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Mudslinging was a problem during the 1828 presidential campaign. What does it mean?
Throwing mud at each other
Insulting the other candidate
Mud wrestling
An athletic competition
What law was designed to force eastern Native American tribes from their land?
Force Bill
Native American Relocation Act
Treaty of Tippecanoe
Indian Removal Act
In what present-day state is the Indian Territory located?
Oklahoma
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
What is the name for the 1838 journey of the Cherokee from their land in Georgia to the Indian Territory?
Tippecanoe Two-Step
Trail of Tears
Cherokee Trek
Bataan Death March
Why did President Jackson devise the spoils system
to give jobs to his supporters
to create a new Cabinet position
to choose his Cabinet members
to choose a justice for the Supreme Court
The Indian Removal Act
created the Indian Territory
paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands
ended the Americans' fight against the Seminole
paid Native Americans to relocate
What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about
a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester
a dispute over federal government tariffs
a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights
a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia
What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about
a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester
a dispute over federal government tariffs
a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights
a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia
When the Cherokee protested their removal
they decided to stay and fight
the government gave them land in the Florida territory
President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution
President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move
When the Cherokee protested their removal
they decided to stay and fight
the government gave them land in the Florida territory
President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution
President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move
When the Cherokee protested their removal
they decided to stay and fight
the government gave them land in the Florida territory
President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution
President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move
The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to
Mississippi
Mississippi
present-day Oklahoma
present-day Texas
The Trail of Tears went from Georgia and Florida to
Mississippi
Mississippi
present-day Oklahoma
present-day Texas
Congress passed a bill to continue the national bank and Jackson
signed it
ignored it
vetoed it
appealed to the Supreme Court
What resulted from the closing of the Bank of the United States
a new national bank
fewer state banks
a new tax on banks
the Panic of 1837
What resulted from the closing of the Bank of the United States
a new national bank
fewer state banks
a new tax on banks
the Panic of 1837
Which act did Congress pass to force the relocation of Native Americans?
the Alien Act
the Indian Removal Act
the Naturalization Act
. the Relocation Act
Taxes over Europeans goods
Tariffs
null
ignorant
penalty fee
Taxes over Europeans goods
Tariffs
null
ignorant
penalty fee
In the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the United States Supreme Court ruled that
Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee.
the spoils system was unconstitutional.
the federal government had no authority over Native Americans.
states had to support a national bank.
In the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the United States Supreme Court ruled that
Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee.
the spoils system was unconstitutional.
the federal government had no authority over Native Americans.
states had to support a national bank.
In the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the United States Supreme Court ruled that
Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee.
the spoils system was unconstitutional.
the federal government had no authority over Native Americans.
states had to support a national bank.
In the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the United States Supreme Court ruled that
Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee.
the spoils system was unconstitutional.
the federal government had no authority over Native Americans.
states had to support a national bank.
Why was the removal of the Cherokee people from Tennessee and Georgia called the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee traveled mainly by water.
The Cherokee left a trail so other Native Americans could find them
The Cherokee suffered and were unhappy when they had to leave their homeland.
The Cherokee's trail disappeared after they left.
Jackson attacked the Bank of the United States because:
it was being run by corrupt elected officials.
it made too many loans to non-citizens.
it financed foreign business deals that put Americans out of work.
it was controlled by wealthy Easterners.
Jackson attacked the Bank of the United States because:
it was being run by corrupt elected officials.
it made too many loans to non-citizens.
it financed foreign business deals that put Americans out of work.
it was controlled by wealthy Easterners.
Which American general would gain fame because of the Battle of New Orleans which was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?
Anthony Wayne
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Oliver Hazard Perry
Which American general would gain fame because of the Battle of New Orleans which was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?
Anthony Wayne
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Oliver Hazard Perry
Which American general would gain fame because of the Battle of New Orleans which was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?
