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Mod. 10: The Age of Jackson

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following describes the primary functions of nominating conventions?

a)

permitting party members to attend political debates

b)

allowing party leaders to determine political candidates

c)

gathering party leaders to evaluate political appointments

d)

giving party members voice in deciding political candidates

2.

The policies and philosophies of the Jackson Era represented a move toward great democratization. Select 2 ways democracy expanded.

a)

People gained the right to nominate their elector.

b)

Looser voting requirements allowed more white white men to vote.

c)

Voting age was lowered to give more people a voice in politics.

d)

Voting right were extend to black men who owned property.

e)

Individuals were granted permission to opt out of laws they opposed.

3.

Which of the following issues was most responsible for regional tensions during Jackson's presidency?

a)

morality of slavery

b)

tariffs on imported goods

c)

expansion of voting rights

d)

limitations on land expansion

4.

Which of the following was a consequence of Jackson's opposition to the Second Bank of the United States?

a)

military unrest

b)

trade expansion

c)

economic inflation

d)

judicial corruption

5.

Select two ways in which the Cherokee resisted relocation?

a)

fought with force

b)

hid in the mountains

c)

sought political

d)

adopted white culture

e)

oursued legal challenges

6.

In the early 1800s, voting rights expanded to include more

a)

White Men

b)

African Americans

c)

Native Americans

d)

Women

7.

Which of the following describes why Jackson's supporters questioned the legitimacy of the 1824 election?

a)

the outcome ignored the will of wealthy landowners

b)

the winner of the popular vote did not become president

c)

the recent reforms excluded many people from the process

d)

the nominating committees determinedthe results in secrecy

8.

During Jackson's presidency, what was the main factor in determining whether people supported or opposed political policies?

a)

property they owned

b)

education they received

c)

region where they lived

d)

goods they manufactured

9.

Which of the following claims was made by some southern states in response to a growing opposition to tariffs?

a)

States should vote on policies imposed by the president.

b)

States can control trade agreements with foreign nations.

c)

States should use their militia to enforce unpopular legislation.

d)

States can reject federal laws they believe are unconstitutional.

10.

Which of the following helped cause the Panic of 1837?

a)

Jackson's banking policies

b)

Jackson's military spending

c)

Jackson's expansion of tariffs

d)

Jackson's taxation of property

11.

Which of the following methods was used to relocate Native Americans in 1830s?

a)

extend voting rights to tribal members

b)

presuure tribes to accept unfair treaties

c)

giving tribes more desirable land elsewhere

d)

offering reasonable prices for tribal territories

12.

Which of the following describes Jackson's response to the Worcester v. Georgia ruling?

a)

He prevented settlers from seizing Cherokee lands.

b)

He allowed some Cherokee to remain in North Carolina.

c)

He protected the Cherokee on their march to Oklahoma.

d)

He refused to enfroce the property rights of the Cherokee.

13.

Public meetings to select a party's presidential and vice presidential candidates.

a)

nominating conventions

b)

Jackson Democracy

c)

Democratic Party

d)

spoils system

14.

The democratic expansion that occurred because of Andrew Jackson's influence.

a)

nominating conventions

b)

Jackson Democracy

c)

Democratic Party

d)

spoils system

15.

A party formed by Jackson supporters.

a)

nominating conventions

b)

Jackson Democracy

c)

Democratic Party

d)

spoils system

16.

The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.

a)

nominating conventions

b)

Jackson Democracy

c)

Democratic Party

d)

spoils system

17.

The nickname given to tariff by the southerners who opposed it.

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

states' rights doctrine

c)

nullification crisis

d)

Daniel Webster

18.

The belief that state power should be greater than federal power?

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

states' rights doctrine

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c)

nullification crisis

d)

Daniel Webster

19.

The dispute over whether states had the right to nullify, or disobey, any federal law with which they disagreed?

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

states' rights doctrine

c)

nullification crisis

d)

Daniel Webster

20.

A senator from Massachusetts who spoke out against nullification and believed the nation had to stay united.

a)

Tariff of Abominations

b)

states' rights doctrine

c)

nullification crisis

d)

Daniel Webster

21.

The act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River.

a)

Indian Remove Act

b)

Indian Territory

c)

Sequoya

d)

Trail of Tears

22.

The new homeland for Native Americans, which contained most of present-day Oklahoma.

a)

Indian Remove Act

b)

Indian Territory

c)

Sequoya

d)

Trail of Tears

23.

A Cherokee who used 86 characters to represent Cherokee syllables to create a written language.

a)

Indian Remove Act

b)

Indian Territory

c)

Sequoya

d)

Trail of Tears

24.

An 800- mile forced march westward in which one-fourth of the 18,000 Cherokee died.

a)

Indian Remove Act

b)

Indian Territory

c)

Sequoya

d)

Trail of Tears

25.

Seminole leader who called on Native Americans to resist removal by force.

a)

Sequoya

b)

Osceola

c)

Semi

d)

Black Hawk