Download Age of Jackson PreTest 2014 ____ 1. Who decided the election of

Age of Jackson PreTest 2014
____ 1. Who decided the election of 1824?
a. people
b. Electoral College
c. Senate
d. House of Representatives
____ 2. During the Nullification Crisis, what did the South threaten to do?
a. secede
b. go to war
c. expand
d. stop paying taxes
____ 3. What was passed by Congress in 1830 forcing the Native Americans to move
west?
a. Alien Act
b. Indian Removal Act
c. Relocation Act
d. Naturalization Act
____ 4. During Andrew Jackson’s presidency, the “spoils system” resulted in-a. federal law being nullified by the states
b. the expansion of the right to vote to all free males
c. an end to political corruption in the federal government
d. rewarding supporters of elected officials with government jobs
____ 5. Which political leader argued that states could nullify Federal laws?
a. John Quincy Adams
b. John C. Calhoun
c. Henry Clay
d. Daniel Webster
____ 6. As a result of the actions of congress in 1807-a. slavery was banned
b. it was illegal to transport or acquire people as slaves
c. it was illegal to bring people to the United States for slavery, but
owning slaves continued to be legal
d. it was legal to bring people into the United States from Latin
America for slavery, but not from places outside the Western
Hemisphere
____ 7. In Worcester v Georgia the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee
nation. However, President Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling,
and the result was the.-a. Trail of Tears
b. Missouri Compromise
c. Bleeding Kansas conflict
d. Texas Revolution
____ 8. Many Americans supported the Indian Removal Act of 1830 because it-a. punished Native Americans for attacks on Washington D.C.
b. opened Native American lands to settlement by white settlement
c. forced U.S. citizenship on Native Americans
d. forced Native American leaders out of Congress
____ 9. What was President Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis?
a. he admitted that the Union was a “compact” of states
b. he conceded South Carolina’s right to secede
c. he offered to raise tariffs to keep South Carolina in the Union
d. he threatened to use force against South Carolina if it did not
repeal its nullification policies
____10. What factor best explains the large increase in voters between the election of
1824 and 1828?
a. former slaves were emancipated and allowed to vote
b. an amendment was enacted ending voting fees
c. women were given the right to vote
d. many states had put an end to property qualifications
____11. What was the South’s objection to the higher tariffs enacted by Congress?
a. they would allow them access to cheap foreign imports
b. they would prevent domestic manufacturing from growing
c. they would redistribute wealth among American social classes
d. they would make it more difficult to export crops
____12. Andrew Jackson’s election victory in 1828 depended largely on support from
a. the rich and well-born
b. Native Americans
c. the common people
d. states’ rights supporters
____13. The Nullification Crisis was triggered by strong opposition to the
a. Force Bill
b. Indian Removal Act
c. Tariff of Abominations
d. Bank of the United States
____14. Who was most upset by Jackson’s crusade to destroy the Bank of the United
States?
a. the rich and well-born
b. Native Americans
c. the common people
d. states’ rights supporters
____15. This painting shows Andrew Jackson as
a. a crusader for states’ rights
b. a champion of the spoils system
c. the protector of Native Americans
d. the hero of the Battle of New Orleans
____16. What event is depicted in this image?
a. The Trail of Tears
b. Andrew Jackson’s inauguration
c. The Nullification Crisis
d. President Jackson’s bank battle
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c.
d.
South Carolina nullifies tariffs
First election of Andrew Jackson as president
John Quincy Adams elected president
Trail of Tears
____17. First
____18. Second
____19. Fourth
____20. Third
Age of Jackson PreTest 2014
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