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Open Stax US History Ch. 10 (Jacksonian Democracy)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the program of federally sponsored roads and canals, protective tariffs, and a national bank advocated by Henry Clay and enacted by President J. Q. Adams?

a)

Spoils System

b)

American System

c)

Corrupt Bargain

d)

Nullification Crisis

2.

What was the term that Andrew Jackson’s supporters applied to J. Q. Adams’s 1824 election, which had occurred through the machinations of Henry Clay in the U.S. House of Representatives?

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

American System

c)

Corrupt Bargain

d)

Code of Deference

3.

Which political party emerged in the early 1830s to oppose what members saw as President Andrew Jackson’s abuses of power?

a)

Federalists

b)

Democratic Republicans

c)

Democrats

d)

Whigs

4.

The practice of showing respect for individuals who had distinguished themselves through accomplishments or birth is known as _____.

a)

the Corrupt Bargain

b)

the Code of Deference

c)

the American System

d)

the Spoils System

5.

The nickname for Andrew Jackson’s informal group of loyal advisers is _______.

a)

the Code of Deference

b)

Tyranny of the Majority

c)

the American System

d)

the Kitchen Cabinet

6.

Offered simply as the system of having term limits on political appointments; in the Jackson era, this term came to mean the replacement of officials with party loyalists.

a)

American System

b)

Corrupt Bargain

c)

Spoils System

d)

Code of Deference

7.

The rise in universal manhood suffrage, as it relates to the Age of the Common Man, can be most attributed to which of the following 2 trends?

a)

the decline in the practice of the code of deference

b)

the reduction of property ownership as a requirement to vote

c)

the support for the American System after the War of 1812

d)

the increase in sectionalism that developed in the mid 1800s

8.

A federal tax introduced in 1828 that placed a high duty on imported goods, became known by what term used by Southerners to voice their dislike?

a)

the Corrupt Bargain

b)

the Tariff of Abominiation

c)

the Code of Deference

d)

the Trail of Tears

9.

The ______________ is a direct result of _________________.

Choose the two terms that would complete this statement.

a)

Indian Removal Act (1830)

b)

Tariff of Abominations

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Universal Manhood Suffrage

10.

The ________________ can be directly attributed to the problems/sectional issues derived from the Tariff of Abominations.

a)

Kitchen Cabinet

b)

Code of Deference

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

Trail of Tears

11.

What term is used to describe the route of the forced removal of the Cherokee and other tribes from the southeastern US to the territory that is now Oklahoma?

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

American System

c)

Spoils System

d)

Corrupt Bargain

12.

Which of the following terms can best be associatied with the rivalry between Andrew Jackson and John Q. Adams?

a)

Nullification Crisis

b)

Corrupt Bargain

c)

Log Cabin Campaign

d)

Kitchen Cabinet

13.

The following term can most be associated with the rivalry between Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun.

a)

Nullification Crisis

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Corrupt Bargain

d)

US National Bank

14.

The following term can most be associated with the rivalry between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle.

a)

Corrupt Bargain

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

US National Bank

15.

Check the box that represent the key components of the American System. Choose 3.

a)

a tariff on imported goods to protect US manufacturing

b)

a US National Bank to fund commercial growth

c)

internal improvements such as canals, roads, railroads

d)

increase in use of slave labor & cash crop production

e)

an excise tax on domestically manufactured goods

16.

Which of the following historical figures is most associated with the concept of the American system?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Nicholas Biddle

d)

John C. Calhoun

17.

Although there was a rise in nascent ______ following the War of 1812, a trend towards _______ developed as the US entered the mid 1800s. Choose the best 2 terms to complete the above statement.

a)

nationalism

b)

sectionalism

c)

protestantism

d)

anglicization

e)

expansionism

18.

Which of the following concepts is most associated with the rivalry between Andrew Jackson and the US Supreme Court?

a)

Indian Removal Act (1830)

b)

Force Act (1833)

c)

Nullification Crisis (1833)

d)

Tariff of Abominations (1828)

19.

What term describes the theory, advocated in response to the Tariff of 1828, that states could void federal law at their discretion.

a)

code of deference

b)

nullification

c)

tyranny of the majority

d)

universal manhood suffrage

20.

Which of the following terms has been used to describe the time period associated with US history in the 1820s-1840s? (Choose the two best resposnes)

a)

Age of Jackson

b)

Age of Common Man

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Revolutionary Era

e)

Antebellum Period