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What patriotic song was written by a person looking at an American flag that was still standing after Great Britain bombarded Baltimore's Fort McHenry for 25 hours in 1814?
a) The Star-Spangled Banner
b) Battle Hymn of the Republic
c) The Pledge of Allegiance
d) America the Beautiful

In the War of 1812, the United States was at war with which country?
a) Spain
b) France
c) Great Britain
d) Mexico

George Washington said it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. What issue was Washington addressing in the quote?
a) he did not want the United States to become too involved in the affairs of other countries
b) he did not want the United States to export goods to other countries
c) he wanted the United States to make more alliances with other countries
d) he wanted the United States to end the slave trade

Before and during Jackson's term as president, Southern states argued that Native American land
a) should be given a Native American government
b) was under the authority of state governments
c) should be made into new, individual states
d) was under the authority of the federal government

In 1832, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that the state of Georgia had not right to force Cherokee from their natives lands. Why did this ruling have little positive effect?
a) the Trail of Tears had already occurred
b) the Cherokee nation chose to move to Canada
c) Georgia had no interest in Cherokee lands
d) President Jackson did not enforce the ruling

Which of the following decisions of Andrew Jackson is considered one of the causes of the economic depression in the late 1830s?
a) allowing Georgia to drive Native Americans out of open lands
b) using a ruthless political strategy in order to get elected
c) destroying the Second Bank of the United States
d) using force to combat South Carolina's nullification laws

Andrew Jackson won the presidential election with 56% of the popular vote and 68% of the Electoral College votes. His big margin of victory was due to his popularity and his ability to be seen as a
a) powerful speaker
b) strong politician
c) good negotiator
d) common man

Jacksonian Democracy supported a strong executive branch, the use of the spoils system, and ???
a) expansion of state taxes
b) isolationist foreign policy
c) abolition of slavery
d) more power for the common man

In the summer of 1832, Jackson's opponents rushed a Congressional bill to recharter which of the following?
a) West Indian Company
b) Second Bank of the United States
c) Massachusetts Bay Colony
d) Sons of Liberty

The Trail of Tears got its name most likely because
a) the ice on the trail looked like teardrops
b) many settlers cried along the way
c) the soldiers were sorry for what they had done
d) so many Cherokee died on the march

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