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| 11802061503 | In the 1820s and 1830s one issue that greatly raised the political stakes was | Slavery | 0 | |
| 11802061504 | The new two party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s | became an important part of the nation's checks and balances. | 1 | |
| 11802061505 | In the 1820s and 1830s the public's attitude regarding political parties | accepted the sometimes wild contentiousness of political life. | 2 | |
| 11802061506 | The presidential election of 1824 | was the first one to see the election of a minority president. | 3 | |
| 11802061507 | By the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reached | nearly 80 percent. | 4 | |
| 11802061508 | Match each individual below with the correct description. A. Andrew Jackson B. Henry Clay C. John C. Calhoun D. William Crawford 1. was vice president on the ticket of two presidential candidates in 1824 2. received more popular votes than any other candidate in 1824 3. was eliminated as a candidate when the election of 1824 was thrown into the House of Representatives | A-2, B-3, C-1 | 5 | |
| 11802061509 | John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed _______________ to become__________ . | Henry Clay, secretary of state | 6 | |
| 11802061510 | John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president included all of the following EXCEPT | his firing good office holders to appoint his own people | 7 | |
| 11802061511 | Andrew Jackson's political philosophy was based on his | suspicion of the federal government. | 8 | |
| 11802061512 | Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the | newly won ascendancy of the masses. | 9 | |
| 11802061513 | The purpose behind the spoils system was | to reward political supporters with public office | 10 | |
| 11802061515 | Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because | this same power could be used to suppress slavery. | 11 | |
| 11802061514 | The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were | ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson | 12 | |
| 11802061516 | John C. Calhoun's "South Carolina Exposition" was an argument for | states' rights | 13 | |
| 11802061517 | The Force Bill of 1833 provided that | the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties. | 14 | |
| 11802061518 | Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because | whites wanted the Indians' lands | 15 | |
| 11802061519 | The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was | forced removal | 16 | |
| 11802061520 | Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons EXCEPT it | put public service first, not profits. | 17 | |
| 11802061521 | One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was | its promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant. | 18 | |
| 11802061522 | Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was | a major expansion of presidential power. | 19 | |
| 11802061523 | The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to | American suspicions of secret societies. | 20 | |
| 11802061524 | Innovations in the election of 1832 included | adoption of written party platforms | 21 | |
| 11802061525 | Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following EXCEPT | opponents of public education. | 22 | |
| 11802061526 | The "cement" that held the Whig party together in its formative days was | hatred of Andrew Jackson | 23 | |
| 11802061527 | The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by | forcing the election into the House of Representatives | 24 | |
| 11802061528 | The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 EXCEPT | proposal of the "Divorce Bill." | 25 | |
| 11802061529 | Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of | San Jacinto | 26 | |
| 11802061530 | Texas gained its independence with | help from Americans | 27 | |
| 11802061531 | Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because | antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery | 28 | |
| 11802061532 | William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was | made to look like a poor western farmer. | 29 | |
| 11802061533 | Both the Democratic party and the Whig party | were mass-based political parties | 30 |
