Chapter 12 Pre-test

President John Tyler supported which of the following political parties? 

• Whigs

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Federalists

When a candidate wins their election and proceeds to give government jobs to all of their followers, what is this practice called? 

• Laissez-faire 

• Spoils System 

• Popular Sovereignty

• Electoral College

What is the “Trail of Tears”? 

• A route created to travel westward which resulted in members of a family called “The Donner Party” to eventually resort to cannibalism. 

• A trail created by President Andrew Jackson. 

• The journey that Native Americans were forced to take after being kicked out of their homeland in the 1830s.

• A trip that was made during the Winter which caused the subsequent deaths of many Native Americans. 

Henry Clay used his influence in the House of Representatives in order to help John Q. Adams win the election in exchange for becoming Secretary of State. Jackson followers called this a… 

• Fleece Deal 

• Corrupt Bargain 

• Spoiled System

• Unfair Contract

In 1830, Jackson pushes the ________________ which paid Native American tribes to move West.  

• Treaty of Removal 

• Trail of Tears 

• Civilized Tribe Act

• Indian Removal Act

Which of the following Native-American tribes successfully resisted their removal from Florida?

• Cherokee

• Seminole

• Navajo

• Shoshone

John Calhoun believed that if a federal law was not in the interest of a state, the state could nullify, or negate that law. This threatened… 

• State Rights 

• Democracy 

• The Union

• Democratic-Republicans

The Panic of 1837 happened as a result of… 

• Nullification causing states to reject Tariffs. 

• National Bank being vetoed by Andrew Jackson. 

• Checks written during the War of 1812 leading to inflation. 

• The nation being closed due to a pandemic. 

Which of the following choices best describes Martin Van Buren’s response to The Panic of 1837? 

• Martin Van Buren decides to create the Whig party as a response to The Panic of 1837. 

• Martin Van Buren decides to go against the charter for a national bank. 

• Martin Van Buren decides to convince congress to create a Federal Treasury in 1840. 

• Martin Van Buren decides to loan money to businesses. 

Congress began to be ran by regions rather than parties. While parties still existed, they started to represent their state. This was also known as… 

• Sectionalism

• Division

• Bipartisanship

• Nationalism