Age of Jackson - STAAR Review

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson was a member of which political party?

• Whigs
• National Republicans
• Democrats
• Anti-Federalists

Multiple Choice

What party formed because they opposed Jackson's ideas?

• Whigs
• Republicans
• Federalists
• Democrats

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is an example of how voting rights were expanded in the early 1800's?

• Maryland set religious qualifications for voters.

• Some states extended suffrage rights to more white males.

• Party leaders began to nominate their parties’ candidates.

• Massachusetts granted one-half of a vote to each literate freedman.

Multiple Choice

Some white voters benefited from the expansion of voting rights in the 1820's.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The Indian Removal Act led to the event known in History as....

• The Trail of Tears

• The trail of Death

• The Crying Path

• The Journey of Loss

Multiple Choice

Where was most of the area set aside for Native Americans in 1834 located today?

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Dakota

• New Mexico

Multiple Choice

President Jackson ignored which Supreme Court Case?

• Marbury V Madison

• Worcester V Georgia

• Muccoloch V Maryland

• Gibbons V Ogden

Multiple Choice

What was the verdict of Worcester v. Georgia?

• Georgia laws must be followed on Cherokee land
• The Cherokee must be relocated to Indian Reservations
• The Cherokee can keep their land forever
• Georgia laws do not apply on Cherokee land

Multiple Choice

What is a "crisis"?

• The time period before the war

• A time of great starvation

• The time period before the American Revolution

• A time period of great difficulties

Multiple Choice

What does nullification mean?

• Leaving the Union

• Joining the Union

• Taxing imports/exports

• Declaring a law unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

What does the word secession mean?

• Leaving the Union

• Joining the Union

• Taxing imports and exports

• Declaring a law unconstitutional

Multiple Choice

Why did Calhoun think Andrew Jackson would support SC's right to nullify the tariff?

• Andrew Jackson was from the North

• John C. Calhoun was from the North

• Andrew Jackson got money from the British

• Andrew Jackson was from South Carolina