Period 4 Review

The practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs.

• Muckraking
• The Spoils System
• The Civil Service
• Idealism

in which case did a state try to tax a branch of the federal government, only to have that tax collection denied by John Marshall?

• McCullough v. Maryland

• Cohens v. Virginia

• Fletcher v. Peck

Which of the following early 19th century policies would Jacksonian Democrats have supported?

• Tariffs because they raised the price of manufactured goods.

• A national bank because it made loans to humble citizens.

• The abolition of property requirements for elections and political candidates.

• The right of Southern states to secede when their complaints were ignored.

What was the 1815 and 1825 period known as?

• Era Of Good Feelings

• Era Of Joyful

• Era Of Madness

• Era Of Happiness

Which is an outcome of the war of 1812?

• The Americans were defeated

• Britain took over America again

• The Americans were disappointed in war

• The Americans felt a sense of pride that they held their own against a major world power

Marbury v. Madison was the court case that set up ______________.  This is the concept that allows the Court to overturn laws passed by Congress and the President.

• judicial review
• states' rights
• sedition
• being extra

King Philip's War, The Trail of Tears, and The Pequot War all have a history of discrimination towards ___________.

• Americans

• Immigrants

• Latin Americans

• Native Americans

Although the Supreme Court was the weakest of the three branches of government in the early days of the new republic, John Marshall strengthened the Court by

• establishing the principle of federalism, giving federal courts the power to declare laws unconstitutional
• declaring the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, which asserted the right of states to nullify federal laws, unconstitutional
• establishing the principle of judicial review in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland
• establishing the principle of judicial review in the case of Marbury v. Madison

As a result of the Hartford Convention following the War of 1812,

• the Federalist party lost credibility and eventually died out
• the Constitution was amended to limit the president to two terms in office
• the New England states threatened to secede
• Congress passed the War Powers Act, limiting future presidents from gaining too much power during wartime, as Madison had

The controversy over the tariff during the late 1820s and early 1830s demonstrated that

• New Englanders were more radical than Southerners, as they had been since the days of the American Revolution
• Andrew Jackson favored states' rights over federal supremacy
• the system of checks and balances was flawed
• economic sectionalism was a serious threat to national unity