Anthony Wayne
William Henry Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Oliver Hazard Perry
The Indian Removal Act relocated thousands of Cherokees from Georgia to Indian Territory for the purpose of ____.
making the land available for white settlers and farmers
allowing the Cherokee their freedom from U.S. control
obeying the Supreme Court’s order to move the Cherokee
creating a wilderness area for use by French for trappers
Which statement describes “The Trail of Tears”?
The blood shed by the Sauk Indians at the end of the Black Hawk War
The involuntary 1000-mile march Cherokee Indians made in their removal from Georgia
The line connecting Seminole Indian settlements up and down Florida’s east coast
The path Chief Osceola took on his way to prison
Which statement describes “The Trail of Tears”?
The blood shed by the Sauk Indians at the end of the Black Hawk War
The involuntary 1000-mile march Cherokee Indians made in their removal from Georgia
The line connecting Seminole Indian settlements up and down Florida’s east coast
The path Chief Osceola took on his way to prison
Andrew Jackson was popular due to the fact that he respresented:
Farmers
The "common man"
Humble merchants and business owners
Wealthy business interests
The Nullification Crisis concerned South Carolina's dissatisfaction with federal policy on...
banking
tariffs
transportation
immigration
The Nullification Crisis concerned South Carolina's dissatisfaction with federal policy on...
banking
tariffs
transportation
immigration
The Nullification Crisis concerned South Carolina's dissatisfaction with federal policy on...
banking
tariffs
transportation
immigration
During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?
The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors
The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations
Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders
The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions
the state.
the state.
Which state said they wouldn‘t pay the new tariff and passed the Nullification Act?
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?
One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?
One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?
Andrew Jackson won the most Electoral College but did not have a majority---Under the 12th Amendment, the decision was turned over to the House of Representatives and John Quincy Adams was elected---Jackson's supporters called Adam's election the result of a "corrupt bargain"
What was one effect of the events on the next election in 1828?
George Washington, first President of the United States, was faced with what major domestic problem as he took office?
Differences in the political parties
Huge war debt
Uncertainty in his Vice-President
Constitutional discord
How did President Washington's Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton's propose to pay off the national war debt?
expanded federal taxation, including a tariff and an excise tax on whiskey
each state pays their own portion of the national debt
Borrow money from foreign banks
sale some of the land acquired after the American Revolutionionary War
What was the whiskey rebellion and it's outcome?
poor farmers from western Massachusetts fighting against high taxes and foreclosing of their land
an attempt to seize the arms stockpiled at the Springfield Armory and fighting state militia
an opportunity for the government to acquire much needed taxes for the government's military
an uprising of western Pennsylvania settlers rebelling against a liquor tax
What did President George Washington emphasize in his Farewell Address?
America's duty is to closely follow the Constitution
America needs taxes to build a new republic
Only ally with our mother country, Great Britain
No permanent alliances with foreign countries and no political parties who divide our country
Why did President Jackson oppose the National Bank?
He disagreed with the foreign ownership
He prefered gold and silver over currency
He disagreed with the tariffs
He thought the bank favored the wealthy and elite
President Jackson responed to the Supreme Court decision upholding the rights of the Cherokee tribes to stay on THEIR land in Georgia by?
Allowing the Cherokees to stay on their land
Letting his Georgia friends force the Native Cherokee tribes out of their land
Passing a law that addressed the Indian problem once and for all
Allowing the Cherokees to keep the gold in the mountains but returning the land to Georgia
Congress created the _____________________ of the United States to hold the federal government’s money. Its job was to control the nation’s money supply.
Security Federal Credit Union
Second Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Teacher Credit Union
Congress created the _____________________ of the United States to hold the federal government’s money. Its job was to control the nation’s money supply.
Security Federal Credit Union
Second Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Teacher Credit Union
President _________________________didn't like the wealthy bankers who ran the Second Bank of the United States.
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
President _________________________didn't like the wealthy bankers who ran the Second Bank of the United States.
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
