nations,each headed by a person of Indian ancestry.
D) paralleled in some ways the independence movement that created the United States.
E) created new nations that economically developed at a very fast rate.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Which occurred during the election of 1828?


A) Adams fired most of the federal employees who openly campaigned for Jackson.
B) One campaign slogan declared,"Adams can fight,but Jackson can write."
C) Adams's supporters questioned the morality of Andrew Jackson's wife because they saw her as a bigamist.
D) Andrew Jackson accused John Quincy Adams of being a murderer.
E) Andrew Jackson challenged Henry Clay to a duel because of 1824's "corrupt bargain."

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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The Panic of 1837:


A) inspired a more vigorous labor movement in the decade that followed.
B) led to a relatively mild economic downturn that resolved itself by 1839.
C) can only be blamed on Andrew Jackson's veto of the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States.
D) was caused,in part,by a decline in British demand for American cotton.
E) helped farmers,because the cost of transporting goods to markets fell.

F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

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Which Indian nation fought a war with the U.S.army from 1835 to 1842 to resist removal to the West?


A) Cherokee.
B) Chickasaw.
C) Creek.
D) Seminole.
E) Choctaw.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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In his Cherokee Nation v.Georgia opinion,Chief Justice John Marshall stated that:


A) Georgia had to respect Indian title to their lands.
B) Indians were wards of the federal government.
C) the Cherokee had to move to the Indian Territory.
D) President Jackson had full authority over Indian affairs.
E) Indians were U.S.citizens,with all attendant rights and responsibilities.

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Nicholas Biddle


A) his proposal sparked Missouri controversy
B) Second Bank of the United States
C) A Son of the Forest
D) temporary Rhode Island governor
E) "log cabin" candidate
F) theorist behind nullification
G) advocated a powerful federal government as president
H) Jefferson's treasury secretary
I) accused of making a "corrupt bargain"
J) founder of the Democratic Party
K) senator who denounced nullification as treasonous
L) Cherokee resistance leader

M) B) and G)
N) E) and H)

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Daniel Webster


A) his proposal sparked Missouri controversy
B) Second Bank of the United States
C) A Son of the Forest
D) temporary Rhode Island governor
E) "log cabin" candidate
F) theorist behind nullification
G) advocated a powerful federal government as president
H) Jefferson's treasury secretary
I) accused of making a "corrupt bargain"
J) founder of the Democratic Party
K) senator who denounced nullification as treasonous
L) Cherokee resistance leader

M) D) and G)
N) G) and H)

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The key insight of Alexis de Tocqueville's Tocqueville on Democracy was that:


A) the most important thing about American democracy was that the majority of men could vote.
B) American democracy was really a sham.
C) American democracy really represented an important cultural shift.
D) the ideology of the Whig Party was actually more democratic than that of the Democratic Party.
E) American democracy could not exist without strong presidential leadership.

F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

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Who was the president of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?


A) Langdon Cheves.
B) Paul Volcker.
C) Henry Clay.
D) Nicholas Biddle.
E) Charles Winchester.

F) D) and E)
G) None of the above

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -American System


A) held that the Bank of the United States was constitutional
B) America's diplomatic declaration of independence
C) opposed Andrew Jackson
D) election of 1824
E) performers in racist theatrical shows
F) inexpensive newspapers
G) getting a job based on party loyalty,not on merit
H) called Indians "wards" of the federal government
I) political program for economic development
J) men who did not own enough property to vote
K) Cherokee trek to Oklahoma
L) maintained the balance of power between slave and free states

M) C) and H)
N) H) and J)

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Albert Gallatin


A) his proposal sparked Missouri controversy
B) Second Bank of the United States
C) A Son of the Forest
D) temporary Rhode Island governor
E) "log cabin" candidate
F) theorist behind nullification
G) advocated a powerful federal government as president
H) Jefferson's treasury secretary
I) accused of making a "corrupt bargain"
J) founder of the Democratic Party
K) senator who denounced nullification as treasonous
L) Cherokee resistance leader

M) I) and K)
N) B) and J)

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Whigs believed that the federal government was responsible for promoting the welfare of the people and securing liberty.

A) True
B) False

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -spoils system


A) held that the Bank of the United States was constitutional
B) America's diplomatic declaration of independence
C) opposed Andrew Jackson
D) election of 1824
E) performers in racist theatrical shows
F) inexpensive newspapers
G) getting a job based on party loyalty,not on merit
H) called Indians "wards" of the federal government
I) political program for economic development
J) men who did not own enough property to vote
K) Cherokee trek to Oklahoma
L) maintained the balance of power between slave and free states

M) A) and B)
N) E) and I)

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Andrew Jackson was Harvard educated but was able to portray himself to the American people as a common man.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -growth of democracy

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Which statement is true in regard to democracy in the Age of Jackson?


A) Jackson was a typical poor farmer who came to be an accurate symbol of the age.
B) The justification for the disfranchisement of women was similar to that used against blacks.
C) The ideals of the Declaration of Independence expanded beyond white men.
D) Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that democracy in the United States was overrated.
E) States created after 1800 extended suffrage beyond white males.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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What was President Martin Van Buren's new solution to the problem of what to do about the federal government's relationship to banking?


A) He called for federal money to be deposited in state-chartered banks known as "pets."
B) He proposed the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank,with branches in key cities.
C) He created the Third Bank of the United States,but this time headed by a reliable Democrat.
D) He set up a program of federal insurance on individual bank accounts to protect them in times of panic.
E) He proposed that federal funds be controlled by government officials rather than by bankers.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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