Age of Jackson Voc Quiz

The right to vote.

(choose the word that best matches the definition)

• suffrage

• disenfranchisement

• judicial review

• civil liberty

Nullification Crisis

(check all that apply)

• -led by John C. Calhoun

• -objected to the Tariff of Abomination (1828)

• -led by Daniel Webster

• -the South wanted to nullify the national law

• -a compromise of a lower tariff kept the US from civil war

-to add territory to one's own territory.

(choose the word that best matches the definition)

• acquisition

• requisition

• accession

• annex

McCulloch v. Maryland is the freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation.

• True

• False

Cherokee were forced to leave their territory as troops marched them west under the Indian Removal Act; thousands died of cold, hunger, and, disease.

(Choose the answer that best matches the definition)

• Trail of Sadness

• Jackson's Folly

• Trail of Tears

• Road of Despair

Jacksonian Era (Age of Jackson) A time in American history that saw:

(Check all that apply)

• -the expansion of suffrage to all adult white males

• -the Nullification Crisis

• -Indian Removal

• -the War on the Bank

• -the Civil War

-to make void or null; abolish; cancel; invalidate.

(Choose the word that best matches the definition)

• intangible

• negate

• veto

• annul

Worcester v. Georgia was a case involving a missionary on Cherokee lands. Marshall ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee. Jackson who supported Georgia's efforts to remove the Cherokee defiantly opposed the ruling and pushed for their removal anyway.

• True

• False

-Government given power to relocate Native Americans from east to west of the Miss. River. Removal of Cherokees. Cherokees take case to Supreme Court.

(Choose the word that best matches the definition)

• Indian Removal Act

• Popular Sovereignty

• Westward Expansion

• Manifest Destiny

-The practice of replacing current government employees with supporters of the winner. Jackson did this with his supporters after he won in 1828.

(Choose the word that best matches the definition)

• Spoils System

• Cronyism

• Mercantilism

• Awards System