Chapter 12 Test

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The election of 1824 was decided by

• a recount of the popular vote.
• the electoral college.
• the House of Representatives.
• the Supreme Court.

Frontier life affected politics in the West by increasing

• equality among white men.
• democratic ideas.
• the number of voters.
• all of the above.

What two political parties grew out of the Republican party after 1824?

• Republicans and Democrats
• Whigs and Democrats
• Federalists and Antifederalists
• Republicans and Whigs

The practice of appointing supporters to political jobs is known as

• the spoils system
• nullification
• states' rights
• secession

The idea of nullification was attacked by

• Daniel Webster
• John C. Calhoun
• Henry Clay
• Thomas Jefferson

Which of the following men led the South's fight against the Tariff of Abominations?

• Andrew Jackson
• John C. Calhoun
• Daniel Webster
• Alexander Hamilton

The first Vice President to succeed a President who died in office was

• Daniel Webster
• John Tyler
• Martin Van Buren
• William Henry Harrison