Chapter 13 The Age of Jackson   1. The present-day Democratic party traces its roots to the supporters of ____________     A) John Quincy Adams.     B) Andrew Jackson.     C) Henry Clay.     D) William Crawford.   2. All the following phrases were used to describe President Andrew Jackson's inaugural party EXCEPT ____________     A) a scene of confusion.     B) the People's Day.     C) a meeting of ladies and gentlemen.     D) the reign of King Mob.   3. The spoils system was ____________     A) the practice of filling government jobs with political supporters.     B) a new system to inspect meat and dairy products.     C) the President's cabinet.     D) another name for Jackson's battle against the Bank of the United States.   4. Andrew Jackson defended the spoils system by saying ____________     A) he was the People's President.     B) it expanded democracy.     C) the People would rule.     D) it would help bankers.   5. "Kitchen cabinet" was the nickname for President Jackson's ____________     A) pet banks.     B) inauguration party.     C) executive cabinet approved by Congress.     D) own personal advisers.   6. The Bank of the United States was hated by all the following people EXCEPT ____________     A) Andrew Jackson.     B) Nicholas Biddle.     C) farmers.     D) merchants.   7. President Andrew Jackson's political opponent in the election of 1832 was ____________     A) Henry Clay.     B) Roger Taney.     C) Nicholas Biddle.     D) Joseph Story.   8. In 1832, Andrew Jackson risked losing votes in the North when he ____________     A) decided how much money state banks received.     B) vetoed the bill to renew the Bank of the United States.     C) asked Nicholas Biddle to renew the national bank charter.     D) pushed the national bank renewal bill through Congress.   9. John C. Calhoun claimed that each state was sovereign and so had the right to ____________     A) abolish slavery.     B) raise the tariff on imports.     C) declare any federal law unconstitutional.     D) increase the price of purchased goods.   10. The belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority was called ____________     A) representative government.     B) states' rights.     C) federalism.     D) judicial review.   11. The senator who gave a long and fiery speech against nullification in 1830 was ____________     A) Daniel Webster.     B) John Marshall.     C) Robert Hayne.     D) John C. Calhoun.   12. After passing the Nullification Act of 1832, the people of South Carolina threatened to ____________     A) lower earlier tariff rates.     B) pass a compromise tariff bill.     C) use force to uphold federal law.     D) secede from the Union.   13. The leader of the Seminole who made war against the United States was ____________     A) Sequoya.     B) Osceola.     C) John Ross.     D) Quatie Ross.   14. President Andrew Jackson's hand-picked successor in the election of 1836 was ____________     A) a humble Ohio farmer.     B) Martin Van Buren.     C) William Henry Harrison.     D) the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe.   15. In 1836, state banks began to print paper bank notes and make loans freely as a result of ____________     A) a campaign based on slogans.     B) a large amount of specie that they had on hand.     C) lack of controls from the Bank of the United States.     D) the rising price of land in the West.