Chapter 13
The Rise of a Mass
Democracy, 1824–1840
Question
All of the following were true of the Corrupt Bargain
EXCEPT
a) Jackson polled almost as many popular votes as his
next two rivals combined.
b) Jackson won a majority of the electoral vote, but
failed to win a popular majority.
c) Clay eliminated, yet as Speaker of the House, he
presided over the very chamber that had to pick the
winner.
d) according to Jackson’s supporters, Adams had
bribed Clay with the position of Secretary of State.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Corrupt Bargain
EXCEPT
a) Jackson polled almost as many popular votes as his
next two rivals combined.
b) Jackson won a majority of the electoral vote, but
failed to win a popular majority. (correct)
c) Clay eliminated, yet as Speaker of the House, he
presided over the very chamber that had to pick the
winner.
d) according to Jackson’s supporters, Adams had
bribed Clay with the position of Secretary of State.
Hint: See pages 273–274.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Spoils System EXCEPT
a) it was introduced into the federal government on a
large scale, under Jackson.
b) it rejected rewarding political supporters with public
office.
c) the system had already secured a firm hold in New
York and Pennsylvania.
d) it was based on the belief that since every man is as
good as his neighbor, the routine of office was
simple enough for any upstanding American to learn
quickly.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Spoils System EXCEPT
a) it was introduced into the federal government on a
large scale, under Jackson.
b) it rejected rewarding political supporters with public
office. (correct)
c) the system had already secured a firm hold in New
York and Pennsylvania.
d) it was based on the belief that since every man is as
good as his neighbor, the routine of office was
simple enough for any upstanding American to learn
quickly.
Hint: See page 280.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Nullification Crisis
EXCEPT
a) through Jackson’s first term, the nullifiers tried to muster the
two-thirds vote for nullification in the South Carolina legislature.
b) South Carolina delegates, meeting in Columbia, solemnly
declared the existing tariff to be null and void within their state.
c) the convention threatened to take South Carolina out of the
Union if Washington attempted to collect the customs duties by
force.
d) Jackson was a diehard supporter of the tariff, and he would not
permit defiance or disunion.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Nullification Crisis
EXCEPT
a) through Jackson’s first term, the nullifiers tried to muster the
two-thirds vote for nullification in the South Carolina legislature.
b) South Carolina delegates, meeting in Columbia, solemnly
declared the existing tariff to be null and void within their state.
c) the convention threatened to take South Carolina out of the
Union if Washington attempted to collect the customs duties by
force.
d) Jackson was a diehard supporter of the tariff, and he would not
permit defiance or disunion. (correct)
Hint: See page 282.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Indian Removal Act
EXCEPT
a) it provided for the transplanting of all Indian tribes from the west
to the eastern side of the Mississippi.
b) Jackson’s policy led to the forced uprooting of more than
100,000 Indians.
c) in a callous jibe at the Indians’ defender, Jackson allegedly
snapped, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him
enforce it.”
d) in the ensuing decade, countless Indians died on forced
marches.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Indian Removal Act
EXCEPT
a) it provided for the transplanting of all Indian tribes from the west
to the eastern side of the Mississippi. (correct)
b) Jackson’s policy led to the forced uprooting of more than
100,000 Indians.
c) in a callous jibe at the Indians’ defender, Jackson allegedly
snapped, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him
enforce it.”
d) in the ensuing decade, countless Indians died on forced
marches.
Hint: See page 285.
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Question
The Trail of Tears referred to the
a) forced removal of the Cherokee from
Georgia.
b) walk of shame for supporters of the Tariff of
1832.
c) return road to plantations for recaptured
fugitive slaves.
d) advent of marriage for former suffragists.
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Answer
The Trail of Tears referred to the
a) forced removal of the Cherokee from
Georgia. (correct)
b) walk of shame for supporters of the Tariff of
1832.
c) return road to plantations for recaptured
fugitive slaves.
d) advent of marriage for former suffragists.
