Jackson and Westward Expansion

President Andrew Jackson used the spoils system to

• attack the Tariff of Abominations

• reward supporters with the United States government jobs

• win support for construction of the Erie Canal

• gain passage of the Indian Removal Act

In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson supported the Indian Removal policy because...

• white settlers desired the land on which Native American Indians lived

• Native American Indians were attacking southern cities

• he wanted to punish Native American Indians for their political opposition

• he sought complete control of Texas by the United States

As a result of President Andrew Jackson's policies, Native American Indians were...

• relocated to reservations in Mexico

• forcibly removed to areas west of the Mississippi River

• gradually allowed to return their ancestral lands

• given United States citizenship

Which title best completes the partial outline below?

I. _____________________________

A. California Gold Rush (1849)

B. Homestead Act (1862)

C. Completion of transcontinental railroad (1869)

• factors encouraging westward settlement

• government sponsored transportation programs

• recognition of Native American Indian Land Rights

• actions promoting the conservation of natural resources

The term Manifest Destiny was first used to support...

• independence from Great Britain

• westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean

• efforts to stop secession of Southern states

• laws restricting labor union activity

The Trail of Tears resulted from President Andrew Jackson's effort to...

• remove Native American Indians from all land east of the Mississippi

• teach Native American Indians the American lifestyle

• return tribal lands to Native American Indians

• allow native tribes self-rule within state boundaries

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

• McCulloch v Maryland (1819)

• Gibbons v Ogden (1824)

• Worcester v Georgia (1832)

• Dred Scott v Sanford (1857)

The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the development of the West by...

• providing free land to settlers

• granting land for construction of transcontinental railroads

• allowing slavery to spread to the territories

• placing Native American Indians on reservations

What did the Supreme Court rule in Worcester v Georgia?

• the Cherokee Indians had to move from their land in Georgia to Oklahoma

• the state of Georgia did not have any legal power of the Cherokee and therefore the Cherokee had the right to remain on their ancestral lands

• the Supreme Court supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830

• US troops had the right to move American Indians

A major reason for President Andrew Jackson's policy toward the Cherokee Nation was to...

• provide Native American Indians with better farmland

• enforce the United States Supreme Court decision in Worcester v Georgia (1832)

• obtain land from Native American Indians for white settlers

• gain the political support of Native American Indians