United States 11 Test
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- 1.Match the year with the winner & runner of in each Presidential Election
- A. 1828
- A.
- B. 1832
- B.
- C. 1836
- C.
- D. 1840
- D.
- E. 1844
- E.
- 2.By 1828, the Republicans split into what 2 parties? (put a comma between the two parties in your answer).
- 3.Define Plurality.
- 4.Define Majority.
- 5.The election of 1824 was decided by the __________ ___ ________________.
- 6.Explain how Jackson won the election of 1828.
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- 8.Practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters is called what?
- 9.Southerners supported the tariff of 1828 because they traded often with European manufacturers.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Explain how the South and specifically South Carolina felt about the tariffs. Include South Carolina's actions and what President Jackson and Congress did to resolve the situation.
- 11.
- A.
East
- B.
West
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- 13.Put these events in the order they occured:
- A. 1
- A.
- B. 2
- B.
- C. 3
- C.
- D. 4
- D.
- E. 5
- E.
- 14.Explain the conditions on the trail of tears, and what it did to the Cherokee people.
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- 16.Jackson was a supporter of the Bank of the United States, and bank president Nicholas Biddle.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Martin Van Buren ran in 1836 and defeated a group of Whig candidates. What party did the Whigs originate from?
- 18.Martin Van Buren believed in Lassiez-faire, which impacted how he responded to the depression of 1837. Define Laissez-faire.
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- 20.Evaluate the presidency of Andrew Jackson. What good decisions did he make. What poor decisions did he make?
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