Deck 11: Jacksonian Democracy

Question 1

Which of the following was the first state to be formed from the Northwest Territory?

A) Kentucky
B) Tennessee
C) Ohio
D) Mississippi

Answer 1

Ohio

Question 2

According to the introductory video in section 11.4,what did Andrew Jackson say at the Jefferson Day dinner?

A) States have the right to secede.
B) The union must be preserved.
C) Nullification is a state right.
D) Indian land claims must be protected.

Answer 2

The union must be preserved.

Question 3

The presidential election of 1824 was decided __________.

A) by popular vote
B) by the state electors
C) in the House of Representatives
D) in the Senate

Answer 3

in the House of Representatives

Question 4

Who won the presidential election of 1824?

A) John Quincy Adams
B) Henry Clay
C) Andrew Jackson
D) William H. Crawford

Question 5

The inauguration of the president elected in which year signaled a radical departure from traditional politics?

A) 1816
B) 1820
C) 1824
D) 1828

Question 6

According to the video in the introduction,America became more of a(n)__________ in the decades between 1820 and 1840.

A) monarchy
B) oligarchy
C) republic
D) democracy

Question 7

According to the introductory video in section 11.3,the election of 1824 was the first one in which __________.

A) the people chose the electors
B) state legislatures chose the electors
C) the popular vote decided the presidency
D) the secretary of state became president

Question 8

Which of the following was a characteristic of the population in the West?

A) Tradition was important to many.
B) Most were recent immigrants.
C) The majority were extremely poor.
D) The majority were extremely rich.

Question 9

Which of the following was an argument made in favor of the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state?

A) Slavery was currently practiced in Missouri.
B) Missouri was located in the geographical south.
C) All states created from the Louisiana Territory should be slave states.
D) It would create an even number of slave and free states.

Question 10

According to the introductory video in section 11.4,Andrew Jackson disagreed with __________ on a state's right to nullify a federal law.

A) John Calhoun
B) John Quincy Adams
C) John Marshall
D) Nicholas Biddle

Question 11

Which of the following is pointed to as evidence of democracy in the western states in the nineteenth century?

A) extension of the right to vote to African Americans
B) election of the first woman to the House of Representatives
C) election of the first Indian to the House of Representatives
D) introduction of universal male suffrage

Question 12

What did the Missouri Compromise establish as the northern boundary of slave states created from the Louisiana Territory?

A) Missouri River
B) Ohio River
C) latitude line of 36?30'
D) Mason-Dixon Line

Question 13

Which of the following made specific provisions that ensured the continued existence of slavery in the United States?

A) Louisiana Purchase
B) Trail of Tears
C) Bank of the United States
D) Missouri Compromise

Question 14

Which of the following states did not practice slavery in the early nineteenth century?

A) Maine
B) Missouri
C) Kentucky
D) Tennessee

Question 15

Which state threatened to secede over what it described as the "tariff of abominations"?

A) South Carolina
B) Maine
C) Massachusetts
D) New York

Question 16

According to the introductory video in section 11.1,Andrew Jackson married Rachel Robards even though she was __________ at the time.

A) married to someone else
B) engaged to someone else
C) under the age of eighteen
D) working as a prostitute

Question 17

Which of the following made slavery more profitable?

A) spread of the slave trade
B) invention of the cotton gin
C) expansion of the franchise
D) relocation of Indians

Question 18

Andrew Jackson's handling of the nullification crisis in 1832 and the battle over the Bank of the United States reflects the

A) weakness of the executive branch
B) strength of the executive branch
C) weakness of the legislative branch
D) strength of the legislative branch

Question 19

Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle held opposing views of the __________.

A) Missouri Compromise
B) Bank of the United States
C) nullification crisis
D) tariff of abominations

Question 20

According to the introductory video in section 11.2,who symbolized the contradiction in America between democracy and slavery?

