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WorksheetsThe Age of Jackson SSUSH7
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the Trail of Tears?
Forced relocation of the Cherokee people
What did the state of South Carolina and John C. Calhoun argue during the Nullification Crisis of 1833?
States' Rights: a state had the right to ignore the federal government if they didn't like a certain law
Realist Theory: Only states/countries have the ability to make changes in the world
Epicureanism: Only things experienced by the five senses are valid
Theocracy: A country should only be governed by religious laws, no secular laws
Which of the following did Jacksonian Democracy reject as being a necessary part of the government?
The National Bank
Hand off approach to the economy
How did the American System bring the United States together?
Promoting economic unity through infrastructure development and tariffs to support American manufacturers
The Hudson River and the Erie Canal are the only waterways through which mountain range?
Why were Southern states opposed to the American System developed by Henry Clay?
It favored the industrial North over the agricultural South. due to the high tariffs placed on imported goods
What was the MAIN goal of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?
During the Second Great Awakening, which two movements became increasingly connected?
Temperance movement and women's rights movement
What was the main effect of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
Increased oppression and harsher treatment of slaves through stricter slave codes
Which answer is the definition of the abolitionist movement?
A social and political movement to end slavery and the slave trade
True or False: Both enslaved and free people made important contributions to the abolitionist movement in the years preceding the American Civil War.
(a)
The Erie Canal was an infrastructure project that allowed for a massive increase in trading. What allowed the Erie Canal to be built?
The Enlightenment
The Industrial Revolution
The Treaty of Versailles
The American System
The rule that prevented the debate and discussion regarding slavery, thus increasing tensions between the pro-slavery South and the anti-slavery North was known as what?
Gag Rule
Quiet Decree
Mute Regulation
Silence Law
What did the expansion of the United States do to tensions between slave states and free states?
True or False: The Declaration of Sentiments (1848) led to the immediate passage of voting rights for women.
(a)
