Unit 5 Day 3-4

Age of Jackson

Multiple Choice

British impressment of U.S. sailors

• 8th Amendment

• Battle of Saratoga

• Cause of War of 1812

• Mercantilism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of the “spoil system”? 

• Farmers leaving their produce out in the sun to spoil as a means of protesting a protective tariff

• Congress only approving laws introduced by the Supreme Court

• John Q. Adams selecting his father to be Secretary of State

• Jackson selecting people who supported his campaign to receive government positions

Multiple Select

This excerpt describes the Election of 1828. 

Which of the following were effects of Jackson’s victory in the Election of 1828?     

Select TWO correct answers.

• Women, African Americans, and Native Americans were given the right to vote.

• Ordinary citizens became engaged in government issues.

• Suffrage was expanded to most white men over the age of 21.

• Rich politicians maintained power in most levels of government.

Multiple Choice

During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?

• The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations

• The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions

• The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors

• Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders

Multiple Choice

Why did the Anti-Federalists demand that a bill of rights be added to the U.S. Constitution?

• To strengthen the authority of the federal government

• To improve the organization of the judiciary

• To give each state an equal amount of power

• To protect individual freedoms from the federal government

Tariff of Abominations

• In 1828, Congress passed

a new high tariff that
angered the South

• The South could no longer

easily trade crops with
other countries

• They called it the Tariff of

Abominations

• John C. Calhoun argued

that southern states had a
right to nullify [cancel or
ignore] an unfair federal
law

Day 3

• Why did the South not like the Tariff of

Abominations?

• What did John C. Calhoun say the South

should do about a law they felt was
unfair?

Turn and Talk

Nullification Crisis

• South Carolina passed the

Nullification Act which
officially ignored the tariff

• South Carolina threatened to

secede from the Union if the
U.S. tried to enforce the
unfair tariff

• Jackson was ready to fight

and got help from Congress
which passed the Force Bill

• South Carolina gave in after

the threat from Jackson and
Henry Clay developed a
compromise to reduce the
tariff over the next 10 years

Day 3

Federal Law:

Nullification

Act

• What law did South Carolina pass that

nullified the Tariff of Abominations?

• Who came up with a compromise that

prevented fighting between the Federal
government and South Carolina?

Turn and Talk

Multiple Select

Multiselect - Select the correct answers.

Which statement describes the response to the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832?

Select TWO correct answers. 

• Southern states proposed a change to the amendment process of the U.S. Constitution.

• Both northern and southern states elected new members to the Supreme Court.

• Northern states favored the tariffs because it helped strengthen their industrial-based economy.

• South Carolina argued that the Tenth Amendment gave states the power to declare the federal tariff null.

Open Ended

Short Constructed Response - Think about the question carefully.  Then enter your answer to BOTH parts of the question below.

What was the Nullification Crisis AND how was it resolved?  

Match

Match the following

• Andrew Jackson called rewarding his campaign supporters with political offices the _____________________________________________.       

• Jacksonian Democracy expanded ____________________________________ to the common man.       

• The ______________________________________________________ decided the presidential election of 1824.      

• __________________________________________________ helped secure the votes needed to elect John Q. Adams as President.      

Spoil system

Suffrage

House of Representatives

Henry Clay

• Spoil system

• Suffrage

• House of Representatives

• Henry Clay

Multiple Choice

This is a U.S. territorial map from the 1830s. 

Which location on the map threatened to secede and challenged the power of the federal government?

Select the correct answer.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

The Nullification Act is significant because - 

• it stated that no law passed by the federal government would be observed by southern states

• a state ignored a federal tariff because it was damaging to the state’s economy

• no state would be able to create ordinances without approval first from the federal government

• each state would now be able to nullify any laws it deemed unnecessary

Multiple Choice

What was one effect of these events on the 1828 presidential election?

• Votes were cast by secret ballot.

• Property qualification for voting were strengthened.

• Poll taxes were reduced.

• Voter participation increased.

Multiple Choice

Which historical action was protected by the First Amendment guarantee regarding religion? 

• The nativists Know-Nothing Party attracted more members.

• Eastern communities forced Mormons to migrate West.

• City officials worked to reduce the political power of Catholic immigrants.

• Evangelists led revivals in New England.

Indian Removal Act

• Jackson and the common

man wanted the land Native Americans lived on for farming purposes and to prospect for gold

•He passed the Indian
Removal Act in 1830

•In the court case Worcester
v. Georgia, John Marshall
ruled that Georgia had no
right to remove the
Cherokee, but Jackson let
Georgia remove the Indians
anyway

Day 4

• Why did President Jackson and Georgia

want to remove Native Americans from
their land?

• Why do some historians believe that

Jackson should have been impeached
after the Cherokee were removed from
their land?

Turn and Talk

Trail of Tears

• Native Americans were

forced to move to Indian
Territory (now in
Oklahoma) during the fall
and winter

• As a result of the

conditions, one-fourth of
the 16,000 Cherokees died
on the journey

• The migration ended up

becoming called the “Trail
of Tears.”

Day 4

• Where were the Native Americans forced

to relocate to?

• Why do the Cherokee call their migration

to the Indian Territory the “Trail of Tears?

Turn and Talk

Multiple Choice

The best selection to complete 5 is -

• oil reserves

• coal mines

• natural resources

Multiple Choice

The best selection to complete 6 is -

• Indian Territory

• Tribes of 5 Nations

• Worcester Reservation

Open Ended

Short Constructed Response - Think about the question carefully.  Then enter your answer to BOTH parts of the question below.

What was the decision in Worcester v. Georgia AND what was President Jackson’s response?  

Match

Match the following

• South Carolina threatened to __________________________ from the Union if the U.S. tried to encore an unfair tariff. 

• John C. Calhoun argued that southern states had the right to ____________________ a federal law.        

• _____________________________________________ increased voting and favored commoners–not the wealthy.

• Andrew Jackson called rewarding his campaign supporters with political offices the _____________________________________________.       

Secede

Nullify

Jacksonian Democracy

Spoil system

• Secede

• Nullify

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Spoil system