ANDREW JACKSON

4. Why did South Carolina pass the Nullification Act?

• To protect the rights of manufacturers

• To strengthen the Union and nationalism

• To protest the resignation of Vice President Calhoun

• To protest the tariff because it did not favor their economy.

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• Jacksonian Democracy
• nullification

Who did the Tariff of Abominations benefit?

• Northern manufacturers

• Western settlers
• European traders
• Southern farmers

Why was Jackson preparing to use force against South Carolina.

• South Carolina had declared war on the Union.

• South Carolina was threatening to secede from the Union

• South Carolina had been taken over by rebels.

"The great and leading principle is that the general government [came] from the people of the several states . . . acting in their separate and sovereign capacity, and not from all of the people forming... one political community."

Vice President John C. Calhoun's statement, made during the Nullification Crisis, was supporting which of the following issues?

• LGBT Rights

• Labor Rights

• States' Rights

• Human Rights

When Jackson was given the option to sign a renewed charter bank bill, he decided to (a)   it instead.

What was John Marshall’s final ruling in the Worcester V. Georgia case?

• Cherokees were to be sold into slavery and their land would be divided out among Georgia political leaders.

• Cherokees were Georgia citizens and should follow state laws for taxes and voting.

• Cherokees were a sovereign nation and should have federal protection from state laws.

• Cherokees were a sovereign nation but should be relocated to Oklahoma.

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

• Can a state regulate a federal agency?

• Can a state overturn (cancel) a federal law?

• Can the federal government levy taxes on states?

• Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?

Match the following

• South Carolina threatens to secede

• Trail of Tears

• Court Case : ruled in favor of natives

• Nullification Crisis

• 800 mile trek to oklahoma

• Worcester V Goergia

• Law passed to relocate the Natives

• Indian Removal Act