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Which of these presidents was raised in poverty?
a) President Adams
b) President Clay
c) President Jackson
d) President Van Buren

In the election of 1824, which candidate received the fewest electoral votes?
a) Adams
b) Clay
c) Crawford
d) Jackson

In the early 1800s, southerners opposed tariffs (taxes on imports) because tariffs
a) decreased the price of goods they needed
b) increased the price of imported goods they purchased
c) benefited only northern merchants
d) were higher in the South than in the North and West

What was the Spoils System practiced by newly-elected president Andrew Jackson?
a) damaging the reputations of one's political opponents
b) celebrating one's victory over a period of months
c) raising the wages of one's staff after a victory
d) rewarding supporters of a person by giving them government jobs

Who led the federal troops that forced the Cherokee west on the trail of Tears?
a) Andrew Jackson
b) Winfield Scott
c) Oliver Perry
d) William Harrison

An estimated 4,000 Cherokee died during this forced migration, along a route called the ____________.
a) Trail of Death
b) Trail of Sadness
c) Oklahoma Trail
d) Trail of Tears

The territory to which Native Americans were forced to relocate is which state today?
a) Arkansas
b) Florida
c) Oklahoma
d) Missouri

What was Andrew Jackson's view on the Second Bank of the United States?
a) It should have the power to act exclusively as the federal government's financial agent.
b) It should be mostly privately owned, but supervised by Congress and the president.
c) He disliked it and viewed it as a monopoly that favored the wealthy.
d) It was a secret British agency.

William Henry Harrison contracted pneumonia and died after delivering his inauguration speech without a hat or coat. Who automatically became the new president?
a) Speaker of the House
b) Vice President
c) President
d) President Pro Tempore of the Senate

During the nullification crisis in 1832, South Carolina threatened secession. What is secession?
a) to remain loyal to one part of the country
b) to withdraw from the country and become independent
c) to withdraw from the government but still be a part of the country
d) to remain a part of the country but not be loyal to the country

As president, Jackson told the Native American people that they had to assimilate or move west. What does it mean to assimilate?
a) to remain loyal to one's cultural beliefs
b) to deny the authority of the state in which they live
c) to adopt another's way of life
d) to move into a territory just for themselves

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