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Jackson (USI)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Monroe Doctrine

a)

Warned European countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere

b)

Told European countries to give up their existing colonies in the Western Hemisphere

c)

Allowed America to start taking over colonial holdings of European naions

d)

Convinced Russia to sell Alaska to America

2.

The belief in placing national interests above regional concerns.

a)

Marxism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Patriotism

3.

The Missouri Compromise

a)

declared New York a slave state.

b)

maintained the balance of slave states and free states.

c)

declared Missouri a free state.

d)

Made Maine a free state

4.

What candidates played MAJOR roles in the Election of 1824 and/or the Corrupt Bargian

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

John Q Adams

c)

Henry Clay

d)

William Crawford

5.

John C. Calhoun’s name for an 1828 tariff increase that seemed to Southerners to be enriching the North at their expense.

a)

Tariff of Destruction

b)

Tariff of Unification

c)

Tarrif of nulliification

d)

Tariff of Abominations

6.

How did Jackson's Wildcat/pet banks add to the financial problems of the United States?

a)

It printed money that was not backed by gold and silver.

b)

It lost federal money by giving out unworthy loans.

c)

It placed federal money in a secure facility.

d)

It loaned money to members of Congress and they didn't pay it back.

7.

What made the "Civilized Tribes" "civilized"?

a)

they became christioans

b)

they owned property

c)

they created written constituitons

d)

they farmed

8.

Who belonged to the "civilized tribes"

a)

Cherokee

b)

Seminole

c)

Black Hawk

d)

Apache

9.

The idea of nullification promotes

a)

Nationalism

b)

Judicial Review

c)

expansion

d)

states' rights

10.

Jackson fired many members of the previous president and replaced them with his supporters, this is known as

a)

nullification

b)

rotation in office

c)

the Spoils System

d)

Jacksonian Democracy

11.

What executive power does Andrew Jackson often use during his presidency?

a)

re-chartering the Bank of the United States

b)

Judicial Review

c)

Presidential Veto

d)

Nullification

12.

match the terms with the correct definition

a)

Whig

1.

In 1840, this political party will run W

b)

Panic of 1837

2.

a U.S. financial crisis in which banks

c)

Tariff of Abominations

3.

From the South’s point of view, this was

d)

Bank of the United States

4.

Andrew Jackson vetoed this in 1836.

13.

Match the people with the correct identification

a)

John Tyler

1.

President became how followed Harrison

b)

John C Calhoun

2.

Was anger over the tariff of 1828

c)

Martin Van Buren

3.

Elected president in 1836 after Jackson

d)

William Henry Harrison

4.

Whig who was portrayed as a "common man"

14.

What state was angry of the high tariff/Tariff of abmoninations and threatened to nullify it?

a)

South Carolina

b)

North Carolina

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Missouri

15.

Why did Andrew Jackson veto the Bank of the United States?

a)

He felt it was unconstitutional

b)

he felt it her the common man

c)

he liked wildcat banks more

d)

he hated money

16.

Jackson’s first vice-president, John C Calhoun, publicly disagreed with him on the subject of states’ rights.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What president is responsible for forcibley removing Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi river?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

John Tyler

18.

What is the message of this cartoon?

a)

He is ruling the people like they want to be ruled.

b)

He is ruling like an absolute monarch= too much power.

c)

The power of the president should be increased

d)

American wants to become a monarchy

19.

Who would have agreed with this cartoon?

a)

The people of South Carolina

b)

The Cherokee Indians

c)

Whig party members

d)

Western democrats

20.

Which presidential candidate is being portrayed here as a "common man"?

a)

Andrew Jackson

b)

Martin Van Buren

c)

William Henry Harrison

d)

John Tyler