Chapter 11 Review

What was Jackson's role in causing the Panic of 1837?

• He prohibited small banks from making loans.

• He approved the early renewal of the Second Bank's charter.

• He succeeded in putting the Second Bank out of business.

• He made small banks transfer their funds to the Second bank.

Why did Jackson require people to use gold and silver to buy land?

• to fight inflation

• to conserve paper

• to reestablish a national bank

• to use up excess gold and silver

How had the Democratic-Republican party split by the 1828 election?

• between the military and civilians

• between white men and people of color

• between rich easterners and common men

• between western farmers and southern plantation owners

What was one key reason for Andrew Jackson's victory in 1828?

• Voting rights had been extended to women,

• Voting rights had been extended to Native Americans.

• Voting rights had been extended to African Americans.

• Voting rights had been extended to white men without property.

What "spoils" did Jackson's critics accuse him of giving his supporters?

• land

• money

• political positions

• government loans

What was the purpose of the Indian Removal Act?

• to give the U.S. government control of Native American land

• to declare Native Americans as conquered subjects of the United States

• to prevent state governments from forcing Native Americans off their land

• to give the U.S. government control of Native American land in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska

Why was William Henry Harrison a national figure before the election of 1840?

• He was a senator.

• He was a war hero

• He helped form the Whig Party

• He opposed the Indian Removal Act

What happened to most Native Americans who resisted relocation?

• They signed treaties and were removed to Indian Territory.

• They were defeated and removed to Indian Territory.

• They defeated U.S. troops and stayed on their land.

• They won legal cases that prevented their removal.

Which group had some members remain on their land?

• the Cherokee

• the Creek

• the Sauk and Fox

• the Seminole

What act of resistance lasted the longest?

• Creek War

• Black Hawk War

• Second Seminole War

• Cherokee Supreme Court Cases