Age of Jackson

This person was given the nickname the Great Compromiser and was responsible for the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise Tariff of 1833, and helped resolve the election of 1824.

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• John Marshall

• John Q. Adams

Which native American group was forced to relocate as a result of the Indian Removal Act?

• Choctaw

• Swanee

• Cherokee

• Caddo

What is the spoils system?

• The act of cancelling federal legislation

• Andrew Jackson giving jobs to his supporters

• The expansion of suffrage

• Drinking spoiled milk

What was Andrew Jackson's reaction to the Nullification Crisis?

• He cancelled all tariffs for the southern states

• He raised the protective tariffs to protect Northern manufactures

• He allowed South Carolina to secede

• He threatened to hang violators of the policy; including John C. Calhoun

Why was the south opposed to high protective tariffs?

• It would make foreign goods more expensive

• It would make domestic goods more expensive

• It would prevent the growth of southern agriculture

• It would anger the northerners

Which landmark supreme court case dealt with the Cherokee people and their right to remain in Georgia

• Marbury v. Madison

• Worchester v. Georgia

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

Which supreme court case dealt with interstate commerce

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Marbury v. Madison

• McCulloch v. Maryland

John Marshall declared that which of the laws are superior?

• Local

• State

• Federal

Which supreme court case questioned the legality of a state being able to tax a federal bank?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Worcester v. Georgia

• McCulloch v. Maryland

What was the main aspect of Jacksonian Democracy?

• it allowed more people the right to vote (suffrage)

• It gave jobs to Jackson's friends

• It cancelled all the tariffs

• the forced removal of Native Americans from their lands