The Jackson Era

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1 From 1816 to 1824, the United States had
two political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
only one political party, the Whigs.
two political parties, the National Republicans and the Democratic Republicans.
only one political party, the Democrat-Republicans
2 After Jackson's election, the United States developed
two political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
only one political party, the Whigs.
two politcal parties, the Whigs and the Democrats.
only one political party, the Democrats.
3 In 1832 South Carolina's state legislature passed the Nullification Act, declaring that South Carolina would
nullify the Constitution.
nullify the Bill of Rights.
not pay the "illegal" tariffs.
not pay any of its debts.
4 The Force Bill of 1833 allowed the president to
use the United States military to enforce acts of Congress.
force Congress to pass legislation the president supported.
use military force against his political opponents.
force the Supreme Court to support his executive decisions.
5 The first Whig president to be elected was
Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
6 The Second Great Awakening stressed the importance of
material success.
individual rights.
usefulness to society.
an intellectual approach to religion.
7 Which of the following groups would have been most likely to support President Jackson's policies?
western settlers
the ruling elite
New England bankers
supporters of nullification
8 Which policy did Jackson use in dealing with the Cherokee?
letting them keep their land
declaring an all-out war on them
negotiating a purchase of their land
brutally forcing them from their land
9 President Jackson complained that the Bank of the United States
printed too much money.
gave out too many loans.
treated the common people unfairly.
failed to pay the government's debts.
10 The spoils system refers to
the informal advisers to President Jackson.
the removal of the Cherokee from their lands.
giving jobs to one's political supporters.
the banks owned by Jackson's supporters where the administration put money after closing down the National Bank.
11 The Bank of the United States became a political issue because
President Jackson thought it was too powerful.
bank officials were caught stealing funds.
it had to be supported with taxpayers' money
it printed too much paper money.
12 In the Supreme Court decision about Cherokee lands, Chief Justice Marshall ruled that
treaties did not protect Native American lands.
Georgia had the right to take Native American lands.
the Cherokees had the right to keep their lands.
Cogress had the right to pass the Indian Removal Act.
13 State banks contributed to the Panic of 1837 by
accepting deposits of only silver or gold.
refusing to give loans to buy public land.
printing more and more paper money.
stopping payment on federal bonds.
14 President Van Buren did little to ease the impact of the Panic of 1837 because he
thought government should not interfere with business.
believed that the state governments should deal with it.
thought the economy needed slowing down.
did not realize how bad the depression was.
15 John Tyler disappointed members of his own party by
disagreeing with them on almost every issue.
supporting the spoils system.
throwing out government job holders after his election.
being corrupt in office.
16 One limitation to democracy during the Jackson era was that
there were only two political parties.
the number of voters was decreasing.
Native Americans could not appeal to the Supreme Court.
women, Native Americans, and most African Americans could not vote.
17 At the Seneca Falls Convention, women voted for resolutions that demanded
equality at work, at school, and in church.
a woman president.
equality for blacks.
a new political party
18 Reformers believed that improved public education was important because
it would help workers succeed a new factory jobs.
children needed to learn skilled trades.
educated people make better citizens.
the United States needed more people educated in the new technologies.
19 Andrew Jackson's election as President was called a victory for the common people because his key supporters were
northern businessmen.
frontier farmers and eastern factory workers.
planters and powerful families in the South.
powerful political men in the East.
20 Southerners hated the Tariff of Abominations because they
were taxed at a higher rate than northerners.
did not want to buy European goods.
wanted protection for southern industries.
did not want to pay more for European imports.
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