John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president included all of the following except

his firing good office holders to appoint his own people

Supporters of the Whig Party included all of the following except

opponents of public education

Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States except that

it refused to lend money to politicians

Andrew Jackson's veto of the re-charter bill for the Bank of the United States was

a major expansion of presidential power

Americans moved into Texas

after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin

The "cement" that held the Whig Party together in its formative days was

hatred of Andrew Jackson

Both the Democratic party and the Whig party

were mass-based political parties

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ______to become______

Henry Clay, secretary of state

The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

be socially and geographically diverse

The Force Bill of 1833 provided that

the President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the

newly won ascendancy of the masses

John C. Calhoun's "South Carolina Exposition" was an argument for

states rights

Innovations in the election of 1832 included

adoption of written party platforms

One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was

its promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant

Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to Texas, and to annex the new Texas Republic, because

antislavery groups in the United States opposed the expansion of slavery

In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following except

refuse to own slaves

Andrew Jackson's political philosophy was based on his

suspicion of the federal government

In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson

dispatched modest naval and military forces to the state while preparing a larger army

The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were

ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson

The "nullification crisis" of 1832-1833 erupted over.

tariff policy

The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except

taking the country off the gold standard

William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was

made to look like a poor western farmer

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs

Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

whites settlers wanted the Native Americans' lands

The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by

forcing the election into the House of Representatives

Andrew Jackson based his veto of the re-charter bill for the Bank of the United States on

the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation

The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

Henry Clay

The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when

no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College

The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when

Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833

The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except

allegiance to Spain

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

San Jacinto

The Anti-Masonic Party of 1832 appealed to

American suspicions of secret societies

The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s

became an important part of the nation's checks and balances

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

they believed that the federal power this bill represented could be used to suppress slavery

One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that

the Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian