Unit 4- Westward Expansion

The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is best known for an expansion in

• Freedom of speech

• Religious toleration

• States rights

• Voting rights

Which action did the Cherokee take to resist their removal from Georgia and North Carolina to the west?

• Sued the state of Georgia in the state courts and appealed to the Supreme Court

• Destroyed neighbors farms and businesses

• Went to war against the U.S government for 7 years

• Staged a protest called the trail of tears

The debate between John C Calhoun and Daniel Webster over states rights was most like the debate between:

• Patriots and the loyalists

• Antifederalists and the Federalists

• England and France during the French and Indian War

• Large states and small states during the constitutional convention

President Jackson’s veto of the renewal for the second national bank of the U.S resulted in:

• Inflation and other economic problems in the Panic of 1837

• The nullification crisis and the enforcement of the Tariff of 1828

• Rise of the Democratic Party and the Republicans

• Increasing sectionalism among North, West, and South

The supreme court ruling in the case of Worcester v. Georgia established what?

• The Policy of Native American Removal

• Determined that Georgia's laws didn’t apply to the Cherokees since they were a sovereign nation

• Andrew Jackson was guilty of committing genocide

• Established protective tariffs for imported goods, leading to the Nullifcation Crisis.

In general, what position did Californios take toward the Mexican-American War?

• They supported the war because they wanted independence from Mexico

• They supported the war because they wanted to become U.S citizens

• They opposed the war because they feared it might bring an end to slavery

• They opposed the war because they didn’t want to lose control over California

The main attraction of Texas for many Americans in the 1820s and 1830s was the:

• Freedom to practice the Catholic faith

• Availability of cheap or free land

• Desire to become citizens of Mexico

• Mexican rebellion

Andrew Jackson's campaign had many focuses, however the basis of all his policies was based on the idea that he was the champion of the "______ ___".

• Native Americans

• Slaves and Freedman

• Common Man

• The Wealthy Elites

The Indian Removal Act was one of the United States's most controversial actions because it used the U.S military in the _________ of Native Americans west of the Mississippi.

• Nullification

• Intervention

• Suffrage

• Resettlement

The underground railroad was made initially to rescue slaves from southern plantations. One individual who escaped through the railroad and later became its most famous conductor was _____ ______

• Sojourner Truth

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Andrew Jackson

• Harriet Tubman