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Which historical event is described by the phrases in the box below?
Trail of Tears
Cherokee War
Battle of Taliwa
Battle of Bloody Marsh
John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, and Henry Clay all ran for president in the election of 1824. None of the candidates was able to win the majority of the electoral votes, and the House of Representatives selected the pre
Jackson demanded a recount of the popular votes.
Jackson graciously conceded defeat to John Quincy Adams.
Jackson claimed that a corrupt bargain had taken place.
Jackson accepted a position in Adams's cabinet.
When Andrew Jackson became president in 1829, he placed many of his political supporters in government jobs. What is the term used to describe this practice?
the Spoils System
the National System
the Factory System
the American System
In the summer of 1832, Jackson's opponents rushed a Congressional bill to recharter which of the following?
Bank of the United States
First Bank of New York
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sons of Liberty
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
common man.
good negotiator.
strong politician.
powerful speaker.
The election of Andrew Jackson is often considered the beginning of which modern political party?
Democratic
Libertarian
Republican
Green
In July 1836, Andrew Jackson issued the Specie Circular, which required that public lands be purchased using
guaranteed certificates of deposit.
trade with other pieces of land.
gold or silver.
money orders.
Which of the following decisions of Andrew Jackson is considered one of the causes of the economic depression of the late 1830s?
using force to combat South Carolina's nullification laws
demanding that gold and silver be used to buy land
using a ruthless political strategy in order to get elected
allowing Georgia to drive Native Americans out of open lands
President Andrew Jackson used his influence to encourage Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830. What was the result of the Indian Removal Act?
Many Native American tribes were forced to relocate to land
A Native American territory was created on the western coast
Native Americans received the same equal rights that white U
Native American tribes began to work with the U.S. governmen
Andrew Jackson was very popular when he was elected in 1828, but he made many controversial decisions during his presidency. Which of the following has Andrew Jackson been criticized for?
his decision to fire weapons at Fort Sumter, starting the Am
his indifference to South Carolina's rejection of federal ta
his failure to participate in the War of 1812 against Britai
his weak stance against Georgia's aggression in claiming Nat
Before and during Jackson's term as president, Southern states argued that Native American land
should be made into new, individual states.
should be given a Native American government.
was under the authority of the federal government.
was under the authority of state governments.
In 1832, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that the state of Georgia had no right to force the Cherokee from their native lands. Why did this ruling have little positive effect?
Georgia had no interest in Cherokee lands.
The Trail of Tears had already occurred.
The Cherokee nation chose to move to Canada.
President Jackson did not enforce the ruling.
The "Trail of Tears" refers to which event?
the economic recession of the late 1830s
the Democrats' reaction to the Whiskey Rebellion
the forced resettlement of the Cherokee Indians
the campaign trail during Jackson's re-election bid
In 1832, why did South Carolina threaten to secede from the Union?
South Carolina was displeased with the Tariff of 1832.
South Carolina felt that its coast was not being defended by
South Carolina wanted to be a British colony once again.
South Carolina disagreed with a proposed law to end slavery.
Which politician wrote The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, in which he argued that a state had the right to nullify a federal law in its territory?
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
How was the Nullification Crisis resolved?
President Jackson signed an order that pardoned South Caroli
South Carolina agreed to reject the doctrine of nullificatio
Federal troops occupied South Carolina to enforce the 1832 t
Congress made a compromise tariff to satisfy southern states
