The Age of Jackson FAC

Why did President Jackson declare war on the Seminole in 1835?

• The Seminole were demanding citizenship.

• The Seminole rejected a removal treaty and refused to leave their homes.

• The Seminole took valuable farmland from American settlers.

• Americans wanted the gold discovered on Seminole lands.

What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

• to give the U.S. government control of Native American land in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska

• to give the U.S. government control of Native American land

• to prevent state governments from forcing Native Americans off their land

• to declare Native Americans as conquered subjects of the United States

Why did political leaders in South Carolina threaten to secede from the Union?

• They disliked Andrew Jackson.

• They did not want to buy foreign goods.

• They wanted to drive Native Americans from the state.

• They disliked the Tariff of 1828.

What was the Trail of Tears?

• the trail Native Americans used to travel to Indian Territory

• a trail American settlers took to reach California

• the forced march of Cherokee from the Southeast to Indian Territory

• the forced relocation of all Native Americans to western lands

What was President Jackson's position on the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• He protested the cruelty of the law.

• He enforced it.

• He allowed the states to decide whether to enforce it.

• He opposed it on moral grounds.

How did President Jackson make use of the spoils system?

• He appointed only National Republicans to his Cabinet.

• He required government employees to join the Democratic Party.

• He appointed leading businessmen to government positions.

• He gave government jobs to his political supporters.

To whom had voting rights been extended by 1828?

• to white men without property

• to women

• to Native Americans

• to African-American men

What did the Supreme Court decide when the Cherokee sought legal means to stay on their land?

• It refused to hear their case.

• It came to no decision.

• It ruled in favor of the federal government.

• It declared the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional.

Where was the new Indian Territory located?

• Modern-day Texas

• Modern-day Oklahoma

• Modern-day Michigan

• Modern-day California

Who was the President of the Second Bank of the United States?

• Nicholas Biddle

• Martin Van Buren

• Andrew Jackson

• Daniel Webster