SS.8.A.4.16 Andrew Jackson Question Preview (ID: 35630)
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What is the term for when a President does not approve of a bill proposed by Congress?
a) Nullify
b) Spoils system
c) Veto
d) Charter
What President initiated the spoils system?
a) James Monroe
b) James Madison
c) William Henry Harrison
d) Andrew Jackson
What is the spoils system?
a) Firing enemies and hiring friends
b) Cancelling all bills created by the previous president
c) Making someone look bad in an election
d) Creating your own secret group of advisers to help you do your job
What is the term for trying to damage an opponents reputation in a political election?
a) Spoils system
b) Mudslinging
c) Throwing shade
d) Muckraking
What was the name of friends Jackson created to help advise him because he did not trust his own cabinet?
a) The Living Room Group
b) The Kitchen Cabinet
c) The Jackson five
d) The spoilers
When South Carolina tried to nullify the Tariff of 1832, what were they trying to do?
a) Re-write it
b) Renew it
c) Cancel it
d) Secede from the country
What is the purpose of a protective tariff?
a) For the government to make more money
b) To help build roads, canals, and schools
c) To protect American businesses by making it more expensive for people to buy imported goods
d) To protect the shipping industry by encouraging trade between the United States and other countries
Which of the following was NOT a voting requirement in most states in 1828 when Andrew Jackson was elected?
a) White
b) Male
c) Over 18
d) Property owner
Which of the following was NOT a reason the 1828 election was different from previous elections?
a) It was the first time someone who won the popular vote did not win the election in the electoral college
b) More people could vote since property requirements had been dropped in most states
c) It was the first time negative campaigning (mudslinging) was widely used
d) It was the first time President and Vice President were voted for together on the same ticket
What was the name of the act approved by Jackson that allowed for the relocation of Natives from the Southern states?
a) Indian Relocation Act
b) Indian Removal Act
c) Trail of Tears
d) Treaty of Fort Jackson
How did the Cherokee Natives try to resist being moved out of their homes in Georgia?
a) They staged a protest
b) They sued the government and took their case to the Supreme Court
c) They asked for a peace treaty with Andrew Jackson himself
d) They fought many wars against the Americans
What was the result of the Supreme Court Cases (Worcester v. Georgia and Cherokee Nation v. Georgia) the Cherokees brought to the Supreme Court?
a) They were entitled to their land and got to keep it
b) They were entitled to their land, but they could not sue the government
c) They were not entitled to their land and lost everything
d) They were not entitled to their land and should have to pay for their own removal
How did Andrew Jackson react to the decision of the Supreme Court regarding the Cherokees?
a) He fought for them to keep their land
b) He ignored it and allowed military force to be used to remove them
c) He ignored it and started a war against them
d) He created an amendment so that they could keep their land
How did Andrew Jackson feel about the National Bank?
a) He thought it only benefited the wealthy and should be removed
b) He thought it was useful in keeping America's money safe
c) He thought it helped improve the economy
d) He thought it was constitutional
How did Andrew Jackson react to the bank?
a) He brought a case against it in the Supreme Court
b) He vetoed the charter to renew the bank
c) He stole all of the money out of the bank and put it in smaller banks
d) He created an amendment protecting the bank
What state tried to nullify the Tariff of 1832?
a) North Carolina
b) New York
c) Virginia
d) South Carolina
Why did the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 make Southerners angry?
a) It put a tax on imported manufactured items and the South did'nt have the resources to make stuff they now had to pay more
b) It put a tax on slaves which were important to the economy of the South
c) It allowed foreign countries to sell their products to the United States for cheaper
d) It made them pay more for whiskey
How did Andrew Jackson react to South Carolina's attempt to nullify the tariff?
a) He let them and it started the Civil War
b) He got Congress to sign the Force Bill giving him the power to use the military to force South Carolina to pay the tax
c) He marched the army into South Carolina himself and forced them to take back their nullification act
d) He didn't react and left the problem for the next Presdient
Which of the following was NOT a problem caused by the nullification crisis?
a) It made Andrew Jackson look too powerful
b) It brought the issue of states rights, can states go against the National government if they disagree, into question
c) It started the Civil War
d) It allowed Andrew Jackson to look friendly towards manufacturing since he protected the tariff
Which of the following was NOT a belief/trait of Andrew Jackson and the New Democratic Party?
a) Ordinary people should have more of a role in the government
b) They were suspicious of bankers and speculators
c) They supported farming
d) They supported manufacturing, industry, and trade
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