Social Studies #7

During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?

• The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations

• The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions

• The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors

• Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders

Which of the following correctly completes this graphic organizer?

• President Jackson annexes land west of the Mississippi River.

• President Jackson ignores a Supreme Court ruling.

• President Jackson introduces a bill to Congress.

• President Jackson vetoes an act passed by Congress.

During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?

• The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations

• The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions

• The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors

• Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders

Why did President Andrew Jackson oppose renewing the charter for the Second Bank of the United States?

• The bank restricted Jackson from raising tariffs.

• The bank did not permit the use of gold and silver for currency.

• The bank had too much power over the economy and favored the wealthy.

• The bank had corrupt leadership that threatened foreign trade and domestic industries.

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

• Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?

• Can a state regulate a federal agency?

• Can a state overturn a federal law?

• Can the federal government levy taxes on states?

Congressmen Henry Clay and Daniel Webster organized the Whig Party in the 1820s because they —

• opposed the U.S. National Bank

• support closer ties with Great Britain

• opposed the policies of Andrew Jackson

• supported the policies of Martin Van Buren

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

Every member of every Northern legislature is bound by oath, like every other officer in the country, to support the Constitution of the United States; and the article of the Constitution which says to these States that they shall deliver up fugitives from service is as binding in honor and conscience as any other article.—Daniel Webster, “Seventh of March” speech, 1850

Which issue was Daniel Webster addressing in this speech?

• the right of states to secede

• the right of workers to join unions

• federal attempts to restrict immigration

• legislation requiring the return of escaped slaves

Use the information below to answer the question that follows.

• California entered the Union as a free state

• Utah and New Mexico would decide for themselves whether to be slave states or free states

• The slave trade in Washington, D.C., ended

• The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted

This list identifies provisions that were all part of which compromise?

• the Three-Fifths Compromise

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Compromise Tariff of 1833

• the Compromise of 1850

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

Many in the South once believed that [slavery] was a moral and political evil: that folly and delusion [self-deception] are gone; we see it now in its true light, and regard it as the most safe and stable basis for free institutions in the world.—John C. Calhoun, Speech on the Senate Floor, January 10, 1838.

What cause did Southerners like John C. Calhoun support prior to the Civil War?

• repealing Southern Black Codes

• efforts to expand slavery westward

• passing laws for gradual emancipation

• removing free African Americans from the South

Many historians consider Andrew Jackson's election as president to be a major shift in American politics that is sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1828."

Why would his election be considered a "revolution"?

• Jackson was unknown before 1828.

• Jackson was the first general ever elected to public office.

• Jackson was elected to office by the largest majority in presidential elections.

• Jackson's election represented a shift of political power from elites to the common people.