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Quick Check - Jacksonian Era

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which definition below matched the term industrialization?
a)
A type of economy where individuals have no choice in the products that are bought or sold.
b)
A cottage economy where most goods are made at home or traded with neighbors.
c)
An economy where a majority of things are provided by the government.
d)
Shifting the economy from farming to factory work, or machine based work.
2.
Which of the following is the idea that Americans had a divine right or duty to expand west to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Divine Right
c)
Constitutionality
d)
Manifest Destiny
3.
What definition best matches urbanization?
a)
A community with a larger population size. A city.
b)
Rural communities with a lot of space and an economy based on farming.
4.

What negative effects, or impacts, did Industrial Revolution cause? (*Hint: Think back to the changes on your urban maps.)

(a)  

5.
What happened to the population of cities as industrialization, or factories, increased?
a)
The population of cities increased
b)
The population of cities decreased
c)
The number of factories in cities decreased
d)
The cottage economy increased
6.
What number President was Andrew Jackson?
a)
1st
b)
7th
c)
6th
d)
3rd
7.
How was Andrew Jackson's policy , or treatment, toward Native Americans different from Presidents that came before him? Explain.
4 lines
8.
How did President Andrew Jackson changed the American political system and who could participate in elections?
a)
He did not change anyghing about voting rights or the political system.
b)
He prevented Americans from voting in the election of 1828.
c)
He expanded voting rights by allowing all white men regardless of land ownership to vote.
d)
He passed the 19th Amendment which allowed women to vote.
9.
President Andrew Jackson believed that paper currency should be eliminated, or removed. This was one of the reasons he disliked ___________________.
a)
the Presidential Cabinet
b)
Canada
c)
the Supreme Court
d)
the National Bank
10.
Urbanization
a)
The growth of cities
b)
Tax on imported goods
c)
America's God-given right to expand the US from the Atlantic to the Pacific
11.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
a)
the idea that the common people should control their government
b)
the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
c)
the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
d)
the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812
12.

Which group was affected most negatively by the administration of President Jackson?

a)

Blacks

b)

Women

c)

Native Americans

d)

Democratic Republicans

13.
List 3 significant results of Andrew Jackson’s Presidency (JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY)?
a)
All white males over 21 can vote, Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal Act
b)
Espionage Act, 14th Points Plan and the League of Nations
14.

Jacksonian Democracy

a)

an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen

b)

The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

c)

The period of expanding democracy that gave voting rights to all white males

d)

The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional