Chapter 9-11 test part 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 John Quincy Adams | said the national government should promote internal improvements, set up a national university, finance scientific explorations, and create a Department of the Interior. |
| The Tariff of 1824 favored | the Middle Atlantic and New England manufacturers. |
| In the face of attacks on his personal life by John Adams and others during the 1828 election, Andrew Jackson responded by | attacking back. |
| In the presidential election of 1828, | most of Andrew Jackson's support was in the states west and south of Pennsylvania. |
| The dispersion of plantation slavery and cotton culture into the Old Southwest—Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas | disrupted family ties and changed social life. |
| Despite the fact that Andrew Jackson continually opposed federal aid to local projects, he | did support interstate projects such as the National Road |
| The spoils system was | a way of rewarding political supporters. |
| The Eaton Affair resulted from | gossip concerning the wife of one of Jackson's cabinet members. |
| As a result of the Eaton Affair | Jackson was drawn closer to Martin Van Buren. |
| Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated his belief | that the federal government should not fund purely local projects. |
| The theory of nullification (a theory that a state may nullify, or invalidate, any law that the state deems unconstitutional) | is associated with the name of John C. Calhoun. |
| In the Webster-Hayne debate, Robert Y. Hayne | argued that the Union was created by a compact of the states. |
| In the Webster-Hayne debate, Daniel Webster argued | that a state could neither nullify a federal law nor secede from the Union. |
| In response to the tariff controversy, a South Carolina state convention | nullified the tariffs of 1828 and 1832. |
| In Wisconsin and Illinois, resistance to Jackson's Indian removal policy was led by | Black Hawk. |
| Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as | monopoly that served the interests of a wealthy few. |
| Jackson proceeded to destroy the Bank of the United States by | removing all government deposits. |
| John C. Calhoun | became the public leader of the nullificationists |
| The rift between Jackson and Calhoun | led to the removal of Calhoun's supporters from the Cabinet. |
| The Force Bill of 1833 | was issued in response to the South Carolina Ordinance. |
| All of the following were prominent Whig politicians | Clay, Webster, Harrison. |
| The Republican candidate for president in 1832 was | Henry Clay. |
| In the case of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled | that the Cherokees had an "unquestionable right" to their lands (but that didn't stop Andrew Jackson from pwning them and making them move). |
| President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia was | defiance (the court has made their decision, now let them come ENFORCE it). |
| The Anti-Masonic party | was a third party |
| President Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States | four years before the Bank's charter expired. |
| "Pet Banks" were | stat e banks that received federal government deposits. |
| As a result of Jackson's bank policies: | - sales of public land rose tremendously - banks printed new banknotes with abandon - the nation entered a period of speculative mania |
| The Specie Circular of 1836 | said that only gold and silver would be accepted as payment for public lands. |
| The one thing that united all members of the new Whig party was opposition to | Andrew Jackson. |
| The Panic of 1837 | caused bank failures and high unemployment |
| All of the following factors contributed to the Panic of 1837: | - withdrawal of European investments - drop in the price of cotton - great increase in financial speculation during the Jackson administration |
| The proposal for an Independent Treasury | was designed to allow the government to stop risking its deposits in shaky banks. |
| The Independent Treasury Act provoked opposition from | Whigs and conservative Democrats. |
| In the Election of 1840 | voter turnout was high. |
| The irony of Jackson's political philosophy is that | his laissez-faire rationale for republican simplicity became the justification for the unregulated corporate power. |
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