Chapter 10 Test A

Chooses candidates for public office.

• Caucus
• Martin Van Buren
• interstate commerce
• nominating convention

Private meeting during which a small group of party members pick candidates.

• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Caucus
• Government offices
• Leftovers

In the office during the Panic  of 1837....

• Martin Van Buren
• Simon Bolivar

What do the sentence mean by trade between two or more states?

• Nominating convention
• interstate commerce 
• Caucus

Which of the following in the sentence led independence movements in Latin America?

• Simon Bolivar
• Martin Van Buren 
• Gibbons v. Ogeden

Which of the following was a feature of the change in politics shown by the campaign of 1840?

• Neither party spoke negatively of its opponent 
• Both parties helped in the interest of bringing the nation together.
• The whigs  stressed the western origin of their candidate, William Henry Harrison.

Which of these following choses did Supreme Court decisions upheld the Congressional power of controlling interstate commerce?

• Marbury v. Madison
• Mcculloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Maryland

At the end of his time in office, President John Quincy Adams believed that....

• foreign countries might attack Americans on U.S. soil.
• the United States should not get involved in the affairs of other countries.
• the federal government should play a larger role in the economy.

What does the word spoils mean in this context?

• damaged objects
• government offices
• leftovers

To which of the following does the quote refer?

• Andrew Jackson named Martin Van Buren the secretary of state.
• Andrew Jackson gave his supporters government jobs
• Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but not the electoral vote.