Andrew Jackson Study Guide

In the 1834 revision of the Tennessee Constitution, which group received expanded voting rights?

• male non-property owners

• African American males

• women

• all property owners

What did the candidates in the 1828 election use to excite their supporters during the campaign? Select ALL that apply.

• slogans

• newspaper ads

• buttons

• rallies

What political party, which still exists today, did Jackson’s supporters form?

• the Libertarian Party

• the Green Party

• the Republican Party

• the Democratic Party

What qualities did Jackson have that most Americans admired? Select ALL that apply.

• a self-made man

• a war hero

• Speaker of the House

• born into wealth

Why were nominating conventions more democratic than the caucus system?

• They allowed everybody to vote in primaries.

• The Electoral College was abolished.

• More people were able to participate in the selection of candidates.

• They expanded voting rights.

What issue was at the center of the debate about the tariff law of 1828?

• judicial review

• states’ rights

• economic liberty

• free speech

The purpose of nullification was to __________.

• start the process of seceding from the United States

• strip voting rights from poor Americans

• declare a federal law illegal, or not valid

• grant more powers to the federal government

The Indian Removal Act was passed so that Native American land would become available for __________.

• the government

• immigrants

• enslaved people

• white settlers

What happened following the Cherokee victory in the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia in 1832? Select ALL that apply.

• President Jackson ignored the ruling and continued with Native American removal policies.

• All Cherokee lands taken by American settlers were returned to the Cherokee nation.

• A small group of Cherokee signed a treaty giving their lands to the U.S.

• The U.S. Senate voted to protect the Cherokee lands from the state governments.

What was the Trail of Tears?

• the forced march of the Cherokee people from their lands in the Southeast to the West

• the returning of captured enslaved peoples to plantations in the South

• the route the Cherokee leaders walked on their way back from Washington, D.C.

• the line of immigrants denied entry into the U.S. boarding ships bound for Europe