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How Did Henry Clay Disproved The Charge Of A Corrupt Bargain '?
All questions courtesy of Houghton Mifflin's The American Pageant Guidebook; A Manual For Students, Eleventh Edition, 1998

Chapter 13: The Rise of Mass Democracy (The Jacksonian Era)

True-False
Where the statement is true, mark T. Where it is false, mark F, and correct it in the space immediately below.

___ 1. The last election based on the elitist political system was the 4-way presidential campaign of 1824 involving Jackson, Clay, Crawford, and John Quincy Adams

___ 2. Henry Clay disproved the charge of a "corrupt bargain" between himself and President Adams by refusing to accept any favors from the administration.
He accepted the position of secretary of state

___ 3. President Adams attempted to
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Scornful southern term for high Tariff in 1828
Tariff of Abomination

7. Theory promoted by John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians that said states had the right to disregard federal laws to which they objected
Nullification

8. The “money monster” that Clay tried to preserve and that Jackson killed with his veto in 1832
Bank of America

9. Ritualistic secret societies that became the target of a momentarily powerful third part in 1832
Masons

10. Religious believers, originally attracted to the Anti-Masonic party and then to the Whigs, who sought to use political power for moral and religious reform
Evangelical Protestants

11. Any 2 of the southeastern Indian peoples who were removed to Oklahoma
Cherokee/Creek/Chikasaw/Seminoles

12. The sorrowful path along which thousands of southeastern Indians were removed to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears

13. The nation from which Texas won it independence in 1836
Mexico

14. Anti-Jackson political party that generally stood for national community and an activist government
Whigs

15. Popular symbols of the bogus but effective campaign the Whigs used to elect “poor-boy” William Henry Harrison

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