WorksheetsAPUSH 4.7 & 4.8
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Which of the following factors best explains the increase in White male suffrage in the early nineteenth century?
Reaction to widespread political protest
Resistance to increased federal taxation
Amendments to the United States Constitution
Changes to property ownership requirements
Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that
an aristocracy posed no danger to the Republic
political participation by the common man should be increased
political rights should be granted to women
franchise restrictions should be radically neutral
Which of the following best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?
Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government
Growing agreement regarding the issue of slavery
Declining support for westward territorial expansion
Persistent concern over the influence of foreign powers
Which of the following best explains the expansion of participatory democracy in the early nineteenth century?
The abolition of slavery in most northern states
The growth of manufacturing along rivers and canals
The extension of suffrage rights to most adult White men
The influence of the early women’s rights movement
Politics in the antebellum United States changed dramatically because
expanded White male suffrage broadened participation in elections
female suffrage became a topic of debate in the House of Representatives
widespread electoral reform resulted in direct election of senators
the government sought to assimilate American Indians in the West
An important consequence of the “tariff of abominations” (1828) is that it led to the
reelection of Andrew Jackson
enunciation of the doctrine of nullification
alliance of Southern planters and Western farmers
expansion of the New England textile industry
Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT
Indian removal
the right of nullification
use of the presidential veto power
the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United States
The immediate effect of Andrew Jackson’s attack on the Second Bank of the United States in 1834 was
the creation of the “independent treasury”
an expansion of credit and speculation
the failure of state banks
the creation of a federal deficit
Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank
concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people
gave too many loans to assist unstable state and local banks
was secretly funding the abolitionist movement
planned to create new paper money unsupported by gold or silver
President Andrew Jackson’s creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to which of the following?
A rise in manufacturing
The Panic of 1837
Expanded transportation networks
The imposition of a high tariff
The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of
Andrew Jackson’s use of the veto
protective tariffs
the Second Bank of the United States
Jackson’s American Indian removal policy
Many Americans were suspicious of the Second Bank of the United States for which of the following reasons?
They believed that it was controlled by southern plantation owners.
They believed that it was controlled by leaders of the Whig Party.
They believed that it was controlled by a commercial elite.
They believed that it was controlled by foreigners.
