Unit 10: Jackson Era

"a state has the right to overrule an act passed by Congress. After all, the national government is supposed to share power with the states." Which issue do you think is being discussed?

• Monroe Doctrine

• Nullification Crisis

• Missouri Compromise

• Electoral College

Who could now vote in the early 1820s?

• Women

• Native Americans

• Non-landowning white males

• Tax payers

Which was a result of the spoils system?

• 
  federal laws being nullified by states.

• 
  elected officials rewarding their supporters with government jobs.

• 
  all free males being given the right to vote.

• 
  the end of political corruption in the federal government.

What was the "Corrupt Bargain" in the election of 1824?

• Jackson agreed to use mudslinging against Adams.

• Jackson and Adams agreed not to run against each other.

• Jackson used Clay's influence in the House to win the Presidency.

• Adams used Clay's influence in the House to win the Presidency.

How did the Cherokee solve their issue with Georgia without violence?

• Georgia offered to grant U.S. citizenship to the Cherokees.

• The Cherokee Nation asked President Andrew Jackson to negotiate with Georgia.

• Georgia asked the federal government for funds to purchase Cherokee land.

• The Cherokee Nation challenged Georgia's anti-Cherokee laws before the U.S. Supreme Court.

How did the Seminole Wars end?

• the Seminoles getting to keep all of their land.

• the Seminoles retreating into the Everglades and remaining there.

• the Seminoles being massacred because they tried to fight back.

• all of the Seminoles moving west to the Indian Territory.

Why did Andrew Jackson want to remove American Indians from their homeland?

• Jackson wanted to open up more land for white settlement.

• Jackson wanted to make himself wealthy by removing the American Indians.

• Jackson believed that the Constitution required the removal of the American Indians.

• Jackson believed that American Indian villages offered a safe haven for indentured servants.

Which was a common opinion of Andrew Jackson?

• not qualified to be president.

• unable to make important decisions.

• 
  abusing the power of the presidency.

• overly influenced by European political ideas.

What did Jackson's Force Bill do?

• Maine was forced to enter the union as a free state.

• The Cherokee people were forced off of their land.

• Missouri was forced to enter the union as a free state.

• 
  South Carolina was forced to accept the federal tariff.

How did Jackson respond to the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia?

• He supported the Court's ruling that Georgia could not interfere with the Cherokee.

• He supported the Court's ruling that the Cherokee had to be removed from their land.

• He refused to follow the Court's ruling that Georgia could not interfere with the Cherokee.

• He refused to follow the Court's ruling that the Cherokee had to be removed from their land.