Age of Jackson Era STAAR

Gold was discovered on Cherokee land---Georgia annexed Cherokee land and abolished Cherokee government and laws---The Cherokees refused to move from their land
One attempt to resolve this issue without violence involved which action?

• the Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia's anti-Cherokee laws before the US Supreme Court
• Georgia asked the federal government for funds to buy Cherokee land
• the Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia
• Georgia offered to grant citizenship to the Cherokees

Speaker 1: A state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress. After all, the national government shares the power with the states.
Speaker 2: I believe that you are wrong. The states do share power with the federal government, but the Constitution says the national government has supremacy.
These speakers are debating an issue that became known as the ...

• Monroe Doctrine
• Nullification Crisis
• Missouri Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise

I consider then, then power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution...
--Proclamation, President Andrew Jackson
This proclamation was issued during the...

• Shay's Rebellion
• War of 1812
• Nullification Crisis
• Civil War

In 1832 the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia did not have the legal authority over the Cherokees living in the state. President Andrew Jackson responded to this decision by...

• filing another petition against the Cherokee Nation
• ignoring the ruling and allowing Georgia to evict the Cherokee Nation
• ordering state officials in Georgia to negotiate with the Cherokee Nation
• asking Congress to pay reparations to the Cherokee Nation

What area of the United States was the main destination for American Indians forced to relocate as part of the Trail of Tears?

• Oregon
• Oklahoma
• California
• Texas

During the 1830's public servants and officials were widely perceived to e unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception?

• The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliation.
• The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions.
• The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve as ambassadors.
• Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders.

The Presidential Election of 1824
Andrew Jackson won the most Electoral College but did not have a majority---Under the 12th Amendment, the decision was turned over to the House of Representatives and John Quincy Adams was elected---Jackson's supporters called Adam's election the result of a "corrupt bargain"
What was one effect of the events on the next election in 1828?

• Votes were cast by secret ballot
• Property qualifications for voting were strengthened
• Poll taxes were reduced
• Voter participation increased

President Jackson believed that the _____________ was a corrupt institution and gave too much power to a private institution.

• US Bank
• Federal Government
• Congress
• Daffy Duck