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Jacksonian America America Republic Test Study Guide

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


resigned the vice-presidency to lead the fight for states' rights in the Senate

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

2.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


running mate of "Tippecanoe"

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

3.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


Philadelphia banker and president of the Bank of the United States

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

4.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


Served in Congress after he was president

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

5.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


ran into trouble with Georgia over his mission work in Indian lands

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

6.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


Jackson's effort to curb inflation

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

7.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


Settled the Canadian boundary question

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

8.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


gradually lowered tariff duties

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

9.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


set an unwise precedent for government job distribution

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

10.

Match each of the following with the correct answer choice:


making malicious statements about opponents

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

11.

Who were the four presidential candidates in 1824?

a)

William Crawford

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Martin Van Buren

12.

What body decided the outcome of the election of 1824?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

Senate

c)

House of Representatives

d)

House of Lords

e)

House of Commons

13.

What Democrat won the election of 1844?

a)

James K. Polk

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Martin Van Buren

14.

What candidate won the most popular votes and the most electoral votes in 1824, yet lost the election?

a)

James K. Polk

b)

John Quincy Adams

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Martin Van Buren

15.

What new political party formed around Andrew Jackson and his supporters?

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Anti-Federalist Party

c)

Democratic-Republican Party

d)

Whig Party

e)

Democratic Party

16.

What was the name given to the informal group of advisors with whom Andrew Jackson discussed ideas?

a)

Fellowship of the Ring

b)

Kitchen Cabinet

c)

Closet Cabinet

d)

Inner Circle

e)

Best Friends Club

17.

What Indian leader stumbled into war with American troops in Wisconsin?

a)

Black Hawk

b)

Yellowknife

c)

Winnebago

d)

Squanto

e)

Geronimo

18.

What state issued an Ordinance of Nullification?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Texas

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

e)

South Carolina

19.

What term describes the withdrawal of a state from the Union?

a)

Secession

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Brexit

20.

What term describes a president who is serving during the period of time between the election and the inauguration of a new president?

a)

Lame Duck

b)

Coaster

c)

Lazy Susan

d)

Uncle Sam

21.

What were settlers without titles to the land they were living on called?

a)

Secession

b)

Homeless

c)

Squatters

d)

Prospectors

e)

Engineers

22.

What event in Andrew Jackson's life brought him national fame?

a)

Battle of New Orleans

b)

Battle of Jacksonville

c)

Battle of Tippecanoe

d)

Battle of New York

e)

Battle of El Paso

23.

The method Andrew Jackson used to replace hundreds of government workers with his own loyal followers was known as what?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

States' Rights

24.

What issue came to a head as Congress considered the use of tariffs?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

States' Rights

25.

What Massachusetts senator said, "Liberty and unIon, now and for ever, one and inseparable!"?

a)

James K. Polk

b)

Daniel Webster

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Andrew Jackson

e)

Martin Van Buren

26.

What battle did Black Hawk escape from only to surrender later to a band of Winnebago Indians?

a)

Battle of New Orleans

b)

Battle of Jacksonville

c)

Battle of Tippecanoe

d)

Battle of New York

e)

Bad Axe Massacre

27.

What legislation did Congress pass to support Jackson in the nullification controversy and allow him to use the army and navy to uphold federal laws?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

General Bill

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Force Bill

28.

What Philadelphia banker became involved in a political controversy with Andrew Jackson?

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

29.

What were the state banks in which Jackson opened government accounts called?

a)

Federal Banks

b)

Bank of America

c)

Pet Banks

d)

Caesar Banks

e)

Peoples Banks

30.

What act required anyone who brought government lands to pay for them in gold or silver?

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging

c)

Specie Circular

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

31.

What new political party became a challenge to the Democrats in 1836?

a)

Federalist Party

b)

Anti-Federalist Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

Whig Party

e)

Democratic Party

32.

What system did Martin Van Buren propose for the storage of government money?

a)

Federal Treasury System

b)

Independent Treasury System

c)

Specie Circular System

d)

Spoils System

e)

Webster-Ashburton System

33.

Who was William Henry Harrison's running mate in the 1840 election?

a)

Nicholas Biddle

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

John Tyler

d)

John Quincy Adams

e)

Samuel Worcester

34.

What agreement settled the Canadian boundary dispute between Britain and the United States?

a)

Compromise of 1833

b)

Mudslinging Treaty

c)

Specie Circular Treaty

d)

Spoils System Treaty

e)

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

35.

Andrew Jackson did all of the following except . . .

a)

work out the Missouri Compromise

b)

win fame as a fighter in Spanish Florida

c)

lose a presidential election to John Quincy Adams

d)

win a presidential election over John Quincy Adams

36.

