Module 6 Jacksonian Democracy

Jackson’s use of federal power to make South Carolina pay a tariff refers to what controversy?

• The States’ Rights Crisis
• The South Carolina Revolt
• The Indian Relocation Plan
• The Nullification Crisis

President Jackson’s action in the nullification controversy probably

• antagonized the North
• brought on the Panic of 1837.
• won him the support of John C. Calhoun.
• strengthened the power of the national government.

What political controversy arose as a result of the Election of 1824?

• Andrew Jackson’s enforcement of the Indian Removal Act.
• Andrew Jackson’s use of the veto.
• Andrew Jackson’s use of the spoils system.
• Andrew Jackson’s accusation of a “corrupt bargain”.

The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is best known for an expansion in

• freedom of speech
• states’ rights
• voting rights
• religious toleration

The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to

• Mississippi
• Mexico
• present-day Oklahoma
• present-day Texas

The Indian Removal Act

• created the Indian Territory
• paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands
• ended the Americans' fight against the Seminole
• paid Native Americans to relocate

When the Cherokee protested their removal

• they decided to stay and fight
• the government gave them land in the Florida territory
• President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution
• the President sent the army to force them to move

Although President Jackson believed in states' rights, he supported ____.

• the Supreme Court
• nullification
• secession
• a strong nation

Andrew Jackson was the first U.S. president from the West, and he appealed to the masses because he represented

• the common man.
• the educated, wealthy elite.
• Democratic-­‐Republicans.
• landowners.

In the election of 1824, the four candidates were all ____.

• Whigs
• Republicans
• Democratic Republicans
• Nationalists