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Chapter 9: Jacksonian Democracy

Multiple Choice Quiz #1

Multiple Choice Quiz #1
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	An important political change of the 1820s was that   presidents began choosing their own cabinet. free blacks and women were allowed full political freedom. most states removed the property qualification for voting from their constitutions. senators began to be elected by popular vote rather than by state legislatures. issues became the key subjects of political campaigns rather than personalities.

	Which one of the following is LEAST related to the other three?   the spoils system government employees political appointment rotation Kitchen Cabinet

	In Worcester v. Georgia the Supreme Court ruled that   Indian tribes were independent of federal authority. the second Bank of the United States was constitutional. federal removal of Indians to the West was legal. Indian tribes could not be governed by states. a state could not nullify an act of Congress.

	The Tariff of 1832 was declared null and void by   the South Carolina state legislature. a state convention in South Carolina. South Carolina's Congressional delegation. the governor of South Carolina. the South Carolina state supreme court.

	The Nullification crisis was resolved by all these actions EXCEPT   the 1832 tariff rates were gradually reduced. the Ordinance of Nullification was repealed. other southern states refused to support nullification. concessions of the North and West in the interest of national harmony. the U.S. Army temporarily occupied South Carolina and collected the tariffs.

	The second Bank of the United States was NOT opposed by   Martin Van Buren. Henry Clay. most hard-money men. many state banks. Andrew Jackson.

	After his reelection in 1832, President Jackson weakened the second Bank of the United states by   firing its president, Nicholas Biddle. appointing William J. Duane as its president. revoking its existing charter. moving its headquarters from Philadelphia to New York. removing government deposits from it.

	Jacksonian Democrats tended to oppose   equal economic opportunity. central banking. slavery. the rise of the common man.. free public schools.

	The Independent Treasury Act of 1840 appealed most to   penniless farmers. "pet" banks. Whigs. land speculators. hard-money men.

	The Log Cabin Campaign was associated with   William Henry Harrison. Martin Van Buren. Andrew Jackson. Andrew Johnson. Horace Greeley.

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