Chapter 10 Self-Quiz 1 - Of the People 4e Volume 1 Student Resources

. Following the War of 1812, wageworkers and their advocates felt that

organized protests were not an effective way to call attention to their problems.

property owners treated those who labored for them especially fairly.

the clergy were the best source of help to those living in poverty.

the new political economy of the nation was functioning to keep common working people dependent on the rich.

. The first cross-trade citywide labor organization was the __________, established in Philadelphia in 1827.

Carpenters Union

Masons Union

Mechanics Union

Tailors Union

. The __________ led the way in expanding white male suffrage.

new, less settled states

northern states

older, more settled states

southern states

. As suffrage was extended to all white males, it was _________ African Americans.

considered for

extended to

rejected by

withdrawn from or denied to

. The Masonic movement originated as an organization to

counter aristocratic power.

create an economic boom.

foster social stability.

solidify aristocratic power.

. All of the following men epitomized the National Republican Party except

Henry Clay.

John Adams.

John C. Calhoun.

John Quincy Adams.

. The bill to create the Second Bank of the United States, endorsed by the National Republicans led by Henry Clay, which came before Congress after the War of 1812,

failed in the House of Representatives.

passed with great difficulty and was signed by President Madison.

passed with relative ease and was signed by President Madison.

passed with relative ease but was vetoed by President Madison.

. When the election of 1824 was held, __________ claimed a majority of the popular vote.

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

no candidate

William H. Crawford

. All of the following accusations were made during the presidential campaign of 1828 except

Andrew Jackson was an elitist.

Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel was a bigamist.

John Quincy Adams disdained popular government.

John Quincy Adams was a Sabbath breaker.

. Andrew Jackson was elected by

a strong cross section of voters who identified with his stance as an outsider to eastern elites.

a strong cross section of voters who saw him as a member of the powerful eastern elites.

a strong cross section of voters who saw Jackson as the opposite of the Jeffersonians.

mainly southerners.

. Following the election of Andrew Jackson, white Georgians invalidated the constitution of the Cherokee nation within Georgia, proclaimed the Cherokees subject to the authority of Georgia, and surged onto to Cherokee land looking for gold. President Jackson responded by

condemning the actions of the Georgians.

notifying the Cherokees that it was his duty to sustain the states in exercising their rights.

returning the gold found by the Georgians to the Cherokees.

stating that it was his obligation to remain neutral toward such disputes.

. In 1830 Congress passed and President Jackson signed the Removal Act, which provided for an exchange of lands with the Native Americans residing in any of the states or territories. This act called for the Indians' removal to lands

chosen by the Indians' tribal leaders.

east of the Mississippi River.

north of the Mason-Dixon line.

west of the Mississippi River.

. In order to dismantle the Second Bank of the United States, which he viewed as symbol of wealthy easterners' power and privilege, President Jackson asked the secretary of the treasury to

distribute the federal government's deposits among numerous state banks.

foreclose on corporate debts around the country.

make loans to corporations around the country.

tighten the federal bank's fiscal restraints.

. Believing that the Tariff of 1828 presented unfairly inflicted injury on southern states, John C. Calhoun wrote a justification for the theory of __________, under which states might declare particular federal laws null and void within their borders.

abomination

exposition

nullification

sovereignty

. In the summer of 1831, an African American driver and preacher named __________ led a slave uprising in Virginia that lasted for two days and resulted in the deaths of 57 whites.

Black Hawk

James Cooper

Jeremiah Evarts

Nat Turner

. Over the course of the early nineteenth century, the price of land per acre and the size of minimum-permitted individual purchase had fallen steadily; thus, small land buyers faced few obstacles to acquiring land in the new states of the Union.

TRUE

FALSE

. By the second decade of the nineteenth century, farm labor's dominance had peaked and nonfarm waged labor had become more common.

TRUE

FALSE

. Territorial expansion raised the question of suffrage because settlers who owned little more than the mortgages on their land saw themselves as the chief embodiment of the republican spirit; they wanted their votes to count as much as the votes of the wealthy.

TRUE

FALSE

. Early in the nineteenth century, people began to view chartered corporations in a positive light as visible symbols of equal opportunity for all Americans.

TRUE

FALSE

. On his last day in office, President Madison signed a bill creating a federal fund for internal improvements (such as transportation initiatives) which had passed with great confidence in Congress.

TRUE

FALSE