Unit 5 Part 2 Quiz A

Nullification was the idea that...

• People should support their country no matter what

• A person's ultimate loyalty should belong to their region of the country

• States could refuse to follow a law they felt to be unconstitutional

• The federal government should have more power than the individual states

Many Cherokees chose to do what to avoid being relocated by the federal government?

• Adopt the language and customs of white Americans

• Remain hidden in the mountains

• Share the profits from their harvests with white settlers

• Sign a peace treaty with the U.S. government

Protective tariffs made it much more expensive to import goods from foreign countries but helped the North to do what?

• Compete with British factories

• Maintain a supply of cheap labor

• Purchase public land at low prices

• Sell its crops to foreign nations

During Jackson's presidency, what was the main factor in determining which political party that people chose to support?

• The education they received

• The goods they manufactured

• The property they owned

• The region they lived

Which of the following was Jackson's response to the Supreme Court decision that supported the Cherokee?

• He allowed most of the Cherokee to remain in Florida

• He prevented settlers from seizing Cherokee lands

• He protected the Cherokee on their march to Oklahoma

• He refused to enforce the property rights of the Cherokee

In the landmark case McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states did not have the power to do what?

• Create trade agreements

• Nullify federal laws

• Relocate government buildings

• Tax the federal government

Jackson's reasoning behind persuading Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was his belief in what?

• Native Americans were a political threat to white politicians

• Native Americans were an obstacle to economic growth

• Native Americans were an unwilling military alliance

• Native Americans were harmful to the environment

Which of the following was an outcome of the Seminole resistance in Florida?

• The Seminoles refused to sign a removal treaty

• The Seminoles signed a lasting peace treaty with the United States

• The Seminoles were completely wiped out by American settlers

• The United States decided to give up the fight against the Seminoles

Which of the following methods was used to relocate Native Americans in the 1830s?

• Extending voting rights to tribal leaders

• Giving tribes better land elsewhere in the country

• Offering fair prices for tribal lands

• Pressuring tribes to accept unfair treaty deals