home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
800 College Boards
/
800 College Boards.iso
/
cbrd7
/
module4
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-01-01
|
4KB
|
154 lines
NEW SET
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.
next
1
1. According to the passage, Clay believed the elevation of Jackson would:
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
next
d
0
2
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
B
(D) "Pernicious" means "harmful." Clay felt that encouraging the military
would be harmful.
NEXT
NEW SET
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.
next
1
1. This passage and the previous one suggest that:
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.
next
e
0
C
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
C
(E) Clay and his supporters helped elect the better-qualified Adams.
NEXT
NEW SET
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."
next
1
1. The passage suggests that:
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.
next
b
0
D
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
D
(B) Jackson refers to Clay as a betrayer: "The Judas of the West."
NEXT
NEW SET
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.
next
1
1. This passage and the previous ones suggest that:
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.
next
e
0
E
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
E
(E) Jackson was outraged at Clay's "bargain and corruption."
NEXT
NEW SET
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.
next
1
1. From this passage and previous ones it can be inferred that
"the general" refers to:
A. Adams
B. Jackson
C. Clay
D. Jefferson
E. Washington
next
b
0
2
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
2
(B) Jackson has been described as "a military chieftain" or general,
angry at having been cheated out of the presidency.
next
2
2. This passage suggests that Jackson's accession to the presidency
was a result of:
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
next
d
0
F
Correct.
next
wrong answer explanation
F
(D) Jackson's election resulted from "an unrelenting campaign."
end