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Review - Age of Jackson

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This era is known for greater democratic participation due to the reduction of land requirements for white males.

a)

The Age of Jackson

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

The Great Awakening

d)

The Antebellum Period

2.

The election of 1824 saw Andrew Jackson win the popular vote but lose a contested electoral vote to John Quincy Adams in what many people called?

a)

a Corrupt Bargain

b)

a stolen election

c)

the King of Frauds

d)

the big lie

3.

Andrew Jackson referred to this system as "rotation in office", believing it would purge the government of corrupt officials. After Jackson dismissed 10% of the government, replacing them with his supporters, critics named this system the ______ system, as the saying goes, "to the victor go the ______".

a)

spoils

b)

rotten

c)

swamp

d)

electoral

4.

This legislation was highly controversial even in its day and resulted in a controversial Supreme Court case.

a)

The Indian Removal Act

b)

The Adams-Onis Treaty

c)

The Tariff of Abominations

d)

The Trail of Tears

5.

This controversial Supreme Court case declared the Indian Removal Act unconstitutional. However, Andrew Jackson disregarded the decision, supposedly saying, "John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it."

a)

Worcester v Georgia

b)

McCulloch v. Maryland

c)

Gibbons v. Ogden

d)

Marbury v Madison

6.

The forced migration of Native Americans from the American Southeast west of the Mississippi as part of the Indian Removal Act is commonly known as?

(a)  

7.

The resolution of this crisis is often seen as one of the positive aspects of Jackson's Presidency as it preserved the Union, despite South Carolina's calls for secession over the "Tariff of Abominations".

a)

The Nullification Crisis

b)

The Alien & Sedition Crisis

c)

The Suez Crisis

d)

The Veto of the National Bank

8.

This controversial action by Andrew Jackson directly contributed to the Panic of 1837, one of the worst financial disasters in US history.

a)

Veto of National Bank

b)

Force Act to make South Carolina comply with federal trade laws.

c)

The Corrupt Bargain.

d)

The Financial Trail of Tears.