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Chapter 10 | Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840
17. The winner of the 1840 election was ________.
A. a Democrat
B. a Democratic-Republican
C. an Anti-Federalist
D. a Whig
Critical Thinking Questions
18. Which of the following did not characterize political changes in the 1830s?
A. higher voter participation
B. increasing political power of free black
voters
C. stronger partisan ties
D. political battles between Whigs and
Democrats
19. How did Alexis de Tocqueville react to his visit to the United States? What impressed and what worried him?
20. What were some of the social and cultural beliefs that became widespread during the Age of Jackson? What lay behind these beliefs, and do you observe any of them in American culture today?
21. Were the political changes of the early nineteenth century positive or negative? Explain your opinion.
22. If you were defending the Cherokee and other native nations before the U.S. Supreme Court in the
1830s, what arguments would you make? If you were supporting Indian removal, what arguments would you make?
23. How did depictions of Indians in popular culture help to sway popular opinion? Does modern popular culture continue to wield this kind of power over us? Why or why not?
24. Does Alexis de Tocqueville’s argument about the tyranny of the majority reflect American democracy today? Provide examples to support your answer.
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