14: Age of Jackson

How did most Americans view Andrew Jackson's win in the 1828 presidential election?

• as a win for the North

• A win for Britain

• as a victory for manufactures in the North

• as a victory for the "common man"

How did President Jackson make use of the spoils system?

• He required government employees to join the Democratic Party.

• He appointed only National Republicans to the cabinet.

• He appointed businessmen to government positions.

• He gave government jobs to his political supporters.

What was one major difference between Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams?

• Adams fought in the War of 1812, but Jackson did not.

• Adams was a Democrat, and Jackson was a National Republican.

• Jackson believed in a strong central government, and Adams' believed in states' rights.

• Jackson represented western farmers, and Adams represented eastern businessman.

What was the key reason for Andrew Jackson's victory in 1828?

• Voting rights had been extended to women.

• Voting rights had been extended to African Americans.

• Voting rights had been extended to white men without property.

• Voting rights had been extended to Native Americans.

What was the Trail of Tears?

• the trail Native Americans used to travel to Indian Territory

• the forced relocation of all Native Americans to western lands

• the forced march of the Cherokee from the Georgia to Indian Territory

• a trail American settlers took to reach California

Where were Native Americans forced to move?

• present day Oklahoma

• South Carolina

• Georgia

• Mississippi

How did Jackson respond to the Supreme Court's ruling against the Indian Removal?

• He vetoed it.

• He appealed it.

• He defied it.

• He respected it.

What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

• to declare Native Americans as conquered subjects of the United States

• to prevent state governments from forcing Native Americans off their land

• to give Native Americans British land in Canada

• to give the U.S. government control of Native American land

Why did political leaders in South Carolina threaten to secede from the Union?

• They disliked the Tariff of 1828

• They disliked Andrew Jackson

• They wanted to drive Native Americans from the state

• They did not want to buy foreign goods

What is another name for the doctrine of nullification?

• the human rights doctrine

• the states' rights doctrine

• the secessionist doctrine

• the doctrine of 1828