CH 12 - The Jackson Era

In the election of 1824, the four candidates were all ____.

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Democratic-Republicans

• Nationalists

Who decided the election of 1824?

• The Supreme Court

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• the voters

Who won the election of 1824?

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• William H Crawford

Who won the election of 1828?

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• William H Crawford

Why did President Jackson devise the spoils system?

• to give jobs to his supporters

• to create a new Cabinet position

• to choose his Cabinet members

• to choose a justice for the Supreme Court

President Jackson vetoed a bill about ____.

• secession

• nullification

• roads in Kentucky

• tariffs

____ showed that the United States was becoming more democratic during the Jackson era.

• Use of the spoils system

• Changes in state requirements to vote

• An increase in political parties

• Use of tariffs to protect American goods

The "Five Civilized Tribes" consisted of the ____.

• Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Seminole, and Kiowa

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, and Creek

• Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Kiowa, and Cherokee

Settlers wanted the Native Americans to relocate so that the settlers could take the land for themselves.

• True

• False

What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?

• a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester

• a dispute over federal government tariffs

• a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights & lands

• a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia