Chapter 13 Test

People who buy land in the hope that they can sell it at a higher price are called

• Brokers
• Speculators
• Landlords
• Realtors

Hard cash in the form of gold or silver is called

• specie
• currency
• standard
• credit

Calhoun claimed that a state could nullify any federal law that

• established tariffs
• favored the North
• was unconstitutional
• involved taxation

Several eastern banks closed during the

• Jackson presidency
• Panic of 1837
• election of 1840
• log cabin campaign

Martin Van Buren persuaded Congress to establish a

• New currency
• Reservation for Native Americans
• Postal system
• Federal Treasury

What is the “states’ rights” theory?

• It was the solution to the problems between the North and South
• A theory supported by President Jackson
• The theory that the federal government should have more power over the states
• The theory that the states should have the right to overrule a federal law

What state passed the Nullification Act?

• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Maryland
• New York

The first President to die in office

• William Henry Harrison
• Henry Clay
• Andrew Jackson
• John Tyler

By using a log cabin symbol, the Whigs wanted people to believe that Harrison was what kind of man?

• humble (meaning common or average)
• aristocratic (upper class)
• rich
• African American

After Chief Justice John Marshall sided with the Cherokee, President Jackson ignored

• Congress
• the Supreme Court
• The Attorney General
• Popular opinion