Andrew Jackson, Reform, and Causes of the Civil War

What was Andrew Jackson’s opinion of Native Americans?

• As citizens, they deserved to be protected.

• They were entitled to have their treaties honored.

• They were not citizens and did not deserve rights.

• Tribes were capable of self-rule.

What name do historians use to describe the removal of more than 15,000 Cherokee Native Americans from their eastern homeland to present day Oklahoma?

• The Indian Middle Passage

• The Great Mid-Atlantic Migration

• Westward Expansion

• The Trail of Tears

Why did Jackson veto the charter of the 2^nd National Bank?

• Jackson believed that “Pet Banks” favored foreign interests.

• Jackson did not support placing money in any kind of bank

• Jackson believed the bank only benefitted the rich and hurt the common man.

• Jackson wanted revenge for the outcome of the election of 1824.

Why did the House of Representatives decide the outcome of the election of 1824?

• No one won the majority of the electoral vote.

• No one won the popular vote.

• Two candidates had most electoral votes.

• Two candidates had an equal number of popular votes.

“To the Victor Belong the Spoils.”

Which of the following statements best describes how this quote applies to Andrew Jackson?

• This quote is about bribing political enemies and opponents.

• This quote is about giving jobs to loyal friends and supporters.

• This quote is about winning the popular vote but losing the election.

• This quote is about punishing political supporters.

What was the method of choosing presidential candidates before the Age of Jackson?

• Appointment by Congress.

• Caucus by powerful elite.

• Nominating conventions.

• Primary elections.

Which of the following issues was a cause of the nullification crisis?

• States' rights and tariffs

• Voting requirements

• Bank operations

• The Panic of 1837

What term describes people who wanted to end alcoholism, prison abuse, and lack of education for children in America during the 1800s?

• Social Reformers

• Abolitionists

• National Republicans

• Industrialists

In 1837, an economic downturn struck called the Panic of 1837. This was the second such downturn of the 1800s. Its causes were:

 

Over-speculation, especially in land, but also in other get-rich-quick schemes involving canals, roads, railroads, and slaves.

Andrew Jackson's bank policies; including his dislike for the national bank.

Jackson's "specie circular" hurt as well. This was a decree by Jackson that all debts were to be paid only in specie (gold or silver), not worthless bank notes (paper money). Debtors did not have specie and therefore went bankrupt; banks then went bankrupt as well.

The failure of crops.

Failure of two major banks in England and the impacts across the ocean.

Which of the following was a cause of the Panic of 1837?

• The re-election of Andrew Jackson in 1836.

• The increased worth of paper money.

• The recall of loans to farmers by banks.

• Interdependence between US and English banks.

Who was the leader of the common-school movement?

• Dorothea Dix

• Horace Mann

• William Lloyd Garrison

• The Grimke Sisters