Question 1
In 1841, the British government
A. briefly declared war on American shipping in response to the Creole mutiny.
B. returned mutinous slaves from the Creole to Virginia, at the request of President Tyler.
C. seized the Creole because it carried slaves.
D. refused to trade with American shipping companies that carried slaves.
E. supported the rights and freedom of mutinous slaves on the Creole.
Question 2
As president, John Tyler
A. was a Whig who had once been a Democrat.
B. forced John C. Calhoun out of his cabinet.
C. considered Andrew Jackson to be his political role model.
D. approved several internal improvement bills.
E. favored the recharter of the Bank of the United States.
Question 3
More people gained the right to vote in the 1830s, but requirements for voters to own property remained in place.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Question 4
The presidential election campaign of 1840 saw
A. William Henry Harrison serve as the Democratic candidate.
B. Henry Clay chosen as the Whig presidential candidate.
C. the first influence of the penny press in politics.
D. the emergence of the Republican Party.
E. Martin Van Buren drop out of the presidential race.
Charles Darwin may be dead and gone but a recent write-in campaign has pitted him against Republican
William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus
An 1872 Grant campaign poster of “Our Three Great Presidents” at best got it two-thirds right.
Attributed to Thomas Dennis or William Searle, Chest, made in Ipswich, Massachusetts.
Government By the People, 2016 Presidential Election, 26th Edition