President Jackson - Age of the Common Man Review

When was Jackson elected President?

• 1824

• 1828

• 1830

• 1832

What action earned Jackson the nickname "King Andrew"?

• Allowing the Native Americans to keep their land.

• Supporting the Common Man.

• Creating the spoils system.

• Ignoring the Supreme Court and removing the Cherokee.

The practice of rewarding your political supporters with government jobs is called--

• The spoils system

• Suffrage

• the corrupt bargain

• the rewards system

Which tribe was removed from their land and forced to walk the Trail of Tears?

• the Comanche

• the Seminole

• the Apache

• the Cherokee

In the 1824 election no candidate got the majority and Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams made a deal for Adams to become president. Jackson and his supporters called this-

• Mudslinging

• the corrupt bargain

• the spoils system

• the nullification crisis

During the Nullification Crisis, Jackson argued with John C. Calhoun and South Carolina over the issue of--

• removing the Native Americans

• election processes

• States' rights

• mudslinging

How did Jackson treat the National Bank?

• He increased its powers.

• He did not have an opinion on the bank.

• He signed executive orders that allowed the bank to remain open forever.

• He refused to deposit funds in it and used state banks instead.

During the 1828 election, candidates used personal insults to degrade their opponents which is called--?

• Mudslinging

• Nullification

• Suffrage

• Spoils system

Which law allowed Jackson to remove the Native Americans from their farmland in the east to reservations in the West?

• The Trail of Tears

• The Indian Removal Act

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Corrupt Bargain

Which Supreme Court case did Jackson ignore when he removed the Cherokee from their land?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• Worcester v. Georgia

• McCullough v. Maryland