WorksheetsAge of Jackson
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 40mins
“The Cherokees are nearly all prisoners. They have been dragged from their homes and encamped at the forts and military places all over the nation… The properties of many have been taken and sold before their eyes for almost nothing.”
This quotation from an eyewitness on the “Trail of Tears” describes events resulting from the -
Intolerable Acts
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Quartering Act
Indian Removal Act
2. What was President Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis?
He admitted that the Union was a compact of states.
He conceded South Carolina's right to secede.
He offered to raise tariffs to keep South Carolina in the Union.
He threatened to use force against South Carolina if it did not repeal its nullification policies.
During Andrew Jackson’s presidency, the “spoils system” resulted in-
federal laws being nullified by the states
the expansion of the right to vote to all free males
an end to political corruption in the federal government
rewarding supporters of elected officials with government jobs
Which political leader argued that states could nullify federal laws?
Jphn Quincy Adams
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
What factor best explains the large increase in voters between the election of 1824 and 1828?
Former slaves were emancipated and allowed to vote
An amendment was enacted ending voting fees
Women were given the right to vote
Many states had put an end to property qualifications
Why did President Jackson support the introduction of a “spoils system”?
It would end vetoing bills he disliked
It would have to be enforced by Supreme Court decisions
It would remove Native American Indians from their traditional lands
It would open up jobs in government to average citizens
What was one of the South’s objections to the higher tariffs enacted by congress?
They would allow them access to cheap foreign goods
They would prevent domestic manufacturing from growing
They would redistribute wealth among American social classes
They would make it more difficult to export crops
Which Supreme Court case best completes the partial outline below?
I. ___________________________________________
A. Heard under Chief Justice John Marshall
B. Concerned the relationship between the Cherokee people and a state
C. The Court ordered that Indian nations were subject to federal, not state law.
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
Worcester v. Georgia
The Five Tribes of the Civilized Nations were forced to move west and give up their land by the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In the fall and winter of 1838 the Cherokee were forced to leave their homelands and move to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). This was called the trail of______________
sorrow
misery
tears
opportunity
What tribe went to great lengths to blend in and become acceptable to white society? (in the end, it didn't work and they were removed too)
Seminole
Creek
Cherokee
Comanche
Which porton of the electorate found Andrew Jackson most appealing?
women
slaves
indians
common men
