Unit 4 Age of Jackson/Westward Expansion

Which of the following statements are true about Andrew Jackson's childhood?

• He joined the Revolutionary War at the age of 13.

• He was captured by the British during the Revolutionary War.

• He was not born into a wealthy family.

• They are all true.

Why was Jackson nicknamed "Old Hickory"?

• Because he survived being shot in a duel.

• Because he had wooden teeth.

• Because he was considered "tough."

• Because he killed & buried more than 100 men under an old hickory tree.

The time period of 1820-1830 is known as Jacksonian democracy because...

• more men than ever before were allowed to vote

• men began traveling to California for gold

• women were granted the right to vote

• many men lost the right to vote

Why did many people like Andrew Jackson? (Hint: There is more than one correct answer.)

• he was a war hero

• people felt like he was an average guy

• he was on the twenty-dollar bill

• he was a self-made man

True or False: Jackson's supporters formed the Democratic Party after a corrupt bargain made Adams president.

• True

• False

What was the Spoils System?

• A system that determined the winner of an election

• Jackson stopped South Carolina from leaving the Union

• Jackson kicked Native Americans off of their land

• Jackson fired DC politicians, replaced them with supporters

What caused the economic depression called the Panic of 1837?

• Jackson vetoed the bank of the U.S.

• Jackson kicked Native Americans off of their land

• Jackson stopped South Carolina from leaving the Union

• Jackson fired DC politicians

Which state threatened to leave the Union over the Nullification Crisis?

• North Carolina

• Texas

• South Carolina

• Florida

Why did South Carolina threaten to leave the U.S.?

• they didn't like new laws about slavery

• they felt they were assigned detention unfairly

• they didn't like Jackson as president

• they didn't want to pay a new tax/tariff

Which of the following is not true about American settlement in the Texas region of Mexico?

• Americans were invited by empresarios to settle the land

• Americans had to follow Mexican laws

• Mexico wanted Texas to be settled in order to stop Native Americans from re-claiming the land

• Americans respected Mexico's decision to ban slavery, and they did not bring enslaved people to Texas