Ch.6: Age of Jackson Quiz Review

What was the spoils system?

• The spoils system was the practice of rewarding one’s supporters with government jobs
• water system
• school system
• teaching jobs

What was the lasting impact of Jacksonian democracy?

• expanding equal rights to all members of society
• helped to grow political parties and citizen participation.
• expanded rights of Native Americans
• helped to face cruel words

During the Age of Jackson, what "was not" a goal of the Whigs?

• support government projects to promote industry.
• support higher tariffs.
• support strong federal government.
• support westward expansion to open up land for settlers

Westerners tended to agree with northerners over the issue of

• tariffs
• nullification
• state rights
• the force bill

What were "pet banks"?

• federal banks closed by Jackson
• banks that issued loans in the form of paper money
• state banks into which federal money was deposited
• banks that helped common people instead of only the wealthy

The main reason that President Jackson wanted the Second Bank of the US abolished was that he thought it

• enriched his political enemies
• favored New England over the West
• was too powerful and unconstitutional
• regulated the lending activities of state banks

The conflicts between white settlers and Native Americans was mainly over

• land
• culture
• various alliances

Andrew Jackson's reaction to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia indicates that Jackson defended federal power

• with all his might
• when it suited him
• whenever it was challenged
• even when it was not challenged

The Proclamation Line of 1763 separated

• the area over which Tecumseh had power from the rest of the country
• areas where white settlers felt safe and areas where they felt endangered
• white settlement from Native American lands along the Appalachian Mountains
• the Native Americans who sided with the British and those that sided with the Americans

Who promoted the American System?

• Andrew Jackson
• Henry Clay
• Thomas Jefferson
• Tecumseh