Chapter 8 Quiz

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

• A. Whigs

• B. Republican's

• C. Democratic Republicans

• D. Nationalists

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

• A. the Supreme Court

• B. nullification

• C. secession

• D. a strong nation

Why did President Jackson devise the spoils system?

• A. to give jobs to his supporters

• B. to create a new Cabinet position

• C. to choose his Cabinet members

• D. to choose a justice for the Supreme Court

Who decided the election of 1824?

• A. the Supreme Court

• B. the Electoral College

• C. the House of Representatives

• D. the voters

What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?

• A. a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester

• B. a dispute over federal government tariffs

• C. a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights

• D. a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia

The Indian Removal Act ____.

• A. created the Indian Territory

• B. paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands

• C. ended the Americans' fight against the Seminole

• D. paid Native Americans to relocate

When the Cherokee protested their removal, ____.

• A. they decided to stay and fight

• B. the government gave them land in the Florida territory

• C. President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution

• D. President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move

The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to ____.

• A. Mississippi

• B. Mexico

• C. present-day Oklahoma

• D. present-day Texas

Settlers in the West wanted the Bank of the United States to ____.

• A. give its money to state banks

• B. make it easier for them to get loans

• C. support Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828

• D. buy their land and pay them in gold

President Andrew Jackson thought that the Bank of the United States benefitted ____.

• A. Southern farmers

• B. Western settlers

• C. wealthy Easterners

• D. the federal government