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Jackson Era

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

In the election of 1824, the four candidates were all

a)

Whigs

b)

Republicans

c)

Democratic Republicans

d)

Nationalists

2.

Who decided the election of 1824?

a)

the Supreme Court

b)

the Electoral College

c)

the House of Representatives

d)

the voters

3.

Why did President Jackson devise the spoils system

a)

to give jobs to his supporters

b)

to create a new Cabinet position

c)

to choose his Cabinet members

d)

to choose a justice for the Supreme Court

4.

____ showed that the United States was becoming more democratic during the Jackson era.

a)

Use of the spoils system

b)

Changes in state requirements to vote

c)

An increase in political parties

d)

Use of tariffs to protect American goods

5.

The "Five Civilized Tribes" consisted of the

a)

Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Seminole, and Kiowa

b)

Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, and Creek

c)

Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

d)

Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Kiowa, and Cherokee

6.

The Indian Removal Act

a)

created the Indian Territory

b)

paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands

c)

ended the Americans' fight against the Seminole

d)

paid Native Americans to relocate

7.

The ____ had a separate nation within the state of Georgia

a)

Cherokee

b)

Choctaw

c)

Seminole

d)

Creek

8.

What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about

a)

a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester

b)

a dispute over federal government tariffs

c)

a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights

d)

a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia

9.

When the Cherokee protested their removal

a)

they decided to stay and fight

b)

the government gave them land in the Florida territory

c)

President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution

d)

President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move

10.

The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to

a)

Mississippi

b)

Mississippi

c)

present-day Oklahoma

d)

present-day Texas

11.

Which people provided a safe haven for African Americans who escaped from slavery

a)

the Chickasaw in Alabama

b)

the Seminole in Florida

c)

the Cherokee in Georgia

d)

the Creek in Mississippi

12.

Congress passed a bill to continue the national bank and Jackson

a)

signed it

b)

ignored it

c)

vetoed it

d)

appealed to the Supreme Court

13.

What resulted from the closing of the Bank of the United States

a)

a new national bank

b)

fewer state banks

c)

a new tax on banks

d)

the Panic of 1837

14.

Which act did Congress pass to force the relocation of Native Americans?

a)

the Alien Act

b)

the Indian Removal Act

c)

the Naturalization Act

d)

. the Relocation Act

15.

The Seminole people successfully resisted their removal from which state?

a)

Alabama

b)

Florida

c)

Georgia

d)

South Carolina

16.

Taxes over Europeans goods

a)

Tariffs

b)

null

c)

ignorant

d)

penalty fee

17.

Lacking knowledge or awareness;

unwilling to consider different

opinions

a)

voluntary

b)

dispute

c)

ignorant

d)

intolerant

18.

A member of the civil service; a

government employee

a)

civil employee

b)

policeman

c)

governor

d)

civil servant

19.

To withdraw from an organization

a)

quit

b)

register

c)

secede

d)

void

20.

The idea that states are superior

to the national government, and

do not have to follow its laws

a)

State’s Rights Theory

b)

Jacksonian Democracy

c)

Rights for

the common man

d)

Human Rights