Unit 6 Vocab Quiz

What is the idea of Manifest Destiny?

• The idea that the United States should only expand southward.

• The concept of maintaining the original 13 colonies.

• The belief that the United States should remain isolated.

• The belief that the United States should expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

Who is considered a pioneer?

• A person who leads a political party.

• An individual who writes historical documents.

• Someone who is the first to settle a region.

• A person who invents new technology.

What does the term 'Nullification' mean?

• To ignore or void.

• To support or endorse.

• To create or establish.

• To expand or grow.

Why was Andrew Jackson called the 'Common Man'?

• Because he was a famous inventor.

• Because he was born into a wealthy family.

• Because he was a well-known author.

• Because he gained support mainly from farmers and laborers.

What is the 'Spoils System'?

• A system where the government collects taxes from its citizens.

• A process of creating new laws in Congress.

• A practice where a political party rewards its supporters with government jobs.

• A method of distributing land to settlers.

What is a Tariff?

• New amendments to the constitution

• A tax on imported goods

• A law restricting women's right to vote

• The Bill of rights

South Carolina wanted to ________ the Union because of the Tariff of Abominations.

• Tariff

• Join

• Secede

• remain in

The________ was signed by President Andrew Jackson and relocated Native American tribes west of the Mississippi River.

• Native American Leave Act

• Indian Support Act

• Native American Social Act

• Indian Removal Act

The right to vote in political elections:

• Suffrage

• Tariffs

• Manifest Destiny

• Pioneer

Name given to 1824 election by Andrew Jackson and his supporters because he was cheated:

• The Great Cheat

• Corrupt Bargain

• Manifest Destiny

• Secede