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WorksheetsYISD MS SS 8th Age of Jackson STAAR Released
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 3hrs 45mins
During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?
The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations
The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions
The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors
Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders
What was one effect of these events on the 1828 presidential election?
Votes were cast by secret ballot.
Property qualifications for voting were strengthened.
Poll taxes were reduced.
Voter participation increased.
What was a major reason for the federal government's involvement in the relocations depicted on this map?
To persuade American Indians to become farmers
To gain access to important rivers
To punish American Indians who were allies of the British
To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources
Which shaded state was the main designation of American Indians forced to relocate as part of the Trail of Tears?
What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?
Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?
Can a state regulate a federal agency?
Can a state overturn a federal law?
Can the federal government levy taxes on states?
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The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the states respectively, or to the people.
-Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Conflicting interpretations of this amendment played a major role in the-
Bank War
Nullification Crisis
Corrupt Bargain
XYZ Affair
In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have legal authority over the Cherokees living in the State. President Andrew Jackson responded to this decision by-
filing another petition against the Cherokee Nation
ignoring the ruling and allowing Georgia to evict the Cherokee Nation
ordering state officials in Georgia to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation
asking Congress to pay reparations to the Cherokee Nation
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I consider then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressively by the letter of the Constitution...
-Proclamation, President Andrew Jackson
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The proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these historical events?
Shay's Rebellion
The War of 1812
The Nullification Crisis
The Civil War
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Speaker 1: A state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress. After all, the national government is supposed to share power with the states.
Speaker 2: I believe that you are wrong. The states do share power with the national government, but the Constitution says the national government has supremacy.
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These speakers are debating an issue that eventually became known as the-
Monroe Doctrine
Nullification Crisis
Missouri Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
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Finally, in the summer of 1842, after seven years of desperate warfare, an agreement was reached with the few hundred remaining Seminoles, allowing them to live in southwest Florida.
-John and Mary Lou Missall, A Short History of the Seminole Wars, 2006
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What led to the conflict referred to in this excerpt?
The passage of the Dawes Act
The Louisina Purchase
The adoption of Indian removal policies
The Battle of Tippecanoe
One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?
The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia's anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.
The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.
Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.
