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SSUSH 7 The Age of Jackson

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who became president in the election of 1824?
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
Henry Clay
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Andrew Jackson
2.
Which of the following groups thought of Andrew Jackson as their champion?
a)
Merchants in New England
b)
Native Americans in the North
c)
Common men across the country
d)
Wealthy planters in the South
3.
Jackson's victory in the election of 1828 was significant because
a)
many more people took part in the voting process than in previous elections.
b)
he was the first president to come from a poor background.
c)
it indicated the growing influence of the western section of the country in national politics.
d)
all of the above
4.
All of the following are associated with Jacksonian democracy EXCEPT
a)
extension of the right to vote.
b)
national nominating conventions.
c)
spoils system.
d)
decrease in presidential powers.
5.
Which state threatened to secede during the Nullification Crisis?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Texas
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Georgia
6.
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.
7.
Passed in 1830, this authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
a)
Indian Removal Act
b)
Worcester v. Georgia
c)
Bureau of Indian Affairs
d)
Trail of Tears
8.

Congressional leaders such as Henry Clay tried to protect American manufacturing interests by which of the following ways?

a)

Lowering the tariffs on southern factory owners

b)

Forcing northern businesses to hire Americans

c)

Implementing high tariffs on foreign goods

d)

Establishing protective tariffs on agricultural goods

9.

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

10.

What were innovations created as part of Clay's American System?

a)

airplanes, buses, tunnels

b)

cars, planes trains

c)

canals, roads, steamboats, trains

d)

canals, planes, cars, horses

11.

Tariffs, National Bank, infrastructure improvement were all designed to aid in economic growth and expansion in what program designed by Clay?

a)

Era of Good Feelings

b)

Better Deal

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

American System

12.
What Massachusetts Congressman led a reform on education?
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Susan B. Anthony
c)
Don Jacobs
d)
John Gant
13.
What was the purpose of temperance?
a)
To refuse alcohol
b)
To indulge in alcohol
c)
To abolish slavery
d)
To refuse food
14.
Where was the first Women's Rights Convention held?
a)
Seneca Falls, New York
b)
Albany, New York
c)
Columbus, Ohio
d)
Miami, Florida
15.
What former slave and suffragist delivered her famous speech "A'int I A Woman?"
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Susan B. Anthony
d)
Laurie Smith
16.
One of the major groups that drove the temperance movement was the?
a)
Church
b)
Government
c)
Schools
d)
Economy
17.

reformers who wanted to end slavery

a)

abolitionists

b)

prohibitionists

c)

transcendentalists

d)

suffragists

18.

a secret network of people that helped slaves escape to the North

a)

Temperance Movement

b)

Secret Roads

c)

Transcontinental Railroad

d)

Underground Railroad

19.
What is "suffrage"?
a)
The right to bear arms
b)
The right to drink alcohol
c)
The right to end suffering
d)
The right to vote
20.

The 2nd Great Awakening was a____

a)

Reform movement that only fought for equal rights for women.

b)

Reform movement that only fought for improved prison conditions.

c)

Relivious Revival that encouraged people to improve themselves and get involved in Reform Movements.

d)

A loud alarm clock

21.
Invented the Cotton Gin
a)
Eli Whitney 
b)
Henry Clay 
c)
Francis Lowell
d)
John Deere 
22.
Led to a canal boom in the United States thanks to the success New York had
a)
Central Canal 
b)
Erie Canal
c)
Wabash Canal 
d)
Ohio Canal 
23.
Steamboats and Railroads did all the following EXCEPT 
a)
Better relations with natives 
b)
Cities grew 
c)
Cut shipping costs 
d)
Made goods cheaper 
24.
How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?
a)
Made goods and services more expensive & harder to ship
b)
Made goods and services cheaper & easier to ship
c)
Gave people safer transportation
d)
Opened new land for exploring and settlements
25.
How did the Industrial Revolution change the way we create goods?
a)
we made fewer products
b)
we made better quality products
c)
we made products from home
d)
mass production & cheaper goods
26.

Before the United States adopted the factory system, most manufactured goods were imported from England and other European countries.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The North Star was a newspaper that spread news of slavery and was written by

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglass

28.

Which of these was the model for the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

c)

Monroe Doctorine

d)

Bill of Rights

29.

How did Frederick Douglass emerge as an abolitionist leader?

a)

He was a businessman who refused to do business in the South as a protest against slavery.

b)

He was a politician who knew people in power and used his connections to fight against slavery.

c)

He was an escaped slave who told the story of his life first as a speaker and then as an author.

d)

He was a slaveowner who changed his mind about slavery and published the first anti-slavery newspaper in the United States.

30.

What was the main goal of the women’s suffrage movement?

a)

to give women the right to vote

b)

to elect a woman president

c)

to give women the right to own property

d)

to give African Americans the right to vote

31.

Which statement BEST describes the role the Seneca Falls Convention played in the women’s suffrage movement?

a)

It was the convention that expanded women’s suffrage to other countries.

b)

It was the convention that led to the Second Great Awakening.

c)

It was the convention that first organized a movement toward women’s suffrage in the United States.

d)

It was the convention that approved the 19th amendment.

32.

How did the Second Great Awakening affect society in the 19th century?

a)

The Second Great Awakening hurt movements focused on equality since this focus opposed church teachings.

b)

The Second Great Awakening discouraged involvement in society by emphasizing that a person’s relationship with God was the only thing that mattered.

c)

The Second Great Awakening encouraged obedience to governmental authority and playing the proper role in society since this was what God wanted.

d)

The Second Great Awakening helped ignite reform movements by encouraging good deeds and working to improve conditions in the world.

33.

What was Nat Turner known for ?

a)

Nat Turner's slave rebellion

b)

Killing whites

c)

Died for blacks

d)

Being racist

34.
Nat Turner's rebels
a)
took their owners prisoner and treated them well
b)
ran away in the dead of night
c)
killed almost every white person they saw
d)
fed their owners a special feast
35.

In retaliation for Nat Turner's slave rebellion, the white owners

a)

Gave the rebels a stern lecture

b)

Sentenced the rebels to prison for a year

c)

Took mercy on the rebels and set them free

d)

executed hundreds of black people

36.

Which abolitionist wrote the Liberator Newspaper and worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Susan B. Anthony

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