Age of Jackson DA 2024

Which of the following BEST reflects Henry Clay's actions during the Nullification Crisis?

• He encouraged southern states to secede from the US

• He asked Congress to use the military to enforce the tariff

• He requested that Congress repeal all tariffs

• He developed a compromise to make both supporters and opponents of the tariff happy

White settlers in Georgia revoked the constitution of the Cherokee Nation. Which was a lasting impact of this decision?

• Cherokee Indians were forced off their lands and relocated westward

• Congress voided the Georgia state charter allowing the Cherokee to stay

• President Jackson allowed the Cherokee to stay in Georgia

• Supreme Court ruled that white settlers had claim to the Cherokee land

What conclusion can be drawn from the bulleted list above?

• Americans disagreed over the effectiveness of the judicial branch

• Americans debated over the authority of federal versus state governments

• Americans recognized the need to further amend the US Constitution

• Americans exercised their right to call upon Congress to settle disputes

The Cherokee attempted to prevent the event described above by -

• appealing to the US Congress to stay on their lands

• paying the US government $15 million to keep their lands

• waging war against the US military to remain a sovereign nation

• settling the issue in court through the case, Worcester v. Georgia

Which controversy is the speaker referencing in the quote above?

• National Bank

• Kitchen cabinet

• Nullification Crisis

• Spoils System

The excerpt above represents a confirmation of a -

• Southerner's view about tariffs

• Democrat's view about the banking system

• Northerner's view about tariffs

• Republican's view about the banking system

Which detail does NOT explain the issues surrounding Worcester v. Georgia?

• Missionaries were convicted of illegally living on Cherokee lands

• President Jackson ignored a Supreme Court ruling and forced the Cherokee off their land

• Reservation polices were repealed and replaced with land grants

• Chief Justice John Marshall argued the Cherokee nation was a distinct community

When Andrew Jackson was elected president, democracy was expanded by -

• extending voting rights to the common man

• stopping recolonization in the Americas

• increasing the debt of the United States

• appointing Henry Clay to serve in his cabinet

Many southerners opposed the Tariff of 1828 because they felt it violated their _____ rights.

Because Southerners felt their states rights were being violated with the Tariff of 1828 they threatened to _____ if the tariff was not repealed.