All of the following were candidates in the 1824 presidential election except . . .

a)

John Quincy Adams.

b)

Henry Clay.

c)

Andrew Jackson.

d)

James Monroe.

37.

The supposed "corrupt bargain" was between . . .

a)

Adams and Jackson.

b)

Adams and Clay.

c)

Clay and Monroe.

d)

Monroe and Jackson.

38.

Which of the following men became secretary of state after the 1824 election?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Andrew Jackson

39.

The election of 1828 involved all of the following except . . .

a)

the emergence of the Democratic Party.

b)

the use of broadsides, banners, testimonials, barbecues, and parades.

c)

a small turnout of voters.

d)

mudslinging.

40.

All of the following are true of Andrew Jackson except that he was . . .

a)

a lawyer, judge, land speculator, politician, Indian fighter, and planter.

b)

the first president of elected from a state west of the original thirteen states.

c)

a crude frontiersman at the time of his election to the presidency.

d)

able to make his causes those of the common people.

41.

The South disliked protective tariffs for all of the following reasons except that they . . .

a)

lowered the price of manufactured goods.

b)

forced the South to buy American-made products.

c)

reduced trade with foreign countries.

d)

caused cotton prices to fall.

42.

Andrew Jackson . . .

a)

encouraged the South to secede because of the tariff.

b)

was determined to enforce federal laws.

c)

was thoroughly opposed to the states' rights position.

d)

supported the doctrine of nullification.

43.

All of the following were true of the Whig Party except that it . . .

a)

attracted many Catholics and Episcopalians.

b)

wanted to restore the National Bank.

c)

was supportive of high tariffs and internal improvements.

d)

was generally opposed to slavery.

44.

In 1836 the Whig strategy for winning the presidency included . . .

a)

offering Martin Van Buren as its candidate.

b)

attempting to throw the election to the House of Representatives.

c)

attracting the voters of the Irish and Italians.

d)

proposing the establishment of an independent treasury.

45.

The administration of which of the following presidents was logically the least significant?

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

John Tyler

d)

Martin Van Buren

46.

Andrew Jackson introduced the . . .

a)

Compromise of 1833.

b)

use of nullification to satisfy states' rights issues.

c)

renewal of the National Bank.

d)

spoils system to a wider extent than it had been used before.

47.

Which court case involved Indians and missionaries?

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Roe v. Wade

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

48.

Black Hawk . . .

a)

led a band of Indians in search of food.

b)

developed a Cherokee alphabet.

c)

was forced to move with his tribe go Indian Territory.

d)

was defeated at Tippecanoe.

49.

The Compromise of 1833 . . .

a)

allowed for the reinstatement of the National Bank.

b)

made provision for slavery in the West.

c)

was a tariff that gradually lowered duties.

d)

allowed Jackson to issue the Specie Circular.

50.

All of the following were major political concerns during the Jackson presidency except the . . .

a)

fate of the National Bank.

b)

extension of slavery.

c)

issue of states' rights.

d)

value of tariffs.

51.

Central to the 1832 presidential campaign was the issue of the . . .

a)

independent treasury.

b)

National Bank.

c)

protective tariff.

d)

spoils system.

52.

Jackson's creation of "pet banks" resulted in the . . .

a)

growth of a national banking system.

b)

Compromise of 1833.

c)

use of revenue tariffs.

d)

failure of many state banks.

53.

The Specie Circular was . . .

a)

Van Buren's plan to reduce government interference with banks.

b)

Jackson's attempt to curb rising prices.

c)

a proposal by Clay to allow the South to escape the effect of the Force Bill.

d)

Tyler's effort to deal with squatters.

54.

All of the following were results of the spoils system except . . .

a)

efficiency.

b)

bribes.

c)

political machines.

d)

political power.

55.

Andrew Jackson's vice president and successor to the presidency was . . .

a)

William Henry Harrison.

b)

James K. Polk.

c)

John Tyler.

d)

Martin Van Buren.

56.

All of the following are true of Martin Van Buren except that he . . .

a)

advocated government connection with banks.

b)

was not born a British subject.

c)

was of Dutch ancestry.

d)

advocated less government interference in private pursuits.

57.

William Henry Harrison . . .

a)

was touted as a snobbish aristocrat by his political opponents.

b)

ran on the Democratic ticket for the presidency in 1840.

c)

was the first president to die in office.

d)

was known as "his accidency."

58.

Who was expelled from his political party?

a)

William Henry Harrison

b)

James K. Polk

c)

John Tyler

d)

Martin Van Buren

59.

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty . . .

a)

settled a naval dispute between the United States and France.

b)

resolved the issue of states' rights.

c)

called for lower tariffs.

d)

settled a boundary dispute with Britain.