Chapter 10 Test Review 2013

1. Chapter 10 Test Review 2013

2. 1. How did nominating conventions contribute to the expansion of democracy in the 1820s? They drew media attention to the election. b. They allowed people to become more active in politics. c. They led to a voting system based on majority rule. d. They increased the presidential candidate’s popularity.

3. b. They allowed people to become more active in politics.

4. 2. All of the following are examples of how voting rights were expanded in the early 1800s EXCEPT a. Maryland passed a state constitutional amendment that removed religious qualifications for voters. b. New western states allowed white men to vote regardless of property, religion, or other standards. c. Voters, rather than state legislators, began to nominate their own electors to the electoral college. d. Massachusetts granted one-half of a vote to each literate, free-born, Christian, African-American man.

5. d. Massachusetts granted one-half of a vote to each literate, free-born, Christian, African-American man.

6. #3 What caused an onlooker to observe, “The reign of King Mob seemed triumphant”? a. the rush of Democratic party members to receive jobs in Andrew Jackson’s government through the spoils system b. the celebration of Andrew Jackson’s presidential victory on the White House lawn with 20,000 raucous partygoers c. the rage people expressed about Martin Van Buren during the Panic of 1837, a severe economic depression d. the 1836 resistance of the Creek Indians to federal troops, who captured 14,500 and led them to the Indian Territory

7. b. the celebration of Andrew Jackson’s presidential victory on the White House lawn with 20,000 raucous partygoers

8. #4 How did Andrew Jackson reward some of his supporters? with Indian lands with government jobs with a grand party with gold and silver coins

9. b. with government jobs

10. #5 In the early 1800s, Northerners supported tariffs because they helped them compete with

11. c.c.British manufacturers.h manufacturers.

12. #6 All of the following were important reasons why Southerners opposed tariffs in the early 1800s EXCEPT? a. Tariffs increased the price of the goods they needed. b. Tariffs angered their European trading partners. c. They didn’t want tariffs to benefit their Northern rivals. d. They didn’t want Europe to raise tariffs on American goods.

13. c. They didn’t want tariffs to benefit their Northern rivals.

14. #7 What effect did the Tariff of Abominations have on Andrew Jackson’s America?

15. b.Ill feelings between Northerners and Southerners grew because of the tariff.

16. #8 Arguments over which issue sparked the nullification crisis?

17. a.a national tariff

18. #9 How did President Andrew Jackson react to Vice President John C. Calhoun’s views on nullification?

19. c.Jackson openly disagreed with Calhoun and watched as Calhoun resigned.

20. #10 What ruling did the Supreme Court make in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland?

21. b.that the national bank was constitutional and could not be taxed by Maryland

22. #11 How did Andrew Jackson’s presidency set the stage for later economic trouble?

23. b.He caused inflation by giving credit to settlers in the West.

24. #12 What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-1799, the Hartford Convention, and John C. Calhoun’s South Carolina Exposition and Protest have in common?

25. a.They were all written or organized by supporters of the states’ rights doctrine.

26. #13 What did Vice President John C. Calhoun argue regarding the Tariff of Abominations?

27. a.The federal government should have less power than the states.

28. #14 What was the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

29. b.A federal government office established to oversee policy toward American Indians.

30. #15 What was most significant about the Choctaw Indians after 1830?

31. a.They were the first American Indians removed to Indian Territory.

32. #16 Where was Indian Territory?

33. c.most of present-day Oklahoma

34. #17 Who benefited most from Andrew Jackson’s plan to remove American Indians to the West?

35. c.American farmers, who gained millions of acres of land for settlement

36. #18 What did the Supreme Court rule in Worcester v. Georgia?

37. b.The state of Georgia had no legal power over the Cherokee.

38. #19 Which statement describes “The Trail of Tears”?

39. b.the involuntary 800-mile march Cherokee Indians made in their removal from Georgia

40. #20 Which word best describes Andrew Jackson’s treatment of American Indians?

41. d.brutal

42. #21 Based on the U.S. government policy toward the Cherokee, why was the United States’ political leadership in such a hurry to uproot the American Indian population?

43. a.The promise of resources like gold on tribal grounds outweighed any commitments to American Indian land rights.

44. #22 What did the Seminole Indians do after signing a treaty in 1832 in which they agreed to leave Florida within three years?

45. c.They ignored the treaty and resisted removal with force.

46. #23 Which group did Osceola lead against U.S. troops?

47. d.Seminole

48. #24 Who was Chief Black Hawk?

49. a.The leader of the Fox and Sauk Indians who decided to fight U.S. officials rather than leave Illinois.

50. #25 What do supporters of the states rights’ doctrine believe?