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The Age of Jackson REVIEW

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 57mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which shaded state was the main destination of American Indians forced to relocate as part of the Trail of Tears?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
2.
During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?
a)
The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations.
b)
The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions.
c)
The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors.
d)
Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders.
3.
What was one effect of these events below, on the 1828 presidential election?
a)
Votes were cast by secret ballot.
b)
Property qualifications for voting were strengthened.
c)
 Poll taxes were reduced.
d)
Voter participation increased.
4.
What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocations depicted on this map below?
a)
To persuade American Indians to become farmers.
b)
To gain access to important rivers.
c)
To punish American Indians who were allies of the British.
d)
 To acquire valuable agricultural land and natural resources.
5.
Conflicting interpretations of this amendment below played a major role in the?
a)
Bank War
b)
Nullification Crisis
c)
Corrupt Bargain
d)
XYZ Affair
6.
The proclamation excerpted below was issued during which of these historical events?
a)
Shays’s Rebellion
b)
The War of 1812
c)
The Nullification Crisis
d)
The Civil War
7.
These speakers below are debating an issue that eventually became known as the —
a)
Monroe Doctrine
b)
Nullification Crisis
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Three-Fifths Compromise
8.
In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have legal authority over the Cherokees living in the state. President Andrew Jackson responded to this decision by?
a)
filing another petition against the Cherokee Nation.
b)
ignoring the ruling and allowing Georgia to evict the Cherokee Nation.
c)
ordering state officials in Georgia to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation.
d)
asking Congress to pay reparations to the Cherokee Nation.
9.
What led to the conflict referred to in this excerpt below?
a)
The passage of the Dawes Act.
b)
The Louisiana Purchase.
c)
The adoption of Indian removal policies.
d)
The Battle of Tippecanoe.
10.
One attempt to resolve this issue below without violence involved which action?
a)
The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia’s anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.
b)
Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.
c)
The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.
d)
Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.
11.

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

a)

Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce.

b)

Can a state regulate a federal agency.

c)

Can a state overturn a federal law.

d)

Can the federal government levy taxes on states.

12.
Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from
a)
the rich and well-born.
b)
Native Americans.
c)
the common people.
d)
states'  rights supporters.
13.
Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as
a)
the spoils system.
b)
Jacksonian democracy.
c)
mudslinging.
d)
a corrupt bargain.
14.

Jacksonian Democracy

a)

an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

b)

The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

c)

The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

d)

The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

15.

The Trail of Tears refers to

a)

Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.

b)

the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.

c)

government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.

d)

the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

16.
Who were a big supporters of Andrew Jackson?
a)
wealthy business owners
b)
farmers & factory workers
17.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
a)
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
b)
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
c)
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
d)
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
18.
The nullification crisis occurred when
a)
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
b)
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
c)
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
d)
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
19.

What did the Supreme Court decision by Chief Justice Marshall in the Worcester vs. Georgia case determine?

a)

the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Indians must surrender their land to Georgia

b)

the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Indians

constituted a nation holding distinct sovereign powers and Georgia had no authority over the Indian Nation

c)

the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Indians must follow the Indian Removal law and relocate to Oklahoma

20.

How did President Jackson address the Nullification Crisis?

a)

He threatened to use military force against South Carolina to force them to pay the tariffs imposed against them

b)

He backed off when South Carolina threatened to succeed from the United States

c)

He bargained with South Carolina to buy their goods cheaper from Europe and allowed them not to have to pay the tariffs

d)

He didn't do anything, allowing South Carolina to cool off

21.
What political party was formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson following the election of 1824?
a)
Socialist
b)
Federalist
c)
Republican
d)
Democratic
22.
Which of these describes a tariff?
a)
a tax on the income of workers
b)
a tax on property
c)
a tax on goods produced in the U.S.
d)
. a tax on goods imported from outside the United States 
23.
What caused the nullification crisis?
a)
removal policies
b)
election of 1828
c)
northern trade policies
d)
southern opposition to tariffs 
24.
During the nullification crisis, what was really being tested?
a)
the right to ignore Supreme Court decisions
b)
the rights of states to override federal laws 
c)
the right of states to secede from the United States
d)
the right to pass federal laws that benefited certain regions
25.

What was one of the South's objections to the higher tariffs enacted by Congress?

a)

It would make their crops/ European goods more expensive.

b)

It would make their automobile manufacturing plants close

c)

It would be the end of the PC

d)

It would make cotton cheaper

26.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
a)
the idea that the common people should control their government
b)
the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
c)
the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
d)
the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812
27.

Why did Jackson oppose the National Bank?

a)

He thought it had too much power and only helped the wealthy

b)

He thought it only helped the poor

c)

He thought it only helped South Carolina

d)

He thought it was unconstitutional

28.
What caused an increase in the number of voters from 1824 to 1828?
a)
Owning Property was no longer a requirement to vote
b)
Owning Property was a requirement to vote
c)
Slaves could now vote
d)
Women could now vote
29.
Why was Andrew Jackson's election important?
a)
He was the friendliest president ever elected.
b)
It caused the common people to become more powerful than ever before, instead of elites.
c)
Jackson was the first military man elected.
d)
Jackson was a celebrity.
30.
The "Ordinance of Nullification" was about:
a)
Slavery
b)
Suffrage
c)
Religion
d)
Tariffs
31.
The Nullification crisis was about whose rights?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Jackson
c)
States
d)
The Bank
32.
Which issue resulted in the Democratic party supporting Andrew Jackson?
a)
Expansion of slavery
b)
State nullification crisis
c)
Supreme Court judicial review
d)
Rejection of the national bank
33.
The Nullification Crisis was triggered by strong opposition to the -
a)
Force Bill.
b)
Indian Removal Act.
c)
Tariff of Abominations.
d)
Bank of the United States.
34.
Which state said they wouldn‘t pay the new tariff and passed the Nullification act?
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
35.
Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.
a)
foreign goods
b)
american made goods
c)
ice cream
d)
slaves
36.

What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?

a)

Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?

b)

Can a state regulate a federal agency?

c)

Can a state overturn a federal law?

d)

Can the federal government levy taxes on states?

37.

Northern states ________ tariffs on foreign goods because they increased the demand for manufactured goods

a)

Favored

b)

Opposed

c)

Nullification Crisis

d)

States Rights

38.
Southern states ________ tariffs because they raised the prices & were forced to buy from the North
a)
Foreign
b)
Opposed
c)
Nullification Crisis
d)
States Rights
39.
The spoils system gave jobs to who?
a)
The most qualified people
b)
Jackson's Friends
c)
Republicans
d)
Native Americans
40.
Why did factory owners in the North like tariffs?
a)
Tariffs made American products better.
b)
Tariffs gave more money to the government.
c)
Tariffs caused more people to demand (buy) American products than European products.
d)
Tariffs would increase the price of materials in the West.
41.
The Second Bank of the United States was controversial because —
a)
the President issued an executive order to establish the bank
b)
the U.S. Treasury alone sets all government monetary polices
c)
the House of Representatives has the sole authority to raise revenue
d)
the Constitution does not specifically empower Congress to create a bank
42.

Which Supreme Court case is best describe by the following:

1) Heard under Chief Justice John Marshall

2) Concerned with the relationship between the Cherokee people and a state

3) The Court ordered that Indian nations were subject to federal, not state law

a)

Marbury v. Madison

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Worcester v. Georgia

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