lesson 7 - history A

1. Which Native American tribe most resisted forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act?

• A. Shawnee

• B. Seminole

• C. Choctaw

• D. Osage

2. How did Andrew Jackson respond to the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States?

• A. He moved all US funds into the bank.

• B. He vetoed the law.

• C. He signed the law.

• D. He encouraged his colleagues to only use the bank.

3. What was one negative effect of the ‘spoils system’?

• A. It often increased political participation by the common man.

• B. It promoted the regular annual rotation of new political officials.

• C. It often lead to the hiring of incompetent and corrupt officials due to the emphasis on party loyalty above any other qualifications.

• D. It held officials more accountable to the public.

4. What political action was being argued as part of the Nullification Crisis?

• A. Whether a state could secede from the union.

• B. Whether a state could nullify any federal laws that went against its interests.

• C. Whether a state was allowed to have slaves.

• D. Whether a state could change its boundaries to include Western lands.

5. What was one purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

• A. It notified China that the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization.

• B. It stated that the United States would interfere in the internal affairs of European powers.

• C. It notified Europe that the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization.

• D. It encouraged Europeans to continue to create colonies in the Western Hemisphere.

6. During the Jacksonian democracy, expanded voting rights did not extend to women, American Indians, or free African Americans in the North or South.  What term is used to describe this event?

• A. Elections

• B. Universal suffrage

• C. ^{Disenfranchisement}

• D. Enfranchisement

7. What state directly contributed to the Nullification Crisis, or Secession Crisis, of 1828–1832?

• A. Arkansas

• B. North Carolina

• C. South Carolina

• D. Georgia

8. What was one foreign policy success of President Adams, i.e. Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)?

• A. The US gained Oregon from Russia.

• B. The US obtained Texas from the Spanish.

• C. The US created the state of Missouri.

• D. The US gained East Florida and the Spanish abandoned all claims to West Florida.

9. Why are the years between 1817-1825 known as the “Era of Good Feelings”?

• A. Due to the dominance of one political party.

• B. Due to the election of James Polk.

• C. Due to the Panic of 1819.

• D. Due to the emergence of a second-party system.

10. Why was the Presidential Election of 1824 consider a “Corrupt Bargain”?

• A. John Quincy Adams paid the electors money for their votes.

• B. John Quincy Adams voided the ‘spoils system’.

• C. John Quincy Adams lost to Andrew Jackson.

• D. John Quincy Adams named Henry Clay as his secretary of state after the House of Representatives determined the outcome.