U.S. History - Unit 4 (SSUSH7a) Question Preview (ID: 60302)


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When Andrew Jackson was president, the spoils systems gave government jobs to:
a) supporters of Andrew Jackson
b) Indians
c) people who voted for the Whig Party
d) women

During the early 1800s, which political party favored industrialization and was supported by the upper class?
a) the Whigs
b) the Democrats
c) ###
d) ####

Which political party formed based on the ideas of Andrew Jackson?
a) the Democratic Party
b) the Whig Party
c) ###
d) ####

Who was allowed to vote in the U.S. due to universal male suffrage?
a) only white male landowners
b) only white males
c) only males
d) all adults

A core element of Jacksonian Democracy was:
a) a strong executive branch with a weak Congress
b) a strong Congress with a weak executive branch
c) ###
d) ####

When Andrew Jackson entered politics, he began to challenge the authority of:
a) the Democratic-Republicans
b) the Whigs
c) the Federalists
d) the Anti-Federalists

Who was the 7th president of the United States?
a) Andrew Jackson
b) John Quincy Adams
c) Martin Van Buren
d) William Henry Harrison

How did Andrew Jackson respond to the decision in Worcester v. Georgia?
a) He removed the Cherokee Indians in an act of defiance.
b) He allowed the Cherokee Indians to stay in Georgia.
c) ###
d) ####

In the Worcester v. Georgia decision, the Supreme Court ruled that:
a) Georgia could not legislate in the Cherokee Nation
b) the Cherokee Indians must leave Georgia
c) ###
d) ####

When the Indian Removal Act occurred, the Cherokee Nation:
a) refused to leave their land
b) sold their land to Georgia for an enormous price
c) declared war on the United States
d) ####

Who encouraged South Carolina to secede from the U.S. during the Nullification Crisis?
a) John C. Calhoun
b) John Marshall
c) Samuel Worcester
d) Andrew Jackson

The Indian Removal Act, in 1830, forced thousands of Indians to:
a) migrate west of the Mississippi River
b) move to the Northern states
c) venture to territories in Central America
d) stay in North and South Carolina

The Nullification Crisis began when:
a) tariffs were passed in 1828 and 1832
b) Virginia seceded from the U.S.
c) the Indians were removed from the South
d) ####

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