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Andrew Jackson

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the first election against Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams, Jackson had MORE people vote for him. BUT who became president?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Quincy Adams

2.

Before Jackson, only white men who owned property could vote. Who received expanded suffrage during Jackson's presidency?

a)

All Black Americans

b)

All white men

c)

All women

d)

All Americans

3.

What does suffrage mean?

a)

To cancel

b)

A tax on imported goods

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Checks and Balances

4.

What does nullify mean?

a)

To cancel

b)

A tax on imported goods

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Checks and Balances

5.

What is a tariff?

a)

To cancel

b)

A tax on imported goods

c)

Voting Rights

d)

Checks and Balances

6.

What is it called when Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his loyal supporters and friends as a reward?

a)

Suffrage

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

Tariff of Abominations

d)

Spoils System

7.

What was the forceful removal of Cherokee Natives from Georgia to Oklahoma called?

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

Sherman's March to the Sea

d)

Nothing, that didn't happen!

8.

What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

a)

To reward Natives for being hard-working

b)

To make more land for American settlers

c)

To make more land for Native Americans

d)

To make Andrew Jackson leave America

9.

Did Andrew Jackson enforce the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester vs. Georgia?

a)

Yes

b)

No

10.

The Nullification Crisis was about the ability to...

a)

tax the federal government

b)

a state being able to cancel a federal law

c)

declaring war of foreign countries

d)

nullifying your mom

11.

The idea that it was America's god-given right to expand to the Pacific Coast and spread the American way of life was called...

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Gadsden Purchase

c)

Destiny's Child

d)

Manifest Destiny

12.

Another name for the Spoils System, where a politician gives government jobs to supporters and friends, is called...

a)

Patronage

b)

Impressment

c)

Nullification

d)

Federalism

13.

How are you doing today???? :D

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14.

Who was the president that created the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

a)

John Quincy Adams

b)

George Washington

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Martin Van Buren

15.

Which court case said that Georgia had NO right to make Cherokee Natives follow American laws because they are a separate nation?

a)

Worcester vs. Georgia

b)

Worcestershire vs Heinz

c)

Gibbons vs Ogden

d)

Marbury vs Madison