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Age of Jackson review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Nullification Crisis was triggered by strong opposition to the
a)
Force Bill.
b)
Indian Removal Act.
c)
Tariff of Abominations.
d)
Bank of the United States.
2.

What was the forced relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma?

a)

Nullification Crisis

b)

Tail of Tears

c)

Increased Suffrage

d)

Goodbye Native Americans

3.

What is the practice of replacing government employees with your political supporters?

a)

Kitchen Cabinet

b)

Nullification Crisis

c)

Spoils System

d)

The Trail of Tears

4.

What is a tariff a tax on?

a)

Income

b)

Exports

c)

Imports

d)

Crops

5.

Loyalty to a specific region rather than the nation as a whole is known as

a)

nationalism.

b)

sectionalism

c)

individualism.

d)

patriotism.

6.

One way suffrage expanded during the Jackson presidency was by-

a)

recognizing a woman's right to vote

b)

permitting free African Americans to vote

c)

eliminating property qualifications for voting

d)

extending citizenship to American Indian tribes

7.
What was the Southern economy based on?
a)
manufacturing
b)
livestock
c)
agriculture
d)
service industry
8.
The nullification crisis occurred when
a)
the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
b)
Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
c)
South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
d)
Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.
9.

In _____v. _____, the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia had no right to remove the Cherokee and that the Cherokee legally owned the land.

a)

Miranda v. Arizona

b)

Worcester v. Georgia

c)

The U.S. v. Nixon

d)

Marbury v. Madison

10.
Suffrage means the right to _______________.
a)
own a firearm
b)
vote in political elections
c)
practice your religion
d)
free speech
11.
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 crafted a document that was very similar to the __________________.
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Halifax Resolves
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
Articles of Confederation
12.

Which two women were mainly responsible for organizing the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

c)

Susan B. Anthony and Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Lucretia Mott

13.

Which of the following documents became the major achievement of the Seneca Falls Convention?

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Declaration of the Rights of Women

c)

The 19th Amendment of the United States Constitution

d)

The Declaration of Sentiments

14.
The Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. should protect the Cherokee and their lands in 
a)
Kentucky
b)
Tennessee
c)
Georgia
d)
Kansas
15.
Gold was discovered in the lands that belonged to
a)
Cherokee
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Seminole
d)
Alexander Hamilton
16.
Which of the following was the Cherokee’s 800 mile march to the indian territory where ¼ of the Cherokee tribe died on the march to the land?
a)
Second Seminole War
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Blackhawk
d)
Cherokee resistance
17.

What state threatened to secede over tariff issue

a)

North Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Florida

d)

South Carolina

18.

What southern leader became Jackson's enemy during tariff issue?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

N. Biddle

d)

John Q. Adams

19.
Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
a)
He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
b)
He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
c)
He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
d)
He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.
20.

Who authored the American System?

a)

Clay

b)

Pinckney

c)

Monroe

d)

Madison

21.
What political party did Andrew Jackson belong to?
a)
Republican
b)
Democrat
c)
Tea Party
d)
Green Party
22.

I invented the cotton gin. Who am I?

a)

James Hargreaves

b)

Richard Arkwright

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Thomas Edison

23.
Who was the famous abolitionist who published the Liberator?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass 
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
24.

Who was the ex-slave who wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans to better their lives?

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

25.

Completion of the Erie Canal in 1825 encouraged the growth of the Midwest because it

a)

linked the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Coast

b)

helped force the removal of British forts in the Northwest Territory

c)

stimulated development of cotton production in the Ohio River valley

d)

increased trade with Asia

26.

He led the largest slave revolt in American history; killed almost 60 people before being captured and executed?

a)

Tecumseh

b)

Daniel Shays

c)

Gabriel Prosser

d)

Nat Turner

27.

What is the word for immediate end to slavery?

a)

emancipation

b)

constructiveness

c)

abominations

d)

indentured servitude

28.

Which of the following is NOT a person that would defined as an "abolitionist"?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Horace Mann

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Frederick Douglass

e)

Nat Turner

29.

The temperance movement was the first movement to eliminate which of the following:

a)

alcohol consumption

b)

slavery

c)

lack of public education

d)

maltreatment of mentally ill

e)

the right to suffrage for women

30.

Which of the following reformers felt it was necessary for all children to have public education and made it mandatory in the United States?

a)

Lucretia Mott

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Horace Mann

d)

Dorthea Dix

e)

William Lloyd Garrison