The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824–1840

Chapter 13 (9 questions) The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824–1840

Question 1 All of the following were true of the Corrupt Bargain EXCEPT • Jackson polled almost as many popular votes as his next two rivals combined. • Jackson won a majority of the electoral vote, but failed to win a popular majority. • Clay eliminated, yet as Speaker of the House, he presided over the very chamber that had to pick the winner. • according to Jackson’s supporters, Adams had bribed Clay with the position of Secretary of State.

Question 2 All of the following were true of the Spoils System EXCEPT • it was introduced into the federal government on a large scale, under Jackson. • it rejected rewarding political supporters with public office. • the system had already secured a firm hold in New York and Pennsylvania. • 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.

Question 3 All of the following were true of the Nullification Crisis EXCEPT • through Jackson’s first term, the nullifiers tried to muster the two-thirds vote for nullification in the South Carolina legislature. • South Carolina delegates, meeting in Columbia, solemnly declared the existing tariff to be null and void within their state. • the convention threatened to take South Carolina out of the Union if Washington attempted to collect the customs duties by force. • Jackson was a diehard supporter of the tariff, and he would not permit defiance or disunion.

Question 4 All of the following were true of the Indian Removal Act EXCEPT • it provided for the transplanting of all Indian tribes from the west to the eastern side of the Mississippi. • Jackson’s policy led to the forced uprooting of more than 100,000 Indians. • in a callous jibe at the Indians’ defender, Jackson allegedly snapped, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” • in the ensuing decade, countless Indians died on forced marches.

Question 5 The Trail of Tears referred to the • forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. • walk of shame for supporters of the Tariff of 1832. • return road to plantations for recaptured fugitive slaves. • advent of marriage for former suffragists.

Question 6 All of the following were true of the Bank War EXCEPT • President Jackson did not hate all banks and all businesses, but he distrusted monopolistic banking and overbig businesses. • 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. • Clay rammed a recharter bill through Congress, so that if Jackson vetoed it he would lose the presidency. • 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. • the president’s sweeping accusations seemed demagogic to the common people.

Question 7 The Specie Circular • was an anti-Biddle broadside put out by Jacksonians to undermine the bank. • required public lands in the trans-Mississippi west to set aside 1 square mile from every 36 square mile plot to endangered species. • was an anti-Jacksonian broadside put out by Whigs to support the bank. • required all public lands to be purchased with “hard,” or metallic, money.

Question 8 All of the following were true of the Panic of 1837 EXCEPT • it was a symptom of the financial sickness of the times. • its basic cause was rampant speculation, prompted by a mania of get-rich-quickism. • gamblers in western lands were doing a “land-office business” on borrowed capital, much of it in the shaky currency of “wildcat banks.” • speculation alone caused the crash, which was staved off by Jacksonian finance, including the Bank War and the Specie Circular.

Question 9 To Texans, the Alamo is most akin to the battle of • Quebec in 1759. • Lexington in 1775. • Yorktown in 1781. • New Orleans in 1815.

Answer 1 All of the following were true of the Corrupt Bargain EXCEPT • Jackson polled almost as many popular votes as his next two rivals combined. • Jackson won a majority of the electoral vote, but failed to win a popular majority. (correct) • Clay eliminated, yet as Speaker of the House, he presided over the very chamber that had to pick the winner. • according to Jackson’s supporters, Adams had bribed Clay with the position of Secretary of State. Hint: See pages 273–274.

Answer 2 All of the following were true of the Spoils System EXCEPT • it was introduced into the federal government on a large scale, under Jackson. • it rejected rewarding political supporters with public office. (correct) • the system had already secured a firm hold in New York and Pennsylvania. • 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.

Answer 3 All of the following were true of the Nullification Crisis EXCEPT • through Jackson’s first term, the nullifiers tried to muster the two-thirds vote for nullification in the South Carolina legislature. • South Carolina delegates, meeting in Columbia, solemnly declared the existing tariff to be null and void within their state. • the convention threatened to take South Carolina out of the Union if Washington attempted to collect the customs duties by force. • Jackson was a diehard supporter of the tariff, and he would not permit defiance or disunion. (correct) Hint: See page 282.

Answer 4 All of the following were true of the Indian Removal Act EXCEPT • it provided for the transplanting of all Indian tribes from the west to the eastern side of the Mississippi. (correct) • Jackson’s policy led to the forced uprooting of more than 100,000 Indians. • in a callous jibe at the Indians’ defender, Jackson allegedly snapped, “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” • in the ensuing decade, countless Indians died on forced marches. Hint: See page 285.

Answer 5 The Trail of Tears referred to the • forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia. (correct) • walk of shame for supporters of the Tariff of 1832. • return road to plantations for recaptured fugitive slaves. • advent of marriage for former suffragists. Hint: See page 285.

Answer 6 All of the following were true of the Bank War EXCEPT • President Jackson did not hate all banks and all businesses, but he distrusted monopolistic banking and overbig businesses. • 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. • Clay rammed a recharter bill through Congress, so that if Jackson vetoed it he would lose the presidency. • 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. • the president’s sweeping accusations seemed demagogic to the common people. (correct) Hint: See page 286.

Answer 7 The Specie Circular • was an anti-Biddle broadside put out by Jacksonians to undermine the bank. • required public lands in the trans-Mississippi west to set aside 1 square mile from every 36 square mile plot to endangered species. • was an anti-Jacksonian broadside put out by Whigs to support the bank. • required all public lands to be purchased with “hard,” or metallic, money. (correct) Hint: See page 290.

Answer 8 All of the following were true of the Panic of 1837 EXCEPT • it was a symptom of the financial sickness of the times. • its basic cause was rampant speculation, prompted by a mania of get-rich-quickism. • gamblers in western lands were doing a “land-office business” on borrowed capital, much of it in the shaky currency of “wildcat banks.” • 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.

Answer 9 To Texans, the Alamo is most akin to the battle of • Quebec in 1759. • Lexington in 1775. (correct) • Yorktown in 1781. • New Orleans in 1815. Hint: See page 297.

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824–1840