501 & 502 Quiz Review

What was the Trail of Tears?

• the forced removal of American Indians from Georgia

• South Carolina's threat to leave the union unless American Indians are removed from their state

• Jackson's policy to establish reservations west of the Mississippi

• The belief that American settles had a right to remove American Indians from their homelands

What best explains Jackson's spoil system:

• rewarding Jackson's supporters with jobs in the federal government

• Jackson's approach to vetoing acts of Congress that he disagreed with

• Jackson's support for American Indian removal

• the decision to veto the Bank of the United States

An east-west line through the Louisiana Purchase. States above the line would be free and states below the line would be slave. Maine would be a free state and Missouri would be slave.

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Great Compromise

Belief that the United States should extend from Atlantic to Pacific

• Mexican Cession

• Manifest Destiny

• Nullification

• Louisiana Purchase

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives
• In the Senate
• In the Executive Branch
• In the Judicial Branch

Extreme loyalty to one's own region, based on differences in economic, social, and political beliefs - often causes a division.

• nullification

• popular sovereignty

• states' rights

• sectionalism

One way suffrage expanded during the Jackson presidency was by-

• recognizing a woman's right to vote

• permitting free African Americans to vote

• eliminating property qualifications for voting

• extending citizenship to American Indian tribes

How did President Jackson respond to the Supreme Court decision to protect the rights and land of the Cherokee?

• He ignored the decision

• He obeyed the decision after a delay

• He asked states to implement his decision

• He called for the impeachment of court justices