Jackson

An employee of the government is called a...

• civil engineer

• civil servant

• civilian

• civilization

Jacksonian Democracy is based on this principle.

• Westerners should control the government.

• The best-educated people should control the government.

• The common people should control the government.

• The military should control the government.

If a group is sovereign it means...

• their power depends on their relationship with God

• they have as much power as another group of people

• they answer to another group of people with more power

• they have supreme or ultimate power

Secede means...

• to withdraw from an organization or alliance

• to join an organization or alliance

• to avoid alliances with other nations

• to refuse to follow the rules of particular government

The Spoils System refers to...

• the practice of ruining the ending of a book before another person can finish it

• the practice of spoiling children by never punishing them

• the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

• the practice of putting people in office who will ruin a new president's ability to get anything done

What was the Trail of Tears?

• the removal of the Shawnee Indians from Ohio and Indiana after the War of 1812

• the removal of Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839

• the removal of immigrants from the United States after the Alien Acts were passed

• the removal of Africans from their homes to serve as slaves in North America

A tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country is called a...

• tribute

• toll

• tithe

• tariff