The Jacksonian Era Lesson

The Jacksonian Era Lesson

by Joshua Collins

Multiple Choice

One of the goals of the Indian Removal Act was to -

• avoid conflict between Natives and white settlers

• assimilate Natives into American culture

• protect Native American culture

• bring peace between Natives and slaves

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When Jackson was president, some felt that government leaders were unqualified because --

• Jackson awarded jobs to his political supporters (spoils system)

• Many did not vote in the elections

• Jackson only gave jobs to rich people.

• Jackson always said bad things about those he appointed

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The Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal Act, and Era of the Common Man are all part of which era?

• Jacksonian Era

• Anti-Federalists Era

• Constitution Era

• Antebellum Era

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How was suffrage (the right to vote) expanded during Jackson's presidency?

• Owning property was no longer a qualification to vote

• African Americans voted for the first time

• women were allowed to vote

• White men were no longer the only people who could vote

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The Indian Removal Act led to --

• the forced relocation of American Indians

• the end of discrimination against American Indians

• the removal of white settlers from American Indian lands

• the end of the National Bank

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How did Jackson react to the Worcester v. Georgia Supreme Court case?

• He ignored it and allowed the forced removal of Cherokee Nation.

• He allowed Cherokee Nation to remain on their lands.

• He agreed with the ruling and apologized to Cherokee Nation.

• He got into a fist fight with Chief Justice John Marshall

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South Carolina defended the idea of states' rights when they -

• tried to nullify a federal law

• tried to amend the Constitution

• protested against the Bill of Rights

• tried to get federal funds for their state

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When the state of Georgia tried to removed the Cherokee from their lands, the Cherokee decided to --

• take their case to court against Georgia

• move peacefully to the West

• declare war against Georgia

• burn all the land around them as retaliation

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The Nullification Crisis was a debate over whether or not a state has the right to --

• cancel or overrule an act passed by Congress

• end slavery

• allow women to vote

• veto a national bank

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The Cherokees refused to move off their land. Instead, they decided to --

• take legal action by challenging Georgia's laws before the Supreme Court

• ask the government for money to buy the land.

• ask Jackson for help in keeping their land.

• declare war on the state of Georgia

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What was the "corrupt bargain"?

• Jackson's claim that John Quincy Adams won the presidency by wrongly giving Clay a job

• A trade deal with Canada that Jackson claimed was unethical

• Jackson's claim that the treaty between the federal government and the Cherokee nation was illegal

• An agreement between John Calhoun and Henry Clay that really angered Jackson

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What was the consequence of Jackson getting rid of the National Bank?

• The economy crashed and hurt regular people

• It hurt only the rich

• It did not have a major impact on the economy

• It created violent protests in the streets

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Giving government jobs to friends or political backers is called

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Spoils system

• Democratic Party

• Hooking it up!

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To leave or withdraw

• secede

• peace out

• Jacksonian Democracy

• spoils system

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Lands where Native americans were forceed to move to, present day Oklahoma and Nebraska

• Indian Country

• Indian Territory

• Reservations

• Morongo

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The name of the forced march of teh Cherokees to the West in 1838.

• Trail of Tears

• Lewis and Clark Trail

• Tears for Trails

• Trail of Death

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The candidate the defeated Jackson in 1824, and he vowed to get revenge for his loss

• James Monroe

• John Adams

• John Quincy Adams

• Martin Van Buren

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The political party Jackson formed after losing the 1824 election, to represent the common man.

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Democratic-Republicans

• Federalists

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Jackson felt this only made the rich richer and not the farmers and factory workers.

• national bank

• state banks

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Jackson favored these instead of teh national bank.

• Sectional banks

• national bank

• state banks

• Bank of America

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The idea of spreading democracy to the "common man".

• Democracy

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Spoils system

• Jackson's inauguration

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

• popular votes

• electoral votes

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The Supreme Court decided that the national bank was this? JAckson ignored it anyways...

