The Age of Jackson:

1825-1841 Plato American History Test

1. Which restrictions on voting did many states drop during the early 1800s?
a. education requirements
b. citizenship requirements
c. gender restrictions
d. property qualifications
2. How was Jacksons background different from that of the first six presidents?
a. he had been a general
b. He owned slaves
c. He lacked formal education
d. He had served in the House of Representatives
3. Which candidate had the greatest popular vote in 1824, but failed to win the
presidency?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. Henry Clay
c. William Crawford
d. Andrew Jackson
4. Why was the election of Jackson in 1828 considered to be a political revolution?
a. Jackson caused a split among Republicans
b. Jackson was the first Democrat elected as president
c. Jackson favored a strong national government
d. Jackson was seen as the representative of the Common Man.
5. The Tariff of 1828 was:
a. a low tariff which encouraged agriculture
b. a high tariff supported in industrial states
c. supported in the South
d. designed to restore trade with Britain to pre-war levels
6. Andrew Jackson was the FIRST:
a. military men to be elected president
b. Westerner to be elected president
c. president to oppose slavery
d. president to support the Common Man

7. People of which state most likely opposed the Tariff of 1828?

a. Georgia
b. Massachusetts
c. New York
d. Pennsylvania
8. Which of the following would most likely support John C. Calhouns views on
nullification?
a. Anti-Federalists
b. Federalists
c. John Marshall
d. George Washington
9. Daniel Webster concluded a debate with Robert Hayne with the statement,
Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. This statement is
viewed as one of the strongest statements in support of:
a. states rights
b. a strong central government
c. nullification
d. the compact theory
10. Which of the following resulted from strong national feelings?
a. Force Bill
b. compact theory of government
c. doctrine of nullification
d. South Carolina Exposition and Protest
11. How was the nullification controversy of the early 1830s settled?
a. South Carolina seceded
b. Congress passed the Force Bill
c. Calhoun was forced out as vice-president
d. Congress passed the Tariff of 1833
12. Which person was called the Great Compromiser?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. Henry Clay
c. Andrew Jackson
d. Daniel Webster

13. Andrew Jacksons practice of rewarding his supporters with government jobs
was, and still is, called the:
a. spoils system
b. civil service
c. nepotism
d. log rolling
14. The term spoils system is a form of:
a. bribery
b. log rolling
c. filibustering
d. political patronage
15. Which group was MOST likely to view the Bank of the United States as an
economic monopoly controlled by aristocrats?
a. Western farmers
b. Eastern bankers
c. Northern industrialists
d. Southern creditors
16. How did Jackson react to the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States?
a. He allowed it to become law without his signature
b. He signed the bill
c. He killed the bill with a pocket veto
d. He vetoed the bill
17. How did Jackson weaken the second Bank of the United States in 1833?
a. He chartered state banks
b. He ordered the withdrawal of federal deposits from the bank
c. He canceled the charter of the bank
d. He fired Nicholas Biddle as president of the bank
18. Which of the following is the most accurate description of the Indian Removal
Act of 1830?
a. The high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were removed
b. The Embargo Act of 1807 was finally lifted
c. Native Americans were to be moves west of the Mississippi River
d. Fugitive slaves living in the North were to be shipped back to their owners
in the South

19. The Trail of Tears is associated with:

a. the relocation of the Cherokee tribe
b. difficulties on the Oregon Trail
c. deaths at the Donner Pass
d. the expatriation of pro-British Americans
20. Which development during the 1830s was aimed at ending slavery?
a. nativist movement
b. Manifest Destiny
c. American system
d. abolitionist movement
21. During the 1830s, national nominating conventions replaced which old method
of choosing presidential candidates?
a. spoils
b. caucus
c. electoral system
d. all of the above
22. Which person is NOT properly matched with his nickname?
a. William Henry Harrison- Tippecanoe
b. Martin Van Buren- Old Kinderhook
c. Andrew Jackson- Old Hickory
d. Henry Clay- Silver-tongued Orator of the West
23. In 1836, the largest part of the federal revenue came from the sale of public
lands. These lands were mainly part of:
a. the Mexican Cession
b. the Louisiana Purchase
c. Alaska
d. the Northwest Territory
24. The Panic of 1837 led to:
a. severe depression
b. the election of Van Buren
c. the two-party system
d. the end of slavery

25. The two-party political system was established by 1840. The primary parties
were:
a. Democrat and Abolitionist
b. Whig and Democrat
c. Whig and Anti-Masonic
d. Democrat and Republican
26. During the first half of the 1800s, suffrage rights were extended by:
a. removing gender restrictions
b. removing property qualifications
c. actions of the abolitionists
d. repeal of poll taxes
27. Why was the selection of the president in 1824 called the result of a corrupt
bargain?
a. The election was decided by a vote of the House of Representatives
b. Jackson had the most electoral votes but he did not win the election
c. Crawford and Clay were eliminated from consideration by the House
d. Clay persuaded House members pledged to him to support the candidacy
of Adams, after which President Adams appointed Clay as Secretary of
State
28. The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, John Randolph of
Virginia, said that the Tariff of 1828, referred to manufacturers of no sort or
kind, but the manufacture of a president of the United States. Which of the
following statements most accurately describes Randolphs thoughts?
a. The passage of the tariff was motivated more by politics than by economics
b. The tariff only taxed raw materials
c. The tariff was passed by a Federalist majority in Congress
d. The president asked for a revenue tariff, but Congress passed a protective
tariff
29. How did the election of 1828 mark the end of one era and the beginning of
another?
a. It brought an end to Eastern domination of the presidency
b. It showed the importance of a strong Supreme Court
c. It marked the beginning of the rise of the United States as a world power
d. It led to the secession of the Southern states.

