Chapter 10 - The Jacksonian Era (1828-1840)

The lowest point in Jackson's presidency would be the relocation act.

• True

• False

Which statement about the “Trail of Tears” is accurate?

• President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.
• Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate during the winter months.
• Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Cherokee Indians to move westwards.
• The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet.

Why were many more people allowed to vote during Andrew Jackson's presidency?

• A man didn't have to own property anymore to vote
• tariffs were lowered
• women gained the right to vote
• African Americans were allowed to vote

Vice President who declared that the states had the right to nullify any federal law with which they disagreed was who? This guy said people in South Carolina didn't have to pay the tariffs.

• John Marshall
• Martin Van Buren
• John Douglas
• John C. Calhoun

What is Jacksonian Democracy?

• the idea that the common people should control their government
• the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
• the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
• the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812

The nullification crisis occurred when

• the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
• Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
• South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
• Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• Jacksonian Democracy
• nullification

Andrew Jackson was a member of which political party?

• Whigs
• National Republicans
• Democrats
• Anti-Federalists

Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams were accused of _______.

• Stealing money from Senate.
• Reading confidential documents.
• making a corrupt bargain
• Fraudulent taxes.

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move

• to Oklahoma
• to Florida
• to the Louisiana Purchase
• to Canada