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The practice under president Andrew Jackson of rewarding political supporters with jobs in the civil service became known as
a) Spoils system
b) Jacksonian system
c) Federal system
d) Nepotism

What century did the War of 1812 take place during?
a) 16th Century
b) 17th Century
c) 18th Century
d) 19th Century

What part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North the most?
a) Slave trade outlawed in DC
b) Strict fugitive slave law
c) CA free state
d) Kansas and Nebraska popular sovereignty

Who was president during the Mexican American War?
a) James Madison
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Andrew Jackson
d) James K. Polk

What happened to the White House during the war of 1812?
a) It was not built yet
b) It was burned to the ground by the British
c) Dolley Madison had a cooking fire
d) James Madison renovated it

Which of the following is one of the main causes of the War of 1812?
a) Invasion of Washington D.C.
b) Impressment of Americans
c) Desire for land around Mexico
d) Debt owed to Great Britain

Who coined the phrase Manifest Destiny?
a) John O’ Sullivan
b) John Green
c) John Smith
d) John Adams

Today, society sees slavery as a moral issue. During the antebellum era, how did the South mainly view slavery?
a) geographic
b) Social
c) Economic
d) Political

Who was the president that initiated the Indian Removal Act?
a) Andrew Jackson
b) Andrew Johnson
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) James K. Polk

The War of 1812 was between?
a) United States and England
b) Great Britain and The United Kingdom
c) United States and Mexico
d) United States and France

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