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WorksheetsAge of Jackson
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who were the 2 candidates in the election of 1824?
a)
James Monroe and James Madison
b)
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams
c)
George Washington and John Adams
2.
What was the conflict in the election of 1824?
a)
No candidate received a majority of the votes in the Electoral College.
b)
No candidate received any votes in the Electoral College.
c)
There was a tie.
3.
How did governments settle land disputes?
a)
Joint - stock companies get government charters.
b)
Government leaders fix disputes be allowing people of nations to vote.
c)
Government leaders fix disputes by making treaties with other nations or taking land by force.
4.
What happened after the discovery of gold in the West?
a)
The discovery of gold led to a decrease in immigration.
b)
The discovery of gold sparked a population boom that led to California's growth to statehood.
5.
The Tariff of Abominations is:
a)
A tax designed to protect industry in the northern states.
b)
A tax designed to protect agriculture in the southern states.
c)
A tax designed to slow economic expansion.
6.
Which debate was about states rights?
a)
Adams-Onis
b)
Webster-Hayne
c)
Monroe Doctorine
7.
The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 was when:
a)
Congress argued it could nullify a state law that it considered unconstitutional.
b)
South Carolina argued it could nullify a federal law that it considered unconstitutional.
c)
the Supreme Court ruled that a federal or state law was constitutional.
8.
How did Andrew Jackson feel about the National Bank?
a)
He thought the bank's policies favored the elite at the expense of the common people.
b)
The Bank was constitutional because of the Elastic Clause.
c)
The Bank did not have a charter from the federal government.
9.
The purpose of barbed wire in the western plains was to:
a)
To define property boundaries and confine animals.
b)
To conserve the usage of trees for wood fences and confine American Indians to reservations.
c)
To confine small prairie children from wandering away from home.
10.
What was an unintended environmental consequence of the railroad?
a)
Railroads pollution caused earthquakes.
b)
Railroads caused prairie fires that burned grasslands.
c)
Railroads improved the quality of the soil in the grasslands.
11.
Where did most Asian immigrants settle in the USA?
a)
Northeast
b)
West Coast
c)
Mid-west
12.
What was true about immigration in the US during the 19th century?
a)
Most immigrants to the US were illegal aliens.
b)
Organized labor supported unlimited immigration.
c)
Industrial growth led to a demand for cheap immigrant labor.
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