Unit 6 Test

What does the Indian Removal Act do?

• Pushes all Native Americans into Florida
• Allows Georgia to use Native Americans as slaves
• Enacts the policy of assimilation
• Moves Native Americans west beyond the Mississippi River

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

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

• the spoils system.
• Jacksonian democracy.
• mudslinging.
• a corrupt bargain.

Why were many more people allowed to vote during Andrew Jackson's presidency?

• A man didn't have to own property anymore to vote
• tariffs were lowered
• women gained the right to vote
• African Americans were allowed to vote

Andrew Jackson was seen as a national hero after defeating the British at what battle?

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Saratoga

The movement of the Cherokee to Oklahoma (800 miles) where thousands were moved and many died is known as -

• Trail of Tears
• Spoils System
• Nullification Crisis
• Bleeding Kansas

What term was used to describe a person who wanted to see slavery come to an end?

• a liberator

• a federalist

• a loyalist

• an abolitionist

Former slave, ___________, published both an autobiography and an abolitionist newspaper called The North Star.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Nat Turner

• Elihu Embree

A journalist named ___________ published an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator.

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Nat Turner

• Elihu Embree

The first women's convention was held in __________ to declare that women should have equal rights to men, including the right to vote.

• London

• Seneca Falls

• Pennsylvania

• New York City