Chapter 12: Andrew Jackson

Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?

• He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
• He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
• He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
• He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.

Settlers wanted the Native Americans to relocate so that the settlers could take the land for themselves.

• True
• False

The ____ had a separate nation within the state of Georgia.

• Cherokee
• Choctaw
• Seminole
• Creek

What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?

• a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester
• a dispute over federal government tariffs
• a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights
• a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia

The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to ____.

• Mississippi
• Mexico
• Present-day Oklahoma
• Present-day Texas

President Jackson sent soldiers to remove the ____ to the Indian Territory.

• Cherokee
• Iroquois
• Souix
• Red Hawks

Voting rights were extended to which group of people before the Election of 1828?

• white men who owned land

• white men who did not own land

• white women who owned land

• slaves who had been freed from slavery

Which southern state will be leading the charge with secession?

• Florida

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Alabama

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• foreign goods
• american made goods
• ice cream
• slaves

What did Jackson do that ended the nullification crisis?

• passed a higher tariff
• fired his Vice President
• burned down every home in South Carolina
• threatened to use Army to enforce the law