• Constitutional

• Unconstitutional

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a tariff is a tax on _______ goods

• imported

• exported

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Jackson carried a deep hatred of this country

• France

• America

• Spain

• England

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Why was South Carolina so upset were they threatened to secede during the Nullification Crisis?

• tariffs

• national bank

• Cherokee Removal

• Jacksonian Democracy

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During the Nullification Crisis, what was really being tested?

• states overriding federal laws

• ignoring the Supreme Court decisions

• sectional favoritism in laws

• if states can leave the counrty

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

• common
• wealthy
• aristocratic 
• American Indian

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During the Jacksonian Era, some states changed their  _____ qualifications - expanding suffrage (right to vote). 

• voter
• academic
• banking

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The definition for suffrage is

• voting rights
• unalienable rights
• church rights

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During Jackson's presidency he rewarded supporters of his campaign with government jobs.  What was the called?

• Spoils System
• Friend System
• Republican Party

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The supreme court case that ruled the national bank was constitutional.

• McCulloch V. Maryland
• Worcester V. Georgia
• Marbury V. Madison

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The cartoon reflects the opinion that President Jackson - 

• was not a qualified monarch.
• was unable to make important decisions.
• was abusing the power of the presidency.

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

• agriculture (farming)
• manufacturing
• apartment buildings

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

• Indian Reorganization Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Indian Removal Act

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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?

• McCulloch V. Maryland
• Worcester V. Georgia
• Marbury V. Madison

Multiple Choice

Which of these men did NOT run for the presidency in 1824?

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• William Henry Harrison

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What is a slogan?

• catchy phrase meant to attract and keep attention

• the laws that tell who can vote and when the civil right to vote

• political party lead by Andrew Jackson from 1828-1856

• a button worn by political supporters

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

• Old Public Functionary

• Old Hickory

• Big Andy

• The Waxhaws Warthog

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Which two men were accused by Democrats of making the "corrupt bargain" when deciding the Election of 1824?

• John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay

• William Crawford and John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams

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

• white men who owned land

• white men who did not own land

• white women who owned land

• slaves who had been freed from slavery

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Who won the election of 1824?

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

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What did Andrew Jackson do as a result of the "Corrupt Bargaining"?

• He ran against Adams in the next election and won

• He fought him on the streets

• He created his own country

• He went and cried

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In the election fo 1824, all 4 candidates were from which political party?

• Democrat
• Democratic-Republicans
• Whig
• Federalist

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What political party faded away after the War of 1812?

• Whigs
• Democratic-Repulicans
• Federalists
• Know Nothing Party

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

• farmers & women
• women & property owners
• African Americans & indentured servants
• women & African Americans

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

• the Boston harbor
• the executive branch
• the slave trade
• the National Bank

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What did Jackson attack because he felt it only helped the wealthy?

• Factory
• Second National Bank
• Cherokee Tribe
• Tariff

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Which two parties developed in 1828?

• Federalists & Democratic-Republicans
• Democrats & National Republicans
• Whigs & National Republicans
• National Republicans & Federalists

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What is the term that refers to the hurling insults at others, which was first used by Andrew Jackson & John Quincy Adams during the 1828 election to persuade voters?

• Campaigning
• Mudslinging
• Bargaining
• Debating

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Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from whom?

• the wealthy and educated
• Native Americans
• the common people
• states'  rights supporters

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True or False:  Jackson's veto of the bank led to the Panic of 1837.

• True
• False

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Which section of the U.S. disliked tariffs?

• North
• South 
• West
• East

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How did state banks contribute to the Panic of 1837?

• only accepting gold or silver
• refusing to give loans
• printing more & more paper money
• all of the above

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What did Jackson do that ended the nullification crisis?

• passed a higher tariff
• fired his Vice President
• burned down every home in South Carolina
• threatened to use Army to enforce the law

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Who allegedly used his position as Speaker of the House to sway the presidential election of 1824 for Adams?

• Andrew Jackson
• John C. Calhoun
• Henry Clay

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The idea that the common people should control their government is known as

• Jacksonian Democracy.
• the Spoils System.
• the Nullification Crisis.
• Civil Servants.

