TCI Chapter 14 Review

How did John Quincy Adams become the president in 1824?

• He received a plurality of the popular vote.

• The House of Representatives chose Adams.

• He won the most votes in the Electoral College.

• The Senate chose Adams.

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

• slogans

• buttons and other props

• newspaper ads

• rallies

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

• the Whig Party

• the Federalist 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

The expansion of voting rights and the election of Jackson were a victory for the idea that the common people should control their government. This idea became known as...

• laissez-faire

• spoils system

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Jackson Doctrine

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 all Cherokee 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