FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VCHS

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VCHS

APUSH CH. 12&13 EXAM QUESTIONS Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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Question 1: The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following

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excessive speculation; President Jackson's banking and financial policies including the Bank War and the Specie Circular; financial problems abroad Question 2: Despite his suspicions of the federal government; Andrew Jackson's Democratic political party

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created the spoils system in the federal government

Question 3: The Anglo-American Convention of 1818 with Great Britain

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called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects Question 4: The western land boom from 1791 to 1824 resulted from all of the following

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the Land Act of 1820 and the development of inexpensive transportation to and through the Northwest and West; acute economic distress in the East during the embargo years prompted many Americans to settle in the West; the frontier was pacified in the Nort

Question 5: By the 1840s

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voter participation in the presidential election reached

Question 6: The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 erupted directly over

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tariff policy

Question 7: Texas gained its independence with

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help from Americans

Question 8: For Native Americans

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the War of 1812 meant Question 9: The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes involved

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forced removal from their traditional lands Question 10: The performance of the United States' Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as

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overall surprisingly successful and skillful against the accomplished British ships and commanders Question 11: What interest group supported the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828?

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Wool and textile manufacturers from New England Opposing the Tariff of 1828

Question 12: One of the West's persistent political demands was for

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cheap money issued by unregulated banks

Question 13: Andrew Jackson based his veto of the re-charter bill for the Bank of the United States on

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the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional

Question 14: One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was

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its function as a source of credit and stability Question 15: The two most internationally recognized American writers in the 1820s were

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Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper

Question 16: In the 1820s and 1830s

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the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were Question 17: Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

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whites wanted the Indians' lands Question 18: Perhaps the key battle of the War of 1812,;because it protected the United States from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution; was the Battle of,

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Plattsburgh.

Question 19: The Battle of New Orleans resulted in

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the launching of Andrew Jackson as a national hero; an impressive American military victory over the British; a wave of patriotism washing over the entire country

Question 20: William Henry Harrison

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the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840

Question 21: The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues

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continued legality of slavery in Texas; numerical limits on American immigration to Texas; local rights and responsibilities of Americans living in Texas

Question 22: When the Monroe Doctrine was issued in 1823

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it might more accurately have been called the American Self-Defense Doctrine

Question 23: The purpose behind the spoils system was

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to reward political supporters with public office Question 24: The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions in 1814 that included a call for

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a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in Congress before war could be declared; new states admitted; or a trade embargo instituted by the federal government Question 25: The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

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Henry Clay Question 26: America's military campaigns against Canada in the War of 1812 were

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poorly conceived strategically and successfully repelled by the British and Canadians

Question 27: In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society

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the Cherokees did all of the following