Period 4 Questions

In the 1820s and 1830s one issue that greatly raised the political stakes was

• economic prosperity.

• the Peggy Eaton affair.

• a lessening of political party organizations.

• the demise of the Whig Party.

• slavery.

The presidential election of 1824

• was the first to use the electoral college.

• was the first one to see the election of a minority president.

• saw a record high voter turn-out show up at the polls.

• saw the formulation of well-organized political parties.

• was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.

By the 1840s voter participation in the presidential election reached

• nearly 50 percent.

• 25 percent.

• 40 percent.

• 15 percent.

• nearly 80 percent.

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

• A-2, B-1, D-3

• B-1, C-3, D-2

• A-3, C-2, D-1

• A-1, B-2, D-3

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a “corrupt bargain” when he appointed _______________ to become__________ .

• John C. Calhoun, vice president

• William Crawford, chief justice of the United States

• Henry Clay, secretary of state

• Daniel Webster, secretary of state

• John Eaton, secretary of the navy

John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president included all of the following except

• a deep nationalistic view.

• only one-third of the voters voted for him.

• his firing good office holders to appoint his own people.

• his sarcastic personality.

• he was tactless.

Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the

• return of Jeffersonian simplicity.

• newly won ascendancy of the masses.

• supremacy of states' rights over federal power.

• involvement of state governments in the economy.

• act of style over substance.

The purpose behind the spoils system was

• to press those with experience into governmental service.

• to make politics a sideline and not a full-time business.

• to reward political supporters with public office.

• to reverse the trend of rotation in office.

• the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic office-holding class.

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

• it would hurt their manufacturing sector.

• this same power could be used to suppress slavery.

• it might hurt Andrew Jackson's political career.

• they were convinced that it would destroy the American woolen industry.

• it could damage the chances of the American System's success.

John C. Calhoun's “South Carolina Exposition” was an argument for

• secession.

• protective tariffs.

• majority rule.

• states' rights.

• trade with England.