30. The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was most similar to:
a. the Federalist Papers
b. the Kentucky Resolution
c. Websters position in the Webster-Hayne debates
d. the Supreme Courts decision in McCulloch v. Maryland
31. Which of these prominent politicians of the 1830s was a sectionalist?
a. John C. Calhoun
b. Henry Clay
c. Andrew Jackson
d. Daniel Webster
32. Which point of view is Vice-President John C. Calhoun attempting to explain in
the following quote?
God has given our part of the country a warm sun and a rich soil which produces
much. Is it not strange then that we struggle in poverty while the rest of the
country, with fewer natural advantages, is becoming even richer? (1828)
a. national
b. federal
c. sectional
d. imperial
33. The Webster-Hayne debate was over the:
a. right of states to nullify federal laws
b. proper role of government in stimulating the economy
c. admission of slave states to the U.S.
d. role of Congress in the selection of the president in 1828
34. Who claimed acceptance of the theory of nullification would turn the
Constitution and the Union into a rope of sand?
a. Henry Clay
b. Andrew Jackson
c. John Marshall
d. Daniel Webster
35. South Carolinas Ordinance of Nullification had precedents in:
a. the compact theory of government
b. the Kentucky Resolution
c. the Articles of Confederation
d. all of the above

36. In his first inaugural address (1829), Andrew Jackson said that he favored a
protective tariff on all products that may be found essential to our national
independence. This statement was closest in meaning to the position of:
a. Henry Clay
b. William Crawford
c. Thomas Jefferson
d. George Washington
37. In a statement revising his opinion about tariffs after the Southern reaction to the
Tariff of 1828, Jackson indicated that he favored a tariff which would provide
revenue for the government and which would give temporary and generally
incidental protection. This statement can best be explained by:
a. Jacksons dependence on votes from New England
b. the opposition of the South to the protective tariff
c. Jacksons understanding that the West would accept any policy he adopted
d. the desire to create the appearance that Jackson was a national leader.
38. Which of the following most CORRECTLY characterizes Jacksons response to
the doctrine of nullification?
a. strict interpretation
b. loose interpretation
c. nationalist
d. sectionalist
39. Which of the following gives the most direct evidence of Jacksons view that he
was elected as the representative of the people?
a. his use of the spoils system
b. his relations with the Supreme Court
c. his attitude toward Congress
d. his proposal of constitutional amendments limiting presidential power
40. Of the following, which helped maintain Jacksons image as a man of the
people
a. Supreme Court decision in Gibbons v. Ogden
b. Kitchen Cabinet
c. veto of the Maysville Road bill
d. passage of the re-charter of the second Bank of the United States

41. In his veto of the Maysville Road Bill (1830) and in his veto of the recharter of
the second Bank of the United States (1832), Jackson used the argument that the
Constitution made no provision for federal support of roads or banks. The
evidence above best supports the conclusion that Jackson was a:
a. isolationist
b. strict constructionist
c. sectionalist
d. loose constructionist
42. In what way was the Andrew Jackson of the 1830s similar to the Thomas
Jefferson of the 1790s?
a. both supported the compact theory of government
b. both opposed the Bank of the United States
c. both supported nullification
d. both supported use of implied powers
43. In 1832, the Supreme Court (In Worcester v. Georgia) ruled that Georgias
attempt to seize Cherokee lands was illegal. Jackson is reported to have
remarked, John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it! This
incident would most accurately support the idea that Jackson:
a. believes in states rights
b. was a defender of the Native Americans
c. was a loose constructionist
d. believed that only the president was a national leader
44. The term Jacksonian Democracy refers in part to a change in the system of
nominating candidates. Which of the following most accurately describes that
change?
a. from closed primary to nominating convention
b. from caucus to nominating convention
c. from nominating convention to open primary
d. from open primary to closed primary
45. How did Jacksons Specie Circular of 1836 affect the economy of the United
States?
a. it created an era of prosperity
b. it encouraged foreign investment
c. it triggered panic
d. it reduced the debt of the Unites States

46. Which best explains Martin Van Burens failure to win re-election in 1840?
a. tariff disputes
b. arguments over slavery
c. poor economy
d. Van Burens stand on the nullification issue
47. Which of the following new ideas and devices introduced in the campaign of
1840 has been dropped in modern campaigns?
a. the political platform
b. the unit rule in national party conventions
c. campaign slogans
d. newspaper advertisements
48. In what way was the presidential election of 1824 unusual?
a. The president was elected directly by the people instead of by the Electoral
College
b. Washingtons two-term precedent was broken
c. The winner was not a member of one of the two major political parties
d. The president was elected by the House of Representatives
49. Anger over the presidential election of 1824 led to the break-up of the
Republican Party. By the next presidential election (1828), two new parties had
formed. What were the names of these two parties?
a. Federalist Party and Anti-Federalist Party
b. Democratic Party and Republican Party
c. National Republican Party and Democratic Party
d. Federalist Party and American Party
50. Many white Southerners blamed Northerners for inciting Nat Turners rebellion
in 1831. Which development just prior to the rebellion caused Southerners to
make this claim?
a. Violence known as Bleeding Kansas spread throughout the South.
b. the Dred Scott decision was announced
c. John Brown tried to give guns to slaves
d. The Liberator was published