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Power in the Age of Jackson

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the word "nullify" mean?

a)

to refuse to accept or recognize something

b)

to ignore something

c)

to approve of somthing

d)

to question something

2.

What state rejected the Tariff of 1828?

a)

Virginia

b)

South Carolina

c)

New York

d)

New Hampshire

3.

What is a tariff?

a)

a treaty

b)

a tax

c)

an agreement

d)

a proposal

4.

The tariff of 1828 made products from outside of the US more _________________ in order to protect American manufacturers.

a)

affordable

b)

expensive

c)

appealing

d)

available

5.

South Carolina threatened to secede from the United States over the Tariff of 1828. What does the word secede mean?

a)

support

b)

threaten

c)

leave

d)

attack

6.

South Carolina, and other Southern states, were upset over the Tariff of 1828 because it made foreign goods more expensive AND made their cotton more expensive in Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Andrew Jackson's Vice President _________________________ is a native of South Carolina and pressures the President to nullify the Tariff of 1828.

a)

John C Calhoun

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Martin Van Buren

d)

James Monroe

8.

The nullification theory claimed that states had the choice to either follow federal law or claim they are _____________________.

a)

unfair

b)

voluntary

c)

in violation of state's rights

d)

unconstitutional

9.

The Tariff of 1828 was passed under whose presidency?

a)

James Monroe

b)

James Madison

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

John Quincy Adams

10.

The Tariff of 1828 benefited whom?

a)

Manufacturers in the South

b)

Manufacturers in the North

c)

Agricultural owners in the South

d)

Agricultural owners in the North

11.

What is a compromise?

a)

argument

b)

rebuttal

c)

agreement

d)

truce

12.

To avoid secession by South Carolina, President Andrew Jackson proposed ______________ the tariff but the South wanted it _______________________.

a)

nullifying, banned

b)

lowering, abolished

c)

delaying, lowered

13.

With South Carolina threatening to secede and ignoring the Tariff of 1828 AND Tariff of 1832, Andrew Jackson persuaded Congress to pass the _________________.

a)

Force Bill

b)

Nullification Bill

c)

Tariff Bill

d)

Anti-Secession Bill

14.

Andrew Jackson's Force Bill allowed him to use ____________ action against South Carolina.

a)

physical

b)

legal

c)

military

d)

legislative

15.

In the end, South Carolina did not _____________ and agreed to pay the _________________ tariffs.

a)

relent, higher

b)

secede, lower

c)

agree, original