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Andrew Jackson Test Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?

a)

the time of change where people were moving out of the United States

b)

the period of time in which all countries were in revolution

c)

a period of time where the way we made things changed from man-made to machine-made

d)

a revolution where poorer Americans were rising up against the rich

2.

Who invented the cotton gin?

a)

Samuel Morse

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Thomas Jefferson

3.

What group was the primary work force for the Francis Cabot Lowell textile mills?

a)

men from local towns

b)

young females (age 14 to 30)

c)

African slaves

d)

all of the above

4.

What caused the increase in slave labor during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

the new cotton gin made southern plantations need fewer slaves

b)

there was a high demand for lumber in the shipping industry

c)

the northern farms needed more slaves to grow cash crops

d)

there was a high demand for cotton from the northern textile industry

5.

Which action of Andrew Jackson as president became known as the "Spoils System"?

a)

rewarding his loyal political supporters with jobs in the government

b)

spoiling his children with sweets every day

c)

destroying the National Bank

d)

giving supporters new land in the west

6.

Which of these shows that the U.S. was becoming more democratic during the time of Andrew Jackson?

a)

mudslinging from political parties in elections

b)

changes in voting requirements (more white men could vote)

c)

the U.S. removing Native Americans from their land

d)

high tariffs on imported products

7.

What law did South Carolina pass to protest/reject the Tariff of 1832?

a)

the Anti-Tariff Act

b)

the Law of Rejection

c)

the Treaty of Paris

d)

the Nullification Act

8.

Why did Andrew Jackson pass the Indian Removal Act which forced thousands of Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River?

a)

because he believed he was giving the Native Americans better land

b)

so that white settlers and farmers could use the land

c)

because the Supreme Court ruled that he should remove the Native Americans

d)

so that Native Americans could explore the west for the U.S.

9.

What did Andrew Jackson believe about the role of the president?

a)

every president should serve 4 terms

b)

the president should be powerful because he represents the common people

c)

the president should not be as powerful as the Supreme Court

d)

the president should only veto a law if it is unconstitutional

10.

How did Andrew Jackson respond when the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee should be protected from interference from Georgia?

a)

he listened to the court and set up new protections for the Cherokee

b)

he offered the Cherokee a new treaty that allowed them to stay on their land

c)

he ignored the court ruling and sided with Georgia

d)

he worked to make peace between Georgia and the Cherokee so they could live in peace

11.

Why did Andrew Jackson oppose the Bank of the U.S.?

a)

he believed it only helped the rich stockholders become richer

b)

the bank would not give him money from their profits

c)

because the Bank president had beat him in a duel

d)

the bank was giving too many loans to common people

12.

What did president Jackson do that made his opponents feel like he was becoming too powerful? (see the picture)

a)

passed the Tariff of 1832

b)

vetoed the National Bank and forced it to close

c)

forced Native Americans to move off their land

d)

supported the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia