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Jacksonian Democracy

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad.
a)
Favorite Son
b)
Mudslinging
c)
Spoil System
d)
Plurality
2.
Practice of rewarding government jobs  to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.
a)
Bureaucracy
b)
Mudslinging
c)
Spoil System
d)
Plurality
3.
Who was the Speaker of the House who was involved in the "Corrupt Bargain" that led to John Quincy Adams becoming President.
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
John Quincy Adams
d)
William Crawford
4.
Which president said he was going to do two things: 1) Look out for the common man, and 2) Push majority Rule?
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
Donald Trump
c)
James Monroe
d)
Andrew Jackson
5.

Which group directly benefittedfrom the ideas of Jacksonian Democracy during the early 1800's?

a)

White American males

b)

African slaves

c)

White American women

d)

Native Americans

6.

South Carolinians believed that the federal tariff on British imports was harming their economy. A state law was passed that allowed South Carolina to ignore the payment of this tariff, because they felt like the tariff was unconstitutional. This led to an event known as...

a)

The Nullification Crisis

b)

The Tariff Trouble

c)

The Carolina Crisis

d)

Jackson's Fury

7.

President Jackson felt that in order to limit elite power, he should award his political supporters with jobs and positions in his government. This practice became known by what name?

a)

The Buddy System

b)

The Back Scratch Affair

c)

The Spoils System

d)

Friends and Family Plan

8.
How did Andrew Jackson gain fame
a)
Signing the Declaration of independance
b)
The Revolutionary war
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
Battle of New Orleans
9.
What did Andrew Jackson shut down by vetoing its contract
a)
The republican party
b)
The democratic party
c)
The National Bank
d)
The Elections
10.
What did Andrew Jackson think only benefited the rich?
a)
The Banks
b)
The Farms
c)
The hospitals
d)
The voters
11.
The Indian Removal Act authorized the U.S. government to...
a)
Arrest Native Americans that were against the United States.
b)
Forcibly change the culture of all Native Americans.
c)
Declare war against all Native Americans.
d)
Negotiate treaties forcing Native Americans to move west. 
12.
The ___ allowed the president to use the US military to enforce acts of Congress.
a)
Nullification Bill
b)
Executive Order
c)
Force Bill
d)
Nullification Crisis
13.

Jackson disliked the Bank of the United States and acted to kill it by withdrawing all government deposits and depositing them in smaller banks and vetoing a bill supporting the bank..

a)

True

b)

False

14.

According to the 12th amendment, the 1824 presidential election was decided

a)

by popular vote

b)

by the Electoral College

c)

by political leaders

d)

in the House of representatives

15.

As the Speaker of the House, he became influential in the decision of the controversial Election of 1824. He also became J.Q. Adams secretary of state.

a)

William Crawford

b)

Daniel Webster

c)

Nicholas Biddle

d)

Henry Clay

16.

How did Andrew Jackson portray himself as a 'common man'?

a)

He grew up in poverty and supported poor families in the North.

b)

He promised to look out for the interests of average people, not just the rich and well-educated.

c)

Jackson was an advocate for not just white men but Native American and Black men at the time.

d)

Jackson actively advocated for wealthy white Southerners.

17.

Why did Andrew Jackson want to destroy the Second Bank of the United States?

a)

Because he believed that it only helped the slaves and the Native Americans

b)

Because the Second Bank of the US did not help the rich

c)

Because the Second Bank of the US wanted to impeach Jackson

d)

Because Jackson believed that the Bank was evil and only helped the rich

18.
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
19.
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.
20.
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.
21.

Nominating conventions (where the public helped pick the candidates running for office) contributed to the expansion of democracy in the United States in the 1820's by...

a)

drawing media attention to the election.

b)

allowing people to become more active in politics.

c)

granting women and African Americans the vote.

d)

increasing the presidential candidate’s popularity.

22.

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 increased voting and participation in politics in the 1820s and 1830s.

d)

The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

23.
Who were a big supporters of Andrew Jackson?
a)
wealthy business owners
b)
farmers & factory workers
24.
To nullify a law means …
a)
to agree to the law
b)
to secede.
c)
to void or cancel the law.
d)
to vote on the law.
25.
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
26.
Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.
a)
foreign goods
b)
american made goods
c)
ice cream
d)
slaves
27.
Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?
a)
the north
b)
the south
c)
the west
d)
Alaska
28.
Which person is known as the "Father of State's Rights" and supported nullification and secession if necessary to protest the "Tariff of Abomination"?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
James Monroe
c)
John C. Calhoun
29.
The North was dependent on __________ while the South was dependent on __________.
a)
Industry, Slavery
b)
Slavery, Agriculture
c)
Industry, Mills
30.

Who said "Georgia laws have no force [do not apply] in the Cherokee Nation"?

a)

Samuel Worcester

b)

John Marshall

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

William McIntosh

31.

What caused the Panic of 1837?

a)

A stock market crash

b)

Jackson cancelled the 2nd National Bank

c)

Grocery stores ran out of food

d)

Banks went broke from loaning out too much money

32.

How did Van Buren solve the Panic of 1837?

a)

Lowered tariffs on food

b)

Increased gas prices

c)

Forgave the banks debts

d)

Reopened the 2nd National Bank

33.

Van Buren wanted to continue what _________ started by removing ________.

a)

Monroe/forests to build canals

b)

Adams/French spies

c)

Jackson/Native Americans

d)

Polk/Mexicans from Texas

34.

In 1803, Chief Justice John Marshall issued the court's decision in case of Marbury v. Madison, this ruling established the principle of--

a)

checks and balances

b)

federalism

c)

judicial review

d)

republicanism

35.

Which of the following quotes best explains the Supreme Court's power of judicial review that was established in the case of Marbury v. Madison?

a)

The court has the power to determine the constitutionality of laws enacted by Congress

b)

Judges are allowed to serve a term of office that will last as long as they remain in good behavior

c)

Each branch of government created by the Constitution endowed with their own specific powers

d)

The Representatives and Senators that make up Congress are given their power by the people who elected them

36.

-1830 Congress passes the Indian Removal Act to allow settlers to take over Native American Lands

-In the Supreme Court case of Worchester v. Georgia the court struck down the Removal Act and said the Indians had a right to their lands.

-President Andrew Jackson disagreed and sent thousands of troops to forcibly remove the Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.


President Jackson ignored the Supreme Court ruling and --

a)

his actions led to the War of 1812

b)

caused the Economic Panic of 1837

c)

neglected to follow the principle of Judicial Review

d)

voted to renew the charter of the National Bank

37.

In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden, the Supreme Court ruled that

a)

Only the federal government had authority over the Cherokee Nation

b)

Slaves are not citizens

c)

States cannot tax national banks because they are federal institutions

d)

Only the federal government can determine how to conduct interstate commerce

38.

The case in which the Supreme Court upheld the elastic clause and gave Congress the Power to establish national banks is

a)

McCulloch v. Maryland

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Worchester v. Georgia

39.

Reaffirmed that when there is a conflict between the state's law and a federal statute, "the act of Congress . . . is supreme; and the law of the state...must yield to it."

a)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

b)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

40.

8. Case arose because both NY and the federal government granted licenses to run a steamboat ferry service.

a)

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

c)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)