Age Of Jackson

Why does the US government pass protective tariffs?

• Encourage foreign trade
• help the nation's manufacturers
• reduce the cost of consumer goods
• improve the quality of goods

How are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798) and the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification (1832) similar?

• Claimed individual states had the right to interpret a federal law and declare it unconstitutional.
• Formed the unwritten constitution
• supported the federal government's power to declare war for new states to enter union.
• said states couldn't overturn federal laws.

What document was the Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention modeled after?

• The Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The Panther Post

What did Worcester v. Georgia (1832) determine?

• Native Americans had to relocate West.
• Native Americans had property rights.
• Jackson could do what he wanted to the Native Americans
• US military had the right to remove Native Americans.

After Jackson's fight with the National Bank, what did the political parties look like in the US?

• 2 parties Democrats and Republicans
• Only one party: Whigs
• two parties: Whigs and Democrats
• One party: Democrats

Jacksonian democracy can best be described as.

• a government that abused people's rights
• an expansion of political rights and social reforms
• a strict interpretation of the constitution
• a champion of native americans.

What is the spoils system?

• the informal advisers to Jackson
• the removal of the Cherokee from their lands.
• Giving jobs to your political supporters.
• Getting everything you want for Christmas

Why did Southerners hate the Tariff of Abominations?

• They were taxed at a higher rate than the north.
• Did not want to buy European goods.
• Wanted protection from Southern industries.
• Did not want to pay more for European imports.

William Lloyd Garrison was an abolitionist who wanted....

• Slavery
• gradual emancipation of slaves
• immediate emancipation of slaves
• Labor unions

What was a characteristic of the "Lowell System"?

• The cotton gin.
• cottage industries
• women in the work place
• labor unions