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Market Revolution & Jacksonian America

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the agreement between the U.S. and Spain in 1819 that gave Florida to the United States in exchange for dropping its claims to Texas.

a)

Jay's Treaty

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Pinckney's Treaty

d)

Adams-Onís Treaty

2.

Who was the French aristocrat that toured the United States in the early 1830s and wrote Democracy in America?

a)

Gustave de Beaumont

b)

Francis C. Lowell

c)

Alexis de Tocqueville

d)

Stephen H. Long

3.

What was Henry Clay's economic plan to bolster and unify the national economy by raising protective tariffs, developing the transportation system, and establishing a strong national bank?

a)

spoils system

b)

American System

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Market Revolution

4.

Seventh President of the U.S., 1829-1837; hero of the Battle of New Orleans; fought against the Second Bank of the U.S.

a)

James Monroe

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

5.

Fifth President of the U.S., 1817-1825; emissary that negotiated the Louisiana Purchase; presided over "Era of Good Feelings"

a)

James Monroe

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

6.

What term was used for President Andrew Jackson's fight against Nicholas Biddle and supporters of the Bank of the U.S.?

a)

Black Hawk War

b)

Panic of 1819

c)

Panic of 1837

d)

Bank War

7.

Name the prominent diplomat and politician of the early republic, serving as senator and representative from Massachusetts, as well as secretary of state and who regularly championed issues in defense of the Union.

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

Henry Clay

c)

Daniel Webster

d)

Noah Webster

8.

Pioneer of American textile manufacturing who created one of the first complete mills in Waltham, Massachusetts

a)

Robert Fulton

b)

Francis Cabot Lowell

c)

Stephen H. Long

d)

Eli Whitney

9.

Prominent politician from Kentucky, serving as Speaker of the House, senator, and secretary of state and running unsuccessfully for president three times; one of the founders of the Whig Party; helped bring about the Missouri Compromise while Speaker

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Daniel Webster

c)

Noah Webster

d)

John C. Calhoun

10.

Identify an 1830 act that allowed the federal government to negotiate with Native Americans to relocate them west of the Mississippi River

a)

Alien & Sedition Acts

b)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Indian Removal Act

11.

Prominent South Carolinian politician serving as senator, secretary of state, vice president, and secretary of war; supporter of slavery and of nullification

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

Noah Webster

c)

John C. Calhoun

d)

Henry Clay

12.

Sixth President of the U.S., 1825-1829; son of former president; career diplomat and secretary of state under his predecessor

a)

James Monroe

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

13.

Tenth President of the U.S., 1841-1845; former Democrat turned Whig from Virginia; came to office with the death of his predecessor

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

William H. Harrison

d)

John Tyler

14.

Eighth President of the U.S., 1837-1841; skillful politician from New York and vice president; lost popularity due to inability to deal with severe financial crisis

a)

James Monroe

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

15.

Supreme Court case that confirmed the implied powers of Congress by upholding the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Worcester v. Georgia

d)

Gibbons v. Ogden

16.

Name the agreement of 1820 that defused sectional conflict by agreeing to admit Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state, and to henceforth prohibit slavery in the Louisiana Territory in the regions north of the southern border of Missouri

a)

Bank War

b)

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Adams-Onís Treaty

17.

Articulated in 1823, this policy of the U.S. warned against European interference in the American continents and promised that the United States would stay out of European affairs

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

American System

d)

Alien & Sedition Acts

18.

What is the theory that individual states, as the original creators of the federal government, possess the right to invalidate federal laws if they find them unconstitutional

a)

secession

b)

nullification

c)

impressment

d)

federalism

19.

Triggered by an executive order that the government would accept payment for land only in gold or silver or a currency backed by one of the metals, this economic crisis included business failures, a spike in unemployment, falling prices, and even bread riots

a)

Panic of 1819

b)

Panic of 1837

c)

Whiskey Rebellion

d)

Bank War

20.

What is the process whereby elected officials give out government jobs as reward for political favors?

a)

impressment

b)

nullification

c)

secession

d)

spoils system

21.

What is the term for the forced journey made by Native Americans to the Indian Territory that began in the winter of 1838, killing perhaps a quarter or more of the migrants?

a)

Indian Removal Act

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Journey of Sorrow

d)

Wounded Knee Massacre

22.

What political party formed during the presidency of Andrew Jackson to support a more active federal government, and whose members favored industrial, commercial, and infrastructural development to promote economic growth?

a)

Whigs

b)

Democrats

c)

Federalists

d)

Republicans

23.

Ninth president of the U.S., 1841; experienced Indian fighter and later governor of Indian Territory; hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe; died one month into presidency

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

William H. Harrison

d)

John Tyler

24.

Supreme Court case of 1832 that affirmed federal authority over that of individual states concerning the affairs of Indian tribes

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland

d)

Worcester v. Georgia