The Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion (1824-1860)

Andrew Jackson earned the nickname ___________ ____________ after a soldier said that he was “tough as hickory.”

• Old Hickory

• Red Fox

• King Andrew

• Oedipus Rex

The _____________ ______________ was the practice of awarding government jobs to friends and supporters.

• patronage system

• merit system

• bureaucracy

• spoils system

____________ ____________ refers to the rights of states to exercise power independent of the federal government.

• State sovereignty

• Federal supremacy

• States' rights

• Concurrent powers

4. In 1832, after Congress had passed a new law that lowered the Tariff of 1828 slightly, South Carolina passed the ___________ ___________, declaring the new tariff illegal and threatening to secede from the Union if challenged.

• Nullification Act

• Declarative Act

• Secession Act

• Carolina Doctrine

Following tradition, Andrew Jackson left office after two terms and was succeeded by his Vice President _______________ _____________ ______________.

• Henry Clay

• John C. Calhoun

• Martin Van Buren

• William Crawford

When Martin Van Buren took office, as more and more banks failed, the nation fell into a deep economic panic known as the __________ ____ _________, the worst economic crisis that the nation had experienced, lasting about five years.

• Panic of 1837

• Panic of 1819

• Panic of 1857

• Panic of 1873

In 1840, the Whigs chose ___________ __________ ___________ of Ohio as their presidential candidate. Known as the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe, the Whigs created an image of their candidate as a “man of the people.”

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• William Henry Harrison

• Daniel Webster

The ______________ _______________ was a huge area west of the Rocky Mountains that includes the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and parts of Wyoming, Montana, and western Canada.

• Pacific Northwest

• Northwest Territory

• Columbia District

• Oregon Country

An African American freed from slavery, _______________ _________________, was a fur trader who lived among the Crow Indians and discovered a mountain pass that became a major route to California.

• James Beckwourth

• Davy Crockett

• Kit Carson

• Jim Bridger

A military officer, ___________ ___________ ____________, was commissioned by the United States government to lead expeditions through many areas across the West, from Wyoming to California.

• Manuel de Lisa

• William C. Kearney

• John C. Fremont

• Thomas Hart Benton