8th grade Chapt. 10 Test

Which group decided the 1824 United States presidential election?

• the Electoral College

• the House of Representatives

• the popular vote

• the vice president

True or False: In 1828 Andrew Jackson was selected as the Republican presidential candidate.

• true

• false

True or False: Andrew Jackson was born into a wealthy family.

• true

• false

[This election is a contest] between an honest patriotism, . . . on the one side, and an unholy, selfish ambition, . . . on the other.” —from a convention resolution of Republicans, Saratoga County, New York 18. These words, printed on a handbill during the 1828 presidential campaign, are an example of

• bureaucracy

• mudslinging

• rumors

• the spoils system

Which act did Congress pass to force the relocation of Native Americans?

• the Alien Act

• the Indian Removal Act

True or False: Once he became president, Jackson fired many federal employees and replaced them with his supporters.

• true

• false

True or False: John C. Calhoun believed individual states had the right to nullify federal laws.

• true

• false

Match the correct item with each statement

• the 'corrupt bargain'

• a system where appointed officials, not elected ones, carry out laws

• Republicans

• political party that wanted a trong central government in 1828

• Democrats

• favored states' rights in the 1828 election

• bureaucracy

• name given to an alleged deal between Clay and Adams in the 1824 election

• mudslinging

• an attempt to ruin candidate's personal reputation

Which case determined that the existence of the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional?

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

• Jackson v. Oklahoma

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Worcester v. Georgia

True or False: John Quincy Adams was the son of earlier president John Adams.

• true
• false