UNIT 12: ANDREW JACKSON QUIZ

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

How did tariffs affect imported goods?

• Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.

• Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.

• Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.

• Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.

What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Trail of Sorrows
• Trail of Tears
• Nullification Act

The nullification crisis occurred when

• the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
• Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
• South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
• Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• Jacksonian Democracy
• nullification

Andrew Jackson was seen as a national hero after defeating the British at what battle?

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Saratoga

John C. Calhoun believed that individual states had the right to nullify federal laws.

• True

• False

Once he became president, Jackson fired many federal employees and replaced them with his political supporters and friends.

• True
• False

"The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their homes and encamped at the forts and military places, all over the nation.... The propert[ies] of many [have] been taken and sold before their eyes for almost nothing."This quotation from an eyewitness on the "Trial of Tears" describes events resulting from the---

• Intolerable Acts
• Lewis and Clark Expedition
• Quartering Act
• Indian removal Act

What was President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis?

• He admitted that the Union was a "compact" of the states

• He offered to raise tariffs to keep South Carolina in the Union

• He conceded South Carolina's right to secede

• He threatened to use force against South Carolina if it did not repeal its nullification policies