First Six Presidents Quiz-- Small Group

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"Jacksonian Democracy" is associated with which of these characteristics?

• voting rights extended to all adult, white males
• suffrage for all people in the United States
• a nation governed by upper and middle class educated property owners

Which early president passed the unpopular Alien & Sedition acts, which restricted people speaking out against the government and allowed him to deport foreigners?

• President James Madison
• President George Washington
• President John Adams

Andrew Jackson was the first president to

• champion states’ rights at the expense of national sovereignty.
• veto Congressional bills with which he strongly disagreed.
• intensify the use of the spoils system in federal government.

The cartoon seen here refers to the "Spoils System." Which of these BEST describes the Spoils System?

• appointing unqualified people to lead
• giving governmental positions to politically loyal individuals
• gaining the favor of the electorate by promising them improvements

During the early 1800s the British Navy began to take U.S. sailors and sea merchants captive during the early 1800s, forcing them to work on British ships. What was this practice called?

• imprisonment
• impressment
• slavery

The earliest disputes in the United States government could be traced to

• educational differences.
• religious differences.
• geographic differences.

Which president was responsible for signing the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• Thomas Jefferson
• James Buchanan
• Andrew Jackson

What document upheld George Washington's policy of avoiding European entanglements and guided the U.S. foreign policy for many years?

• Tariff of 1816
• Embargo Act of 1807
• Monroe Doctrine

The United States declared war on Great Britain in 1812 because...

• the British claimed rights to the territory of California.
• the British navy repeatedly seized American merchant ships.
• British companies refused to pay debts to US banks.