STAAR Questions: Age of Jackson.

Which shaded state was the main destination of American Indians forced to relocate as part of the Trail of Tears?

• A
• B
• C
• D

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.

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

• Votes were cast by secret ballot.
• Property qualifications for voting were strengthened.
•  Poll taxes were reduced.
• Voter participation increased.

What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocations depicted on this map below?

• To persuade American Indians to become farmers.
• To gain access to important rivers.
• To punish American Indians who were allies of the British.
•  To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources.

Conflicting interpretations of this amendment below played a major role in the?

• Bank War
• Nullification Crisis
• Corrupt Bargain
• XYZ Affair

The proclamation excerpted below was issued during which of these historical events?

• Shays’s Rebellion
• The War of 1812
• The Nullification Crisis
• The Civil War

These speakers below are debating an issue that eventually became known as the —

• Monroe Doctrine
• Nullification Crisis
• Missouri Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise

In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have legal authority over the Cherokees living in the state. President Andrew Jackson responded to this decision by?

• filing another petition against the Cherokee Nation.
• ignoring the ruling and allowing Georgia to evict the Cherokee Nation.
• ordering state officials in Georgia to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation.
• asking Congress to pay reparations to the Cherokee Nation.

What led to the conflict referred to in this excerpt below?

• The passage of the Dawes Act.
• The Louisiana Purchase.
• The adoption of Indian removal policies.
• The Battle of Tippecanoe.

One attempt to resolve this issue below without violence involved which action?

• The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia’s anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.
• Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.
• The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.
• Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.