Chapter 10: The Age of Jackson

How did President Jackson react to Vice President Calhoun's views on nullification?

• commended Calhoun because Jackson supported nullification

• disagreed with Calhoun but did not publicly oppose nullification

• openly disagreed with Calhoun and simply watched as Calhoun stepped down from his position

• fired Calhoun over the issue and forced duty collection on the South

Though the economic policies adopted by President Jackson before the Panic of 1837 did not fix the country's economic problems, they did

• decrease inflation.

• made state banks private.

• lower the national debt.

• help mend relations with banks.

Which statement describes the social situation of the U.S. before Jacksonian Democracy?

• Hundred of craftspeople were opening up shops in the cities.

• Small farmers were profiting from new technologies.

• Power was in the hand of a few wealthy individuals.

• Ordinary Americans were gaining a voice in government.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs was a

• congressionally approved office established to protect Native Americans.

• federal agency created to manage the removal of Native Americans to the West.

• federal government agency designated to negotiate with Creek and Chickasaw Indians.

• group established by the Mississippi legislature to track Native American deaths.

Which group did Osceola lead against United States troops?

• Cherokee

• Sauk

• Fox

• Seminole

Northerners supported tariffs in the early 1800s because tariffs helped them compete with

• British merchants.

• southern agriculturalists.

• British manufacturers.

• southern manufacturers.

What did the Seminole Indians do after signing a treaty in 1832 in which they agreed to leave Florida within three years?

• immediately gave up their land

• respected the treaty and headed west

• ignored the treaty and resisted removal with force

• stayed in Florida and adopted white culture

Martin Van Buren's success in the 1836 election can be attributed to the

• popularity of his stand against a domineering presidency.

• successful economic policies of his predecessor .

• inability of the opposing party to decide on one candidate.

• confidence inspired by his past as an army general.

Andrew Jackson won many votes in the 1828 election because he was Harvard-educated and his father had been the second U.S. president.

• True

• False

The Kitchen Cabinet refers to a group of President Jackson's advisors who sometimes met in the White House kitchen.

• True

• False