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How was the election of 1824 decided?

• By the Senate.
• With a duel.
• By the House of Representatives.
• By the most votes.

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Why was the election of 1824 decided by the House of Representatives? 

• No candidate received a majority of the electoral votes.
• Because the candidates tied.
• No candidate received a majority of the popular votes.

Multiple Choice

Andrew Jackson was the ____ president of the United States.

• First
• Forty-first
• Sixteenth
• Seventh

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Which president fought in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• Andrew Jackson
• Abraham Lincoln

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Putting the interests of a region above the interests of the nation is called -

• nationalism.
• patriotism.
• sectionalism.
• doing the right thing.

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The primary goal of Henry Clay's American System was to -

• prevent foreign wars from affecting the U.S.
• industrialize the smaller towns in the U.S.
• create a sense of nationalism in the U.S.
• make the United States economically independent.

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_________________________ was Elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1823 and served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 – 1837.

• John Marshall

• Election of 1824

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

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The _____________________________ was a national economic plan put forth by Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and the Whig party throughout the first half of the 19^thcentury. The plan consisted of three major components: Pass high tariffs (taxes) on imports, to protect American businesses, and to increase revenues.

• Jacksonian Democracy

• American System

• Indian Removal Act

• Corrupt Bargain

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In May 1834, sixty delegates attended the Second State Constitutional Convention in Nashville, this led to the __________________________________.

• Tennessee Constitution of 1834

• Jacksonian Democracy

• American System

• Worcester v. Georgia

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____________________________ was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835.

• Andrew Jackson

• Indian Removal Act

• Henry Clay

• John Marshall

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_________________________________________ was a supreme court case which ruled that state laws were not valid on Cherokee land. President Jackson ignored the ruling and ordered the Indian’s be removed from their land.

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Worcester v. Georgia

• John Marshall

• Tennessee Constitution of 1834

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The ______________________________ was a United States sectional political crisis in 1832–33, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government.

• Corrupt Bargain

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Nullification Crisis

• American System

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_________________________________________ was a supreme court case which ruled that states could not prevent the federal government from establishing national banks within their borders.

• Worcester v. Georgia

• John Marshall

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Indian Removal Act

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_____________________ was formed by Jackson and his supporters, believed in a small federal government with limited power over the states. Supported the rights of the “Common Man” and appealed to factory workers and farmers.

• Nullification Crisis

• American System

• Andrew Jackson

• Jacksonian Democracy

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The _____________________________ was notable because there were four candidate all representing the Democratic-Republican Party. Led to the “Corrupt Bargain” and the election of John Quincy Adams by the House of Representatives.

• Andrew Jackson

• Tennessee Constitution of 1834

• Election of 1824

• John Marshal

Multiple Choice

Which President's wife (Rachel)  died of a heart attack before he was inaugurated as President?

• Thomas Jefferson
• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• Martin Van Buren

Multiple Choice

Aristocracy

• a system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends

• to reject a law

• a powerful and harsh ruler

• group of most wealthy and privileged

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to divide into opposing groups

• polarizing

• inhabitant

• entitled

• petitioned

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capable

• inhavitant

• competent

• petitioned

• polarizing

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Veto

• defect

• to reject a law

• competent

• make a formal or written request

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left a job or position

• entitled

• resigned

• exempt

• petitioned

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inauguration

• to divide into opposing groups

• made a formal or written request

• a ceremony in which an official takes an oath of office

• one living permanently in a place

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free from obligation

• exempt

• nullify

• resigned

• entitled

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one living permanently in a given place

• inhabitant

• petitioned

• entitled

• polarizing

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Why did lawmakers in Tennessee decide they needed a new state constitution?

• They wanted firm rules on how to create new counties

• They wanted to give women the right to vote

• They wanted to give free African-Americans the right to vote

• They wanted to end slavery in the state

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How did Tennessee decided to handle the slavery issue in 1834?

• They abolished slavery

• They reaffirmed the right to own slaves

• They left it to slaveowners to free their slaves

• They created a 5 year plan to slowly get rid of slavery