In 1836, Martin Van Buren won the presidency because
A. he was more popular with the public than Andrew Jackson.
B. federal spending had supported an economic boom.
C. the political opposition offered multiple candidates.
D. land speculation had been reduced under President Andrew Jackson.
E. his opponent openly advocated ending Indian removal
Answer: C
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Jacksonian Era
- Upon the death of William Henry Harrison, the former Democrat who became president was ________________.
- President Jackson's distrust of paper currency became obvious when in 1836 he issued an executive order called the "___________.
- The Great Triumvirate consisted of Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and ________________.
- William Morgan mysteriously disappeared shortly before he published a book, which allegedly exposed the secrets of ______.
- Radical Jacksonians were known as ________.
- ______ succeeded John Marshall as chief justice of the Supreme Court.
- In the election of 1832, Andrew Jackson was opposed by _________________.
- The forced Cherokee migration on what was called the Trail of Tears ended in the territory of ________________.
- The most successful of the "Five Civilized Tribes" when it came to resisting Jackson's removal policy were the _________________.
- The main issue of public policy at stake in the Webster-Hayne debate was the _____________.
- John C. Calhoun's most powerful rival within the Jackson administration was ________________.
- John C. Calhoun championed a states' rights theory called _________.
- Thomas Dorr and his followers formed a _______.
- Jackson's supporters created the _________ as a forum for selecting candidates for president.
- President Jackson's attack on federal officeholders led to the introduction of what one of his allies called the " ________."
- During the Tyler administration, the United States established diplomatic relations with China.
- The "Aroostook War" was the result of tensions between Canada and Maine.
- In 1840 the Whigs elected a president for the first time.
- The "penny press" was more lively and sensationalistic than previous newspapers.
- The well-to-do were more likely to support Whigs than Democrats.
- Jacksonians were more likely than Whigs to favor territorial expansion.
- Although political opponents, Whigs supported President Jackson's use of the veto.
- The results of the election of 1832 could be interpreted as a defeat for both Henry Clay and Nicholas Biddle.
- President Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road even though this proposed road was in his home state.
- Unlike most other tribes, the relocation of the Seminoles in Florida was never completed.