Chapter 10 Quizs

15. Where did the Seminole people live?

• Texas
• Florida
• Mississippi
• Tennessee

17. How did President Jackson close the Bank of the United States?

• He ordered the Supreme Court to declare the Bank unconstitutional.
• He encouraged common and poorer citizens to attack and destroy the bank.
• He vetoed the bill that renewed the bank's charter.

• He had all the Bank’s officers arrested for financial crimes.

12. The Indian Removal Act was passed so that Native American land would become available for _________.

• the government
• immigrants
• enslaved people
• white settlers

10. The purpose of nullification was to _____.

• start the process of seceding from the United States
• strip voting rights from poor Americans
• declare a federal law illegal, or not valid
• grant more powers to the federal government

14. What was the Trail of Tears?

• The forced march of the Cherokee people from their lands in the Southeast to the West.
• The returning of captured enslaved peoples to plantations in the South.
• The route the Cherokee leaders walked on their way back from Washington, D.C.
• The line of immigrants denied entry into the U.S. boarding ships bound for Europe.

9. What issue was at the center of the debate about the tariff law of 1828?

• judicial review
• states' rights
• economic liberty
• free speech

19. How did President Martin Van Buren ease the problems of the economic panic?

• He created the federal treasury to hold the government’s money.
• He passed a minimum wage law to boost the earnings of all Americans.
• He increased taxes on all Americans.
• He significantly increased tariffs on all imported goods.

8. Why were nominating conventions more democratic than the caucus system?

• They allowed everybody to vote in primaries.
• The Electoral College was abolished.
• More people were able to participate in the selection of candidates.
• They expanded voting rights.

13. What happened following the Cherokee victory in the Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia in 1832?

• President Jackson ignored the ruling and continued with Native American removal policies.
• All Cherokee lands taken by American settlers were returned to the Cherokee nation.
• Cherokee Nation fought a war against the U.S. government.
• The U.S. Senate voted to protect the Cherokee lands from the state governments.

16. After being forced from their land, the Five Civilized Tribes developed their own constitutions and _____.

• armies
• governments
• countries
• languages