SS Test 4: Andrew Jackson Era

The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.

• Political Practice

• Spoils System

• Reservation

• Feisty

lively, determined, and courageous

• feisty

• prosper

• ambitious

• creative

a tract of public land set apart for a special purpose, such as for the use of an Indian tribe

• rotation

• reservation

• revolution

• removal

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

• Andy the Dandy

• Old Andy

• Old Hickory

• Tough Cookie

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

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• Jacksonian Democracy
• nullification

U.S. President who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ordering ALL Native Americans to be relocated west of the Mississippi River.

• George Washington
• Thomas Jeffersom
• James Madison
• Andrew Jackson

What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?

• Indian Removal Act
• Trail of Sorrows
• Trail of Tears
• Nullification Act

The Indian Territory, to which the Cherokee were removed during the Trail of Tears, is the modern-day state of...

• California
• Oklahoma
• Missouri
• New Mexico

Name of the Congressional legislation (law passes by Congress) that allowed Georgia to forcibly remove the Creek and Cherokee from the state?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Cherokee Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Act