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APUSH 4.7 & 4.8

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following factors best explains the increase in White male suffrage in the early nineteenth century?

a)

Reaction to widespread political protest

b)

Resistance to increased federal taxation

c)

Amendments to the United States Constitution

d)

Changes to property ownership requirements

2.

Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that

a)

an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic

b)

political participation by the common man should be increased

c)

political rights should be granted to women

d)

franchise restrictions should be radically neutral

3.

Which of the following best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?

a)

Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government

b)

Growing agreement regarding the issue of slavery

c)

Declining support for westward territorial expansion

d)

Persistent concern over the influence of foreign powers

4.

Which of the following best explains the expansion of participatory democracy in the early nineteenth century?

a)

The abolition of slavery in most northern states

b)

The growth of manufacturing along rivers and canals

c)

The extension of suffrage rights to most adult White men

d)

The influence of the early women’s rights movement

5.

Politics in the antebellum United States changed dramatically because

a)

expanded White male suffrage broadened participation in elections

b)

female suffrage became a topic of debate in the House of Representatives

c)

widespread electoral reform resulted in direct election of senators

d)

the government sought to assimilate American Indians in the West

6.

An important consequence of the “tariff of abominations” (1828) is that it led to the

a)

reelection of Andrew Jackson

b)

enunciation of the doctrine of nullification

c)

alliance of Southern planters and Western farmers

d)

expansion of the New England textile industry

7.

Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Indian removal

b)

the right of nullification

c)

use of the presidential veto power

d)

the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States

8.

The immediate effect of Andrew Jackson’s attack on the Second Bank of the United States in 1834 was

a)

the creation of the “independent treasury”

b)

an expansion of credit and speculation

c)

the failure of state banks

d)

the creation of a federal deficit

9.

Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank

a)

concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people

b)

gave too many loans to assist unstable state and local banks

c)

was secretly funding the abolitionist movement

d)

planned to create new paper money unsupported by gold or silver

10.

President Andrew Jackson’s creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to which of the following?

a)

A rise in manufacturing

b)

The Panic of 1837

c)

Expanded transportation networks

d)

The imposition of a high tariff

11.

The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of

a)

Andrew Jackson’s use of the veto

b)

protective tariffs

c)

the Second Bank of the United States

d)

Jackson’s American Indian removal policy

12.

Many Americans were suspicious of the Second Bank of the United States for which of the following reasons?

a)

They believed that it was controlled by southern plantation owners.

b)

They believed that it was controlled by leaders of the Whig Party.

c)

They believed that it was controlled by a commercial elite.

d)

They believed that it was controlled by foreigners.