Hint: See page 285.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Bank War EXCEPT
a) President Jackson did not hate all banks and all businesses,
but he distrusted monopolistic banking and overbig businesses.
b) it erupted in 1832, when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
presented Congress with a bill to renew the Bank of the United
States’ charter four years early.
c) Clay rammed a recharter bill through Congress, so that if
Jackson vetoed it he would lose the presidency.
d) though Jackson invoked the Constitution in his bank-veto
message, he essentially argued that he was vetoing the bill
because he personally found it harmful to the nation.
e) the president’s sweeping accusations seemed demagogic to
the common people.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Bank War EXCEPT
a) President Jackson did not hate all banks and all businesses,
but he distrusted monopolistic banking and overbig businesses.
b) it erupted in 1832, when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
presented Congress with a bill to renew the Bank of the United
States’ charter four years early.
c) Clay rammed a recharter bill through Congress, so that if
Jackson vetoed it he would lose the presidency.
d) though Jackson invoked the Constitution in his bank-veto
message, he essentially argued that he was vetoing the bill
because he personally found it harmful to the nation.
e) the president’s sweeping accusations seemed demagogic to
the common people. (correct)
Hint: See page 286.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Anti-Masonic party
EXCEPT
a) it harmonized with the democratic chorus of the Jacksonians,
leading to their eventual merging with
the Democratic Party.
b) it opposed the influence and fearsome secrecy of the Masonic
order.
c) it was energized by the mysterious disappearance and murder
of a New Yorker who threatened to expose the secret rituals of
the Masons.
d) the Anti-Masons appealed to long-standing American
suspicions of secret societies, which they condemned as
citadels of privilege and monopoly.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Anti-Masonic party
EXCEPT
a) it harmonized with the democratic chorus of the Jacksonians,
leading to their eventual merging with
the Democratic Party. (correct)
b) it opposed the influence and fearsome secrecy of the Masonic
order.
c) it was energized by the mysterious disappearance and murder
of a New Yorker who threatened to expose the secret rituals of
the Masons.
d) the Anti-Masons appealed to long-standing American
suspicions of secret societies, which they condemned as
citadels of privilege and monopoly.
Hint: See page 288.
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Question
The Specie Circular
a) was an anti-Biddle broadside put out by Jacksonians
to undermine the bank.
b) required public lands in the trans-Mississippi west to
set aside 1 square mile from every 36 square mile
plot to endangered species.
c) was an anti-Jacksonian broadside put out by Whigs
to support the bank.
d) required all public lands to be purchased with “hard,”
or metallic, money.
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Answer
The Specie Circular
a) was an anti-Biddle broadside put out by Jacksonians
to undermine the bank.
b) required public lands in the trans-Mississippi west to
set aside 1 square mile from every 36 square mile
plot to endangered species.
c) was an anti-Jacksonian broadside put out by Whigs
to support the bank.
d) required all public lands to be purchased with “hard,”
or metallic, money. (correct)
Hint: See page 290.
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Question
All of the following were true of the Panic of 1837 EXCEPT
a) it was a symptom of the financial sickness of the
times.
b) its basic cause was rampant speculation, prompted
by a mania of get-rich-quickism.
c) gamblers in western lands were doing a “land-office
business” on borrowed capital, much of it in the
shaky currency of “wildcat banks.”
d) speculation alone caused the crash, which was
staved off by Jacksonian finance, including the Bank
War and the Specie Circular.
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Answer
All of the following were true of the Panic of 1837 EXCEPT
a) it was a symptom of the financial sickness of the
times.
b) its basic cause was rampant speculation, prompted
by a mania of get-rich-quickism.
c) gamblers in western lands were doing a “land-office
business” on borrowed capital, much of it in the
shaky currency of “wildcat banks.”
d) speculation alone caused the crash, which was
staved off by Jacksonian finance, including the Bank
War and the Specie Circular. (correct)
Hint: See page 292.
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Question
To Texans, the Alamo is most akin to the battle of
a) Quebec in 1759.
b) Lexington in 1775.
c) Yorktown in 1781.
d) New Orleans in 1815.
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Answer
To Texans, the Alamo is most akin to the battle of
a) Quebec in 1759.
b) Lexington in 1775. (correct)
c) Yorktown in 1781.
d) New Orleans in 1815.
Hint: See page 297.
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