The Age of Jackson

How did most Americans view Andrew Jackson's win in the 1828 presidential election?

• as a win for the North

• A win for Britain

• as a victory for manufactures in the North

• as a victory for the "common man"

How did President Jackson make use of the spoils system?

• He required government employees to join the Democratic Party.

• He appointed only National Republicans to the cabinet.

• He appointed businessmen to government positions.

• He gave government jobs to his political supporters.

What was one major difference between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams?

• Adams fought in the War of 1812, but Jackson did not.

• Adams was a Democrat, and Jackson was a National Republican.

• Jackson believed in a strong central government, and Adams' believed in states' rights.

• Jackson represented western farmers, and Adams represented eastern businessman.

How did the 1828 election differ from prior elections?

• A majority of the popular vote, not the electoral college, decided the outcome.

• Candidates built excitement through slogans, parades, speeches, and mudslinging.

• All the candidates came from Washington, D.C.

• All the candidates came from western states.

What was the key reason for Andrew Jackson's victory in 1828?

• Voting rights had been extended to women.

• Voting rights had been extended to African Americans.

• Voting rights had been extended to white men without property.

• Voting rights had been extended to Native Americans.

Why did President Jackson declare war on the Seminole Indians in 1835?

• Americans wanted to the gold discovered on Seminole lands.

• The Seminole rejected a removal treaty and refused to leave their homes.

• The Seminole took valuable farmland from American settlers.

• The Seminole were demanding citizenship.

What was the Trail of Tears?

• the trail Native Americans used to travel to Indian Territory

• the forced relocation of all Native Americans to western lands

• the forced march of the Cherokee from the Georgia to Indian Territory

• a trail American settlers took to reach California

What caused literacy to spread quickly among the Cherokee?

• The Cherokee developed a writing system and published a newspaper.

• Jackson supported education for Native Americans.

• The Cherokee wrote and shared a constitution.

• The Cherokee wanted to learn how they could better support the Indian Removal Act.

Where were Native Americans forced to move?

• present day Oklahoma

• South Carolina

• Georgia

• Mississippi

How did Jackson respond to the Supreme Court's ruling against the Indian Removal?

• He vetoed it.

• He appealed it.

• He defied it.

• He respected it.