Andrew Jackson and the Native Americans

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

This man was president from 1829-1837.

• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson
• George Washington
• Henry Clay

Who defeated Andrew Jackson in the election of 1824?

• Winfield Scott
• John Quincy Adams
• William Henry Harrison

Why were many more people allowed to vote during Andrew Jackson's presidency?

• A man didn't have to own property anymore to vote
• tariffs were lowered
• women gained the right to vote
• African Americans were allowed to vote

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

• the spoils system.
• Jacksonian democracy.
• mudslinging.
• a corrupt bargain.

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

• True
• False

The act, or law, was created in order to remove Native Americans from their homelands and force them West.

• Alien and Sedition Acts

• No More Natives Act

• Citizens Only Act

• Indian Removal Act

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

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

The long walk for many Native Americans who were forced out of their homelands was called the --

• Native Walk

• Trail of Natives

• Trail of Tears

• Removal Trail

Americans relocated many Native Americans for the purpose to obtain more --

• Land

• Money

• Taxes

• Tariffs