Chapters 13-14

Front 1

What is meant by the term corrupt bargain in reference to the 1824 presidential election?

Back 1

An alleged private deal between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to ensure Adam’s presidency.

Front 2

John Quincy Adams was largely an unpopular president for many reasons EXCEPT that he:

Back 2

replaced existing officeholders with his political supporters.

Front 3

What statement about the election of 1828 is NOT true?

Back 3

Adams refused to engage in the negative campaign tactics that Jackson used.

Front 4

In his famed book about his tour through America, Democracy in America, Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville was most impressed by:

Back 4

the general equality of the American people.

Front 5

What was the major significance of the spoils system, as employed by Andrew Jackson?

Back 5

It became an important tool of the emerging two-party system.

Front 6

Southerners hated the so-called Tariff of Abominations (1828) for many reasons EXCEPT that they:

Back 6

thought it would stall their thriving economy.

Front 7

In simplest terms, the Nullification Crisis that began in South Carolina in 1828 describes:

Back 7

South Carolina’s effort to declare the tariff void within its borders.

Front 8

What as the Cherokee strategy for dealing with white encroachment?

Back 8

Accommodation.

Front 9

The Trail of Tears is best described as:

Back 9

the forced march of the Five Civilized Tribes from their eastern homelands to resettlement in the West.

Front 10

What was NOT one of Andrew Jackson’s reasons for vetoing the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States in 1932?

Back 10

He wanted to win over wealthy voters from the North and East in his reelection campaign.

Front 11

The election of 1832 changed the face of American politics by:

Back 11

beginning the tradition of nominating conventions.

Front 12

The primary cause of the Panic of 1837 was:

Back 12

widespread speculation and get-rich-quick schemes.

Front 13

The Texas Revolution and independence posed a thorny issue for the United States because:

Back 13

Texans sought annexation by the US.

Front 14

What was the main difference between the Whigs and Democrats, the two parties that took hold in the late 1820s and 1830s?

Back 14

Democrats favored states' rights; Whigs sought federal involvement, including tariffs, schools, internal improvements, and a national bank.

Front 15

John C. Calhoun states, “I never use the word ‘nation’ in speaking of the United States. I always use the word ‘union’ or ‘confederacy.’ We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.” Which action exemplifies this philosophy?

Back 15

Authoring the South Carolina Exposition and Protest

Front 16

All of the following tensions existed between American settlers in Texas and the Mexican government EXCEPT that:

Back 16

Mexico expected significant industrial output from settlers who planted little.

Front 17

The first national park, Yellowstone, was the product of:

Back 17

an emerging conservation movement that began in the 1830's.

Front 18

What was the main factor contributing to rapid population growth in the 1840s and beyond?

Back 18

Rising birthrates.

Front 19

Many things contributed to an increased influx of new immigrants to America in the nineteenth century EXCEPT that:

Back 19

companies seeking workers offered lucrative incentives.

Front 20

Why did Irish immigrants embrace machine politics in the cities where they settled?

Back 20

The machines aided struggling newcomers with free coal, food, and legal advice.

Front 21

German immigrants to America differed from the Irish in all of the following ways EXCEPT that:

Back 21

German immigrants tended to be poorer.

Front 22

Which of these was NOT a cause for the antiforeign or nativist movement that emerged in the 1840s and 1850s?

Back 22

Concern that increased immigration would drive up land prices.

Front 23

Americans lagged behind the British in industrializing largely because they:

Back 23

lacked the capital and infrastructure necessary to support the factory system.

Front 24

Who is considered the father of the American factory system?

Back 24

Samuel Slater

Front 25

New England was well suited to becoming an industrial center for all of the reasons below EXCEPT that:

Back 25

it was hardest hit by the lack of imported goods during the War of 1812.

Front 26

Despite poor working conditions, there were only twenty-four recorded strikes before 1835. Why?

Back 26

It was against the law for workers to organize for better wages.

Front 27

The nineteenth century cult of domesticity is best defined as the:

Back 27

celebration of women's roles within the home.

Front 28

What most facilitated the emergence of the trans-Allegheny region (Ohio-Indiana-Illinois tier) as the nation’s leading grain producers?

Back 28

New farming technologies.

Front 29

Robert Fulton’s development of the steamboat was significant for many reasons EXCEPT that it:

Back 29

relied on making the best use of currents.

Front 30

What did NOT play a role in stimulating U.S. economic growth and connections to the broader world?

Back 30

The Pony Express.

Front 31

The intervention of the cotton gin in 1793 contributed to the Civil War nearly seventy years later because:

Back 31

it renewed the demand for slaves in the South.

Front 32

What was NOT a change brought on by the Erie Canal?

Back 32

The population of New England skyrocketed.