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The Jacksonian Era

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Jackson favored these instead of teh national bank.

a)

Sectional banks

b)

national bank

c)

state banks

d)

Bank of America

2.

Jackson won this type of votes in the 1824 election but still did not become president.

a)

popular votes

b)

electoral votes

3.

Jackson carried a deep hatred of this country

a)

France

b)

America

c)

Spain

d)

England

4.

During the Nullification Crisis, what was really being tested?

a)

states overriding federal laws

b)

ignoring the Supreme Court decisions

c)

sectional favoritism in laws

d)

if states can leave the counrty

5.

Americans believed that Jackson would defend the rights of the ______ people. 

a)

common

b)

wealthy

c)

aristocratic 

d)

American Indian

6.

President Jackson wanted to open Native American land to settlement to be used for 

a)

agriculture (farming)

b)

manufacturing

c)

apartment buildings

7.

What federal legislation moved Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River, west?

a)

Indian Reorganization Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Indian Removal Act

8.

What was the supreme court case that ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force?

a)

McCulloch V. Maryland

b)

Worcester V. Georgia

c)

Marbury V. Madison

9.

What was Jackson's nickname, given to him during the War of 1812?

a)

Old Public Functionary

b)

Old Hickory

c)

Big Andy

d)

The Waxhaws Warthog

10.

Voting rights were extended to which group of people before the Election of 1828?

a)

white men who owned land

b)

white men who did not own land

c)

white women who owned land

d)

slaves who had been freed from slavery

11.

Which two groups still were not able to vote in presidential elections in 1828?

a)

farmers & women

b)

women & property owners

c)

African Americans & indentured servants

d)

women & African Americans

12.

What did Andrew Jackson choose to close because he wanted to give more power to the states?

a)

the Boston harbor

b)

the executive branch

c)

the slave trade

d)

the National Bank

13.

What was the main reason Andrew Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United States?

a)

A) It favored wealthy Eastern elites

b)

B) It was too small to support the economy

c)

C) It was controlled by foreign interests

d)

D) It was ineffective in regulating currency

14.

Which act, signed by Andrew Jackson, led to the forced relocation of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands?

a)

A) Homestead Act

b)

B) Indian Removal Act

c)

C) Dawes Act

d)

D) Trail of Tears Act

15.

What was the 'Spoils System' associated with Andrew Jackson's presidency?

a)

A) A policy of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

b)

B) A system of redistributing land to settlers

c)

C) A method of taxing imported goods

d)

D) A strategy for winning military battles