Ch. 11 Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears

· 1.In the election of 1824, the four candidates were all ____.

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Democratic Republicans

• Nationalists

· 2.Who decided the election of 1824?

• Supreme Court

• Electoral College

• House of Representatives

• voters

· 4.Why did President Jackson devise the spoils system?

• to give jobs to his supporters

• to create a new Cabinet position

• to choose his Cabinet members

• to choose a justice for the Supreme Court

· 5.Although President Jackson believed in states' rights, he supported ____.

• Supreme Cour

• nullification

• secession

• a strong nation

· 7.____ showed that the United States was becoming more democratic during the Jackson era.

• Use of the spoils system

• Changes in state requirements to vote

• An increase in political parties

• Use of tariffs to protect American goods

· 8.The "Five Civilized Tribes" consisted of the ____.

• Cherokee, Creek, Osage, Seminole, and Kiowa

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Seminole, and Creek

• Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole

• Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Kiowa, and Cherokee

· 9.The Indian Removal Act ____.

• created the Indian Territory

• paid settlers to occupy the Native American lands

• ended the Americans' fight against the Seminole

• paid Native Americans to relocate

The ____ had a separate nation within the state of Georgia.

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Seminole

• Creek

· 11.What was the case of Worcester v. Georgia about?

• a dispute between Georgia and the town of Worcester

• a dispute over federal government tariffs

• a Supreme Court decision about Native American rights

• a Supreme Court decision about the statehood of Georgia

· 12.When the Cherokee protested their removal, ____.

• they decided to stay and fight

• the government gave them land in the Florida territory

• President Jackson met with them to find a peaceful solution

• President Van Buren sent the army to force them to move