Unit 6 - Jackson's Administration

Unit 6 - Jackson's Administration

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Multiple Choice

What region was Illinois in when Andrew Jackson was president?

• South

• North

• West

• Southwest

Multiple Choice

What was Arkansas in the map?

• State

• Territory

The North

• Economy based on manufacturing

• Supported tariffs because it made their European competitor's prices higher.

• American goods could be sold cheaper as a result of the tariffs

• Slavery was not allowed in the Northern states over time

• The North traded a lot with other nations too

• The North was against settling western lands because it took their cheap labor away from their factories

Multiple Select

Why were factories built in the North as opposed to the South? (Pick 3)

• The North had fast flowing rivers to power their mills

• The North was mountainous and had perfect soil to grow cotton and bananas used in their factories

• The North has a steady flow in immigrants from Europe to work in their factories

• The North could easily ship these factory goods to the world since they were in the Atlantic coast

Multiple Choice

Slavery was allowed in the northern states and did all the hard work in factories.

• True

• False

The South

• The Southern economy was based on agriculture

• The South opposed tariffs because it made the goods they imported from Europe more expensive

• The South was dependent on slave labor

• The South's European trading partners would raise their tariffs on the South's agricultural goods in retaliation to the U.S. increase tariffs on European goods

Multiple Choice

The South was for increasing the tariff on imported goods

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The South hated the tariff because it made the price of the goods they bought from Europe more expensive.

• True

• False

The West

• Cheap land enticed Americans and immigrants to move west

• Many people farmed in the west and lived along or near the many rivers used to transport their goods to market

• Canals, bridges, and roads connected the west to the rest of the country

• A lot of tariff money was spent on these improvements and the Southern states resented the other regions

Multiple Choice

Many of the roads and canals were built in the South and that is why Southerners did not mind paying higher tariffs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What brought people to move west into the region we live in today?

• Families came here to fight Native Americans

• Every family was guaranteed land along a lake or river

• The land was cheap and available

Poll

Does a state have the right to not follow a federal law if that law hurts that state economically?

• Yes

• No

• Depends

Multiple Choice

What section of the U.S. did not like tariffs?

• The South

• The West

• The North

Multiple Select

Which of the following was NOT true of Jackson's War on the national bank?

• The bank was deemed constitutional by the McCulloch v. Maryland supreme court case

• Jackson did not like the bank because it mainly benefited the wealthy over regular working Americans

• The Whig party was formed to protest Jackson's war on the bank

• The bank benefited farmers and laborers the most

Multiple Choice

What does a national bank need in order to do business and hold the nation's money?

• It must keep interest rates low and give money to the poor

• It must employ at least 100 people

• It must have a charter

The Panic of 1837!

• President Jackson ordered all money in the national bank to be removed and given to each state banks

• The state banks took that money and loaned it out to people for building factories, buying land out west, and building roads, bridges, and canals

• Many people could not pay back their loans to the banks and defaulted by not making their payments. Many banks closed as a result and the Panic of 1837 began

• Jackson left office and his vice-president Martin Van Buren won the presidency and will have to deal with the panic.

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson caused the Panic of 1837 by removing all the money out of the national bank.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

President Van Buren was blamed for the Panic of 1837 even though he did not create it.

• True

• False