Jacksonian Democracy

During the early 1800's, which argument would supporters of Jackson most likely agree with?

• Appointing political supporters to public office is corrupt practice

• All white male citizens should be allowed to vote in elections

• The national economy must be controlled by the federal government

• Establishing new poilitcal parties threaten the security of the nation

Which group directly benefittedfrom the ideas of Jacksonian Democracy during the early 1800's?

• White American males

• African slaves

• White American women

• Native Americans

In the 1830's which US political figure argued that states had the right to nullify federal laws they believed were unconstitutional?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Andrew Jackson

• John C. Calhoun

• James Monroe

The idea that the US should control all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans is called

• Mutual Obligation

• American Providence

• Manifest Destiny

• God's Promise

Both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were intended to settle disputes over...

• Land conflicts in Mexico

• Tariffs on imports

• The legality of slavery in new territorries

• Immigration from European countries

The social conversation that took place in the 1830's and 1840's regarding the consumption of alcohol and its negative effects on families is known as

• Prohibition

• The Temperance Movement

• The Sobriety Stance

• Just Say No

Creating new infrastructure, levying protective tariffs, creating a new National Bank were the primary ideas in which program?

• Manifest Destiny

• The American System

• The Corrupt Bragain

• The Nullification Crisis

Signaled by a solar eclipse, this event further illustrated sectional differences between the North and South

• Shays Rebellion

• The Whiskey Rebellion

• Nat Turner's Rebellion

• Bacon's Rebellion

South Carolinians believed that the federal tariff on British imports was harming their economy. A state law was passed that allowed South Carolina to ignore the payment of this tariff, because they felt like the tariff was unconstitutional. This led to an event known as...

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Tariff Trouble

• The Carolina Crisis

• Jackson's Fury

The admission of Maine to the union was part of which legislative action?

• The Great Compromise

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Mississippi Compromise

• The 3/5th's Compromise