SS: Ch. 12 Section 1 & 2 Quiz

Which of the following is true about the election of 1824?

• all candidates were from the same Political Party

• 4 men ran for President

• All of the above are true

What did Andrew Jackson's practice of rewarding his political backers become known as?

• Jacksonian Democracy

• The Spoils System

• Popular Sovereignty

Why was Sequoia an important figure in the 1800's?

• he wrote the Constitution of the Seminole people

• he invented a writing system for the Cherokee language

• he led the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears

Which was NOT a reason the Cherokee were forced to move west?

• All Cherokee accepted white customs and ways of life

• Andrew Jackson believed his ruling to remove them was fair

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

What was the central principle of Jacksonian Democracy?

• spreading political power to common people

• practicing the spoils system and supporting industrialization

• using tariffs to increase federal funds/money

What was NOT true about the "Trail of Tears?"

• federal troops rounded up over 16,000 Native Amerians

• over 4,000 of them died

• Native Americans volunteered to leave their land

These states made up "Indian Territory"

• Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas

• Nebraska, Kansas, and Arkansas

• Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska

The president whose election was seen as ENDING control of the government by the educated elite was:

• James Monroe

• Andrew Jackson

In the election of 1824, all candidates were from:

• 2 different political parties

• the same political party

• none were part of a political party

Congress passed this in 1830 to give whites more land

• Extension of Voting Rights

• Indian Removal Act

• Chicago Blackhawks