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- A
- To Clay, the elevation of Jackson to the presidency "would give
- to the military spirit a stimulus and confidence that might lead to
- the most pernicious results." Jackson was merely a "military chieftain"
- in his eyes, with no qualifactions for the presidency.
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- 1. According to the passage, Clay believed the elevation of Jackson would:
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- A. discourage the army, which would be beneficial
- B. discourage the army, which would be harmful
- C. encourage the army, which would be beneficial
- D. encourage the army, which would be harmful
- E. have little effect on the army or on society
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- d
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- 2
- Correct.
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- B
- (D) "Pernicious" means "harmful." Clay felt that encouraging the military
- would be harmful.
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- B
- "I cannot believe," he observed, "that killing 2,500 Englishmen
- at New Orleans qualifies [a person] for the various, difficult and
- complicated duties of the chief magistracy." Adams was surely the
- better qualified candidate, and Clay delivered his supporters to
- the Yankee who was thereupon elected.
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- 1. This passage and the previous one suggest that:
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- A. Clay felt that Jackson was well qualified for the presidency
- due to his military experience.
- B. Clay favored Adams because he was a Yankee.
- C. Clay's supporters favored Adams over Clay's objections.
- D. Jackson was elected despite Clay's opposition.
- E. Adams was elected with Clay's assistance.
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- C
- Correct.
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- C
- (E) Clay and his supporters helped elect the better-qualified Adams.
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- C
- Though his supporters howled with indignation, Jackson accepted
- his defeat with gentlemanly good grace until the disclosure that Clay
- was to be Adams' secretary of state. The news aroused his well-known
- temper. Transfixed with anger, he wrote, "So you see the Judas of the
- West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of
- silver."
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- 1. The passage suggests that:
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- A. Clay felt Jackson was a traitor.
- B. Jackson felt betrayed by Clay.
- C. Jackson felt that Clay had been paid thirty silver dollars
- for endorsing Adams.
- D. Adams felt Jackson had betrayed him.
- E. The "Judas of the West" refers to Jackson, the western hero.
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- D
- Correct.
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- D
- (B) Jackson refers to Clay as a betrayer: "The Judas of the West."
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- D
- Through "bargain and corruption" he had been cheated out of the
- presidency and the people had been cheated out of their choice! Whether
- a "deal" had been promulgated or not, appearances were so damning as to
- render denials unconvincing.
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- 1. This passage and the previous ones suggest that:
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- A. Jackson felt that he could not convince anyone that a deal
- had been struck.
- B. Jackson felt that Clay had been cheated out of the presidency.
- C. Clay felt Adams had been cheated out of the presidency.
- D. Adams felt that Clay had cheated him.
- E. Jackson was not angered at the thought that Clay felt Adams was
- better qualified, only at the idea that a "deal" had been made.
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- E
- Correct.
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- E
- (E) Jackson was outraged at Clay's "bargain and corruption."
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- E
- Burning for revenge, the general and his lieutenants immediately
- began an unrelenting campaign to oust Adams, which ultimately resulted
- in Jackson's accession to the presidency in 1828.
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- 1. From this passage and previous ones it can be inferred that
- "the general" refers to:
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- A. Adams
- B. Jackson
- C. Clay
- D. Jefferson
- E. Washington
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- b
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- Correct.
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- (B) Jackson has been described as "a military chieftain" or general,
- angry at having been cheated out of the presidency.
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- 2. This passage suggests that Jackson's accession to the presidency
- was a result of:
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- A. Adams' abdication
- B. Jackson making a deal with Clay
- C. Popular revulsion over the Jackson-Clay deal
- D. Four years of hard work and campaigning
- E. A feud between Adams and Clay
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- F
- Correct.
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- F
- (D) Jackson's election resulted from "an unrelenting campaign."
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