APUSH 4.7 ~ The Expansion of Democracy in the 1820s (Heimler)

What caused the Panic of 1819?

• Tightened lending policies by the Second Bank of the United States

• Increased demand for American goods

• Expansion of the democratic process

• Rising property qualifications for voting

What was the impact of the Panic of 1819 on the economy?

• Rising employment and economic stability

• Widespread bankruptcies and imprisonment of debtors

• Increased demand for American goods

• Expansion of the democratic process

What led to the push for reform in the franchise?

• The Panic of 1819

• The Corrupt Bargain

• The expansion of the democratic process

• The election of 1824

What was the main reason for the fragmentation of the Democratic Republican party?

• The election of 1824

• Embracing limited federal power

• Adoption of a more expansive view of federal power

• The Corrupt Bargain

Who ultimately won the election of 1824?

• Andrew Jackson

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• William Crawford

What did Jackson and his followers view the appointment of Clay as Adams’ Secretary of State as?

• A fair decision

• A Corrupt Bargain

• A democratic process

• A political reform

What was the main difference between the Democrats and the National Republicans?

• The Corrupt Bargain

• The election of 1824

• One party wanted more limited federal power and the other did not.

• Adoption of a more expansive view of federal power

What was the impact of the expansion of the democratic process on political parties?

• The election of 1824 demonstrated factionalism

• The Federalist party crumbled. The Democratic Republican party fragmented into factions

• The Republican party crumbled

• The Corrupt Bargain

What was the main demand of laboring men in response to the economic turmoil?

• Rising property qualifications for voting

• Expansion of the democratic process

• Political accountability

• Tightened lending policies by the Second Bank of the United States

If you did NOT own land could you vote?

• No

• Yes