Andrew Jackson Day 2 ~ Burns Lesson

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the “Trail of Tears” is accurate?

• President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.
• Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months.
• Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Cherokee Indians to move westwards.
• The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet.

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

President Jackson ignored which Supreme Court Case?

• Marbury V Madison

• Worcester V Georgia

• Muccoloch V Maryland

• Gibbons V Ogden

Multiple Choice

Which present-day state were most of the Native Americans relocated to during Andrew Jackson's presidency? 

• Oklahoma
• Arkansas
• Texas
• Mississippi

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

Multiple Choice

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

• the spoils system.
• Jacksonian democracy.
• mudslinging.
• a corrupt bargain.

Multiple Choice

Jacksonian Democracy

• an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

• The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

• The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

• The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

Multiple Choice

Which group was most hurt by Jackson's removal policy?

• the rich and well-born
• Native Americans
• the common people
• states' rights supporters

Multiple Choice

The Trail of Tears refers to

• Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.

• the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

• government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

• the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

Multiple Choice

Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?

• He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
• He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
• He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
• He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.

Multiple Choice

What does the Indian Removal Act do?

• Pushes all Native Americans into Florida
• Allows Georgia to use Native Americans as slaves
• Enacts the policy of assimilation
• Moves Native Americans west to Oklahoma

Multiple Choice

Which Supreme Court decision is most closely associated with the Trail of Tears?

• McCullough v. Maryland

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the “Trail of Tears” is accurate?

• President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.
• Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months.
• Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Cherokee Indians to move westwards.
• The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet.

Multiple Choice

Why were many more people allowed to vote during Andrew Jackson's presidency?

• A man didn't have to own property anymore to vote
• tariffs were lowered
• women gained the right to vote
• African Americans were allowed to vote

Multiple Choice

Vice President who declared that the states had the right to nullify any federal law with which they disagreed was who? This guy said people in South Carolina didn't have to pay the tariffs.

• John Marshall

• Martin Van Buren

• John Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

Multiple Choice

How did tariffs affect imported goods?

• Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.

• Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.

• Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.

• Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.

Multiple Choice

The nullification crisis occurred when

• the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
• Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
• South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
• Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson was seen as a national hero after defeating the British at what battle?

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Saratoga

Multiple Choice

Once he became president, Jackson fired many federal employees and replaced them with his political supporters and friends.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

What was President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis?

• He admitted that the Union was a "compact" of the states

• He offered to raise tariffs to keep South Carolina in the Union

• He conceded South Carolina's right to secede

• He threatened to use force against South Carolina if it did not repeal its nullification policies

Multiple Choice

The Nullification Crisis happened when which state nullified a federal law

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Maryland

• South Carolina