American History: Ch. 6 Lessons 1-2

What caused the massive increase in voter participation in the 1828 election?

• the repeal of property ownership requirements for voting
• a new enthusiasm for politics
• the movement of people from cities to towns
• the increase in the number of civil service jobs

How did the increase in the number of eligible voters help Andrew Jackson's bid for president?

• The new voters were largely National Republicans who followed Henry Clay's recommendations.
• The vote was given to Native Americans who favored Jackson.
• Many of the new voters were from the West and related to Jackson.
• The new voters were largely immigrants who liked Jackson's immigration policy.

What new method of selecting presidential candidates developed in the 1830s?

• the congressional caucus system
• the nominating convention system
• the executive committee system
• the spoils system

Andrew Jackson supported the spoils system because he believed it

• brought into government the country's most educated people.
• opened up government to more ordinary people.
• encouraged good workers to stay in their government jobs.
• attracted young thinkers into public service.

What was South Carolina's reaction to the "tariff of abominations"?

• South Carolina threatened to secede from the Union.
• South Carolina proposed nullification.
• South Carolina boycotted imported goods.
• South Carolina formed its own country.

How did President Jackson respond to South Carolina's declaration that the federal tariffs were null and void?

• He allowed them to secede.
• He lowered the tariff.
• He sent a warship to South Carolina.
• He proposed a compromise with the state.

What was President Jackson's plan for dealing with Native Americans?

• He negotiated separate treaties between settlers and individual Native American groups.
• He pushed a bill through Congress to move Native Americans to the Great Plains.
• He appealed to the Supreme Court.
• He allowed some Native American groups to keep their lands in exchange for peace treaties.

President Martin Van Buren ordered the army to remove the Cherokee from Georgia in what is known as

• the Trail of Tears.
• the Great Migration.
• the Reservation Removal.
• the Jacksonian Crisis.

How did President Jackson ensure that the Second Bank of the United States was destroyed?

• He forced the Bank of the United States to make loans to Western farmers.
• He forced the Bank of the United States to redeem all of its notes for silver.
• He removed all federal deposits and gave them to state banks.
• He pushed a law through Congress that controlled interest rates.

What political party emerged in opposition to President Jackson?

• the Know-Nothings
• the Whigs
• the Free-Soil Party
• the Anti-Masonic Party