Chapter 12: Jackson Era

1. Who decided the Election of 1824?

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The Electoral College

• The American People

2. Henry Clay influenced representatives to vote for Adams. In return he was given the position of Secretary of State. This is known as the

• Sweet deal

• Corrupt Bargain

• Double Dip

• Dealers Choice

3. At this point in time, the Democrats supported

• Strong Government with a National Bank

• Weak Government and Strong State's Rights

• Strong Government and Strong State's rights

• Weak Government and Weak States Rights

4. High Tariffs were put on imports in order to

• Make domestic goods more competitive

• To help domestic manufacturing

• To encourage people to buy domestic goods

• All of the above

5. South Carolina wanted to Nullify this law. In other words, it wanted to

• Follow it because it was constitutional

• Ignore it because they saw it as unconstitutional

• Adopt it as a state law

• All of the above

6. In response to South Carolina's Nullification Act, Jackson passed the Force Act which said

• The Government can force one state to act on another

• The State's can force their laws on the government.

• The government can use force to make sure a state follows the laws

• The government can be forced to follow the Stat'e s laws.

7. South Carolina threatened to secede. What does 'secede' mean?

• To formally join as a member of an organization

• To formally withdraw member of an organization

• To draw a formal organization

• To formally draw an organization

8. To ease the situation, what did congress to to the tariff?

• Made it law

• Lowered it

• Made it higher

• Made it disappear

9. With the federal government preparing to occupy S. Carolina and a lower tariff, South Carolina decided to

• Mobilize its militia

• Team up with other states

• Accept the tariff

• Ignore the Tariff

10. Why did the South dislike the tariff?

• They bought goods from England

• They sold much of their goods to England

• They though it would upset trade with Europe

• All of the above