Andrew Jackson Era

Name the act that forced the relocation of Native Americans from the Southeast to the Oklahoma Territory.

• Seminole Relocation Act

• Tecumseh and Osceola Removal Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Jacksonian Democracy Act

Choose the Native American tribe that successfully resisted removal from their lands.

• Shawnee

• Creek

• Cherokee

• Seminole

The Spoils System is a practice of what?

• Sitting meat in the sun

• Rewarding political supporters with government jobs

• Removing Indians from their lands

• Setting up a national bank

True or False: Andrew Jackson was born into a wealthy family?

• True

• False

How did President Jackson 'Kill' the National Bank?

• He placed a hold on all the bank's business

• He voted to approve the bank's charter

• He vetoed the bank's charter

• He fired the bank's executive.

After losing the election of 1824, what political party did Jackson's followers create?

• Republican Party

• Whig Party

• Democratic Party

• Democratic-Republican Party

What began to change in the 1820's with regards to voting in the United States?

• The "common man' or poor white men began to be allowed to vote

• Voting rights were given to black men

• Rich, white property men can vote

• The right to vote were given to women

During the "Trail of Tears", which Native American tribe below did the United States forcible relocated from Georgia to Oklahoma?

• Creek

• Choctaw

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

How was it possible that Andrew Jackson lost the 1824 election to John Quincy Adams even though he won the popular vote?I

• John Quincy Adams was selected since he was the son of a former president

• Jackson’s policies against Native Americans disqualified him from winning

• Jackson did not receive the electoral votes needed to win the election

• Jackson was disqualified as it was discovered that he married his wife, Rachel, while she was still married to another man.

Jackson was known as the 'people's president"; what did he do after he was inaugurated as president?

• People went home to go back to their lives

• There was a huge party at the White House

• Jackson went to Tennessee to celibate his presidency

• He got down to business with removing the Native American from the Southeast to the west.