Quiz: Chapter 13

The "corrupt bargain" of 1824 refers to the alliance between:

• a. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
• b. Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun
• c. Jackson and Van Buren
• d. Clay and Calhoun

Andrew Jackson's rewarding of supporters with government jobs is known as the:

• a. American System
• b. Spoils system
• c. Bank War
• d. Log Cabin campaign

South Carolina's doctrine that a state could declare a federal law void was called:

• a. Secession
• b. Nullification
• c. Federalism
• d. Judicial review

The leading champion of nullification was:

• a. Henry Clay
• b. John C. Calhoun
• c. Daniel Webster
• d. Martin Van Buren

Jackson's "Bank War" resulted in his:

• a. Vetoing the Bank's recharter and withdrawing federal deposits
• b. Expanding the Bank's powers
• c. Making Nicholas Biddle president
• d. Nationalizing all state banks

The Indian Removal Act (1830) led directly to:

• a. The Trail of Tears
• b. The Nullification Crisis
• c. The Panic of 1837
• d. The Log Cabin campaign

In Worcester v. Georgia, Jackson's response to Marshall's pro-Cherokee ruling was to:

• a. Refuse to enforce it
• b. Enforce it immediately
• c. Appeal to Congress
• d. Resign the presidency

The Texans' defeat at the Alamo was avenged at the Battle of:

• a. Goliad
• b. San Jacinto
• c. New Orleans
• d. Lake Erie

The Specie Circular (1836) required that public land be purchased with:

• a. Hard money (gold or silver)
• b. Bank notes only
• c. Cotton
• d. Credit from Britain

The severe economic depression that struck under Martin Van Buren was the:

• a. Panic of 1819
• b. Panic of 1837
• c. Panic of 1873
• d. Great Depression

The Whig party generally favored:

• a. The American System and active federal development
• b. Nullification and secession
• c. Abolishing all tariffs
• d. Indian removal

The 1840 "Log Cabin" campaign elected which Whig candidate?

• a. Henry Clay
• b. William Henry Harrison
• c. Martin Van Buren
• d. Daniel Webster