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PRACTICE TEST: Jackson's Presidency

Question 1 of 20

1

Who won the election of 1828?

Select one of the following:

  • Jackson

  • Adams

  • Clay

  • Calhoun

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

What was the name of the political party that appeared in the 1830s?

Select one of the following:

  • Flat Earth Society

  • Republicans

  • Whigs

  • Independents

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

In the spoils system, the gets to put his in positions of .

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

What was the Kitchen Cabinet?

Select one of the following:

  • The advisors that unofficially met with President Jackson

  • A place to store plates, bowls, cups, and other kitchen items

  • A new political party

  • The group of people who ran the 2nd Bank of the United States

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

1

Who was the head of the 2nd Bank of the U.S.?

Select one of the following:

  • Jackson

  • Hamilton

  • Andersen

  • Biddle

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

How did Jackson and the other Democrats see the Bank of the U.S.

Select one of the following:

  • As fair

  • As undemocratic

  • As constitutional

  • As undecided

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

What did the Whigs ask Biddle to do to get Jackson out of office?

Select one of the following:

  • To re-charter the bank early so that Jackson would veto it

  • To declare Jackson unfit for the presidency

  • To impeach Jackson

  • To run against Jackson

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

Why did Jackson veto the Bank. (Check 2)

Select one or more of the following:

  • Jackson felt the bank was unconstitutional

  • Jackson felt that private investors were making money off of the people's taxes

  • Jackson felt it had to much power

  • Jackson didn't like Biddle

  • Jackson knew that the people did not want the Bank

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

Who was Jackson's Secretary of Treasury?

Select one of the following:

  • Taney

  • Hamilton

  • Adams

  • Burr

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

1

What was the name of the highest tariff in history?

Select one of the following:

  • The Tariff of 1812

  • The Bond Tariff

  • The Federal Tariff

  • The Tariff of Abominations

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

What does nullify mean?

Select one of the following:

  • sell

  • profit

  • numb

  • cancel

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

Who was FOR nullification?

Select one of the following:

  • Clay

  • Webster

  • Calhoun

  • Davis

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

1

Who was NOT for nullification, saying it would tear the country apart?

Select one of the following:

  • Clay

  • Webster

  • Calhoun

  • Davis

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

Which state passed the Nullification Act?

Select one of the following:

  • South Carolina

  • North Carolina

  • Pennsylvania

  • Connecticut

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

1

Who led South Carolina in passing the Nullification Act?

Select one of the following:

  • Clay

  • Webster

  • Calhoun

  • Davis

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

What did Sequoyah do for the Native Americans?

Select one of the following:

  • Started a revolution

  • Started a new country

  • Created a new government

  • Started a Congress

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

What was the decision of Worcester v. Georgia?

Select one of the following:

  • Georgia could become its own nation

  • The Constitution protected the Native Americans

  • The states could nullify a law made by Congress

  • The Union was about to dissolve

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

1

What act did Congress pass to move the Native Americans to the lands west of the Mississippi?

Select one of the following:

  • The Indian Removal Act

  • The Native American Liberation Act

  • The Land Act of 1890

  • The Conservation Act

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

1

What was the Native American journey from Georgia to Oklahoma known as?

Select one of the following:

  • The Long Road Home

  • The Journey to Destiny

  • The Trail of Tears

  • The Dusty Road

Explanation

Question 20 of 20

1

What president ordered the U.S. Army to remove the Native Americans from Georgia?

Select one of the following:

  • Andrew Jackson

  • James Monroe

  • Martin Van Buren

  • Thomas Jefferson

Explanation

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