A) George Washington
B) Andrew Jackson
C) James Madison
D) Thomas Jefferson

Question 21

How did slavery influence American politics in the early nineteenth century?

Question 22

In the early nineteenth century,an American viewing the image of Sequoya pointing to the object in his hand would consider Sequoya __________.

A) ignorant
B) patriotic
C) barbaric
D) civilized

Question 23

The Trail of Tears occurred under the presidency of __________.

A) Andrew Jackson
B) John Quincy Adams
C) Martin Van Buren
D) Thomas Jefferson

Question 24

Who developed a writing system for the Cherokee language?

A) Sequoyah
B) Metacomet
C) Tecumseh
D) Pocahontas

Question 25

In the Arguing History video in section 11.6,what does the speaker identify as the fulfillment of the promise made in the Declaration of Independence?

A) development of the welfare state
B) redistribution of economic resources
C) limits on political contributions
D) expansion of the franchise

Question 26

Andrew Jackson is referred to as the People's President.To what extent did he live up to that name? To what extent did he fall short?

Question 27

Andrew Jackson's support of which of the following conflicted with the Supreme Court's decision in Worcestor v.Georgia?

A) Farewell Letter to the American People
B) Bank of the United States
C) Indian Removal Act
D) Memorial of the Cherokee Nation

Question 28

Which of the following upheld the Cherokees' right to their lands?

A) Jackson administration
B) Van Buren administration
C) Georgia state legislature
D) Supreme Court

Question 29

According to the Past and Present video in section 11.6,who could vote in national elections in early nineteenth-century America?

A) adult white males
B) all white adults
C) American citizens
D) anyone born in the United States

Question 30

The Memorial of the Cherokee Nation stated,"We are aware that some persons suppose it will be for our advantage to remove beyond the Mississippi." Which of the following would be included in the group of "some persons"?

A) George Guess
B) George W. Harkins
C) Andrew Jackson
D) William Weatherford

Question 31

According to the How Do We Know? video in section 11.6,what did John Quincy Adams's campaign use to discredit Andrew Jackson during the 1828 presidential election?

A) Worcestor v. Georgia
B) Indian Removal Act
C) coffin handbills
D) cotton gins

Question 32

In Worcestor v.Georgia,the Supreme Court ruled in favor of __________.

A) the state of Georgia
B) the president
C) Congress
D) the Cherokees

Question 33

According to the introductory video in section 11.5,the U.S.military's forcible removal of which Indian tribe became known as the Trail of Tears?

A) Navajo
B) Anasazi
C) Cherokee
D) Chinook

Question 34

How democratic was Jacksonian Democracy? What were its limits?

Question 35

The image of Sequoya highlights his role in the development of a writing system for which tribe?

A) Cherokee
B) Choctaw
C) Sioux
D) Chippewa

Question 36

In Memorial of the Cherokee Nation,what do the Cherokees point to as the basis for their legal claim to their ancestral land?

A) tribal agreements concluded before the Europeans arrived
B) the treaties signed with the U.S. government
C) French promises made during the French and Indian War
D) British guarantees in the Proclamation of 1763

Question 37

To whom did George W.Harkins address his letter?

A) Canadians
B) Americans
C) Choctaws
D) Cherokees

Question 38

What did George W.Harkins and George Guess share in common?

A) Both were vocal supporters of the Indian Removal Act.
B) Both were relocated under the Indian Removal Act.
C) Both challenged the Supreme Court ruling in Worcestor v. Georgia.
D) Both supported legislation that denied Indian legal claims to tribal lands.

Question 39

According to the Memorial of the Cherokee Nation,the Cherokees were being relocated to lands __________.

A) west of the Arkansas territory
B) along the Proclamation Line of 1763
C) in the Michigan Territory
D) in Oregon Country

Question 40

To which present-day state were Indians relocated under the Indian Removal Act?

A) Oregon
B) Mississippi
C) Georgia
D) Oklahoma