Jackson Review (pgs 290-299)

The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery in which of the following regions of the Louisiana Purchase?

• All the lands north of latitude 36°30' except for the state of Missouri

• All the lands south of latitude 36°30' except for the state of Missouri

• Only in Missouri

• All of Louisiana

Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay’s American System?

• Protective tariffs, subsidized internal improvements, and the national bank

• Subsidized internal improvements, the national bank, and patronage

• Slavery, patronage, and subsidized internal improvements

• Protective tariffs, patronage, and subsidized internal improvements

Which of the following statements describes events surrounding the election of 1824?

• John Quincy Adams became president even though Andrew Jackson had more popular votes.

• It was the first time a presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives.

• The Republican candidate William Crawford died from a stroke in the midst of the campaign.

• The disputed outcome led to extended rioting in several large southern cities.

How did Andrew Jackson respond to South Carolina’s claimed right of nullification in 1832?

• Jackson asked Congress to raise the tariff rates even higher if South Carolina did not stop its threats.

• He asked Congress for a Force Bill authorizing him to use the military to suppress any act of nullification.

• He pulled federal troops and navy ships out of forts and ports in South Carolina where they might have provoked an attack by the South Carolina militia.

• Jackson asked Congress to prepare a bill to expel South Carolina from the Union if it did not stop its threats.

Why did Andrew Jackson veto the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?

• His opponents in Congress, most of whom supported the Second Bank, had tried to embarrass him politically.

• He thought it interfered with the rights of states and the liberties of the people.

• French aristocrats had invested heavily in the bank and he objected to their influence.

• One of his major congressional opponents, Daniel Webster, directed the Boston branch of the bank.