The Age of Jackson is considered a triumph of historical scholarship, analysis and interpretation, and was written by the author Arthur Schlesinger Jr. And published in 1945. How much do you remember about the book?
Congress
The President
Henry Clay
The United States Supreme Court.
The Senate
The absence of an aristocracy
A democracy
The emergence of various political parties
The Panic of 1827
The Second Bank of the United States
Nullification
The number of banks, each issuing its own paper currency, increased
Direct subsidies
The Trail of Tears
Panic of 1827
Manifest Destiny
Riots in NYC and SC
Civil Rights Movement
Enunciation of the doctrine of nullification
The common man
The right of nullification
Slavery
The spoils system
The Trail of Tears
Irish immigrants
Ex-slaves
Eastern merchants
Young, unmarried women from rural New England
Underage children
England
Germany
France
The Netherlands
Ireland
Political participation by the common man should be increased
Aristocracy should continue
There should be political parties
The Second Bank of the United States should be abolished
Slavery shoulf increase
The "tariff of abominations"
An expansion of credit and speculation.
The number of smaller banks, each issuing its own paper currency, increased.
Political participation by the common man
An increase in workers in textile mills
Of national unity
Of slavery
Of the central government
Of states’ rights
Of the Second Bank of the United States
Defense of the principle of national union.
Defense of states' rights
Enunciation of the doctrine of nullification
Defense of slavery
Suspicion of the federal government
Martin Van Buren....Vice President
Henry Clay....Secretary of State
William Henry Harrison...President
Millard Fillmore...Treasurer
Rutherford B. Hayes...House of Reps
Suspicion of the federal government.
Support of slavery.
Ideal that political participation by the common man should be increased.
Hatred of the Second Bank of the United States
Support of democracy
Fall of aristocracy.
The removal of Native Americans.
Newly won ascendancy of the masses.
Rise of slavery.
Abolition of the "tariff of abominations"
Reward political supporters with public office.
Corrupt the system.
Remove Jackson from office.
Win the war with England.
Remove Henry Clay from office.
The abolition of slavery.
The removal of Jackson from office.
Reward of political supporters with public office
The newly won ascendancy of the masses
The appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials.
Respect.
Removal.
Compromise.
Business.
Murder.
The Court sided with Georgia.
The Court sided with Worcester.
The Court sided with the Indians.
The President did not side with the Court.
The President sided with Georgia.
Alabama
Ohio
Mississippi
Illinois
Oklahoma
Was a depository for foreign funds.
Created debt.
Was the depository of federal funds.
Caused overspeculation.
Led to the Panic of 1827
A display of tension between the President and Congress.
The cause of the nullification crisis.
A display of federal authority.
A major expansion of executive power.
Caused Congress to override.
Overspeculation
Debt
Paper currency
Ur mom
Taking the country off the gold standard
Overspeculation
Taking the country off the gold standard.
Tariff policy
Increased executive authority
The spoils system
The President could use military force to collect federal tariff duties.
Congress could use military force to collect federal tariff duties.
There would be martial law in all states to collect federal tariff duties.
The President would not collect taxes anymore.
The United Staes would send an army to the Mexican border.
The South Carolina Exposition
The Webster-Hayne debate
The 1832 Tariff
Calhoun’s resignation
All of the above
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