Chapter 9 A (Practice Test)
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. How did nominating conventions contribute to the expansion of democracy in the 1820s?
a. / They drew media attention to the election.b. / They allowed people to become more active in politics.
c. / They led to a voting system based on majority rule.
d. / They increased the presidential candidate’s popularity.
____ 2. Who did not benefit from the expansion of voting rights in the 1820s?
a. / popular politicians / c. / religious votersb. / wives and mothers / d. / men without property
____ 3. Which best describes Andrew Jackson’s inauguration?
a. / the rush of Democratic party members to receive jobs in Andrew Jackson’s government through the spoils systemb. / the celebration of Andrew Jackson’s presidential victory on the White House lawn with 20,000 raucous partygoers
c. / the rage people expressed about Martin Van Buren during the Panic of 1837, a severe economic depression
d. / the 1836 resistance of the Creek Indians to federal troops, who captured 14,500 and led them to the Indian Territory
____ 4. What distinguished Jacksonian democracy from other types?
a. / It took efforts to ensure majority rule.b. / It allowed politicians to choose presidential electors.
c. / It defended the interests of slaves.
d. / It believed workers should own the means of production.
____ 5. What issue most influenced Americans’ political thinking during Andrew Jackson’s presidency?
a. / foreign policy / c. / local economiesb. / civil rights / d. / illegal immigration
____ 6. In the early 1800s, Northerners supported tariffs because they helped them compete with
a. / the Barbary Pirates. / c. / British manufacturers.b. / Southern agriculturalists. / d. / Southern manufacturers.
____ 7. What effect did the Tariff of Abominations have on Andrew Jackson’s America?
a. / Southerners, who had industries to protect, were angered by the tariff.b. / Ill feelings between Northerners and Southerners grew because of the tariff.
c. / Northerners were angry with government for setting the tariff too high.
d. / Westerners, who manufactured goods for American buyers, were pleased.
____ 8. How did President Andrew Jackson react to Vice President John C. Calhoun’s views on nullification?
a. / Jackson commended him because he and Calhoun whole-heartedly agreed.b. / Jackson stood back and let Calhoun be judged by the voting public.
c. / Jackson openly disagreed with Calhoun and watched as Calhoun resigned.
d. / Jackson fired Calhoun over the issue and forced duty collection on the South.
____ 9. In what year did Andrew Jackson veto the charter of the Bank of the United States?
a. / 1492 / c. / 1832b. / 1066 / d. / 1789
____ 10. What ruling did the Supreme Court make in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland?
a. / that states have more power than the federal governmentb. / that the national bank was constitutional
c. / that the federal government could forcibly collect taxes
d. / that chainsaws should not be brought into banks.
____ 11. What did the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798-1799, the Hartford Convention, and John C. Calhoun’s South Carolina Exposition and Protest have in common?
a. / They were all written or organized by supporters of the states’ rights doctrine.b. / They were all used to argue for the Tariff of Abominations.
c. / They were all written or organized by members of the Democratic Party.
d. / They were all used to resolve the nullification crisis.
____ 12. Andrew Jackson’s stance on federal power was not consistent, as evidenced by what?
a. / He felt that the president should try to control inflation but believed state-based pet-banks were unconstitutional.b. / He appointed judges to the Supreme Court but did not believe the president should have to respect their decisions.
c. / He used presidential power to remove American Indians but did not respect American Indians’ capacity to govern themselves.
d. / He argued to use U.S. troops to enforce tariff collection but argued against establishing a national bank.
____ 13. What was most significant about the Choctaw Indians after 1830?
a. / They were the first American Indians removed to Indian Territory.b. / Their government was the first to be abolished by an American state.
c. / Their example inspired other American Indians to settle in Indian Territory.
d. / They were the first American Indians to be raided by settlers.
____ 14. Who benefited most from Andrew Jackson’s plan to remove American Indians to the West?
a. / American Indians, who gained protection by the U.S. governmentb. / The American Bison herd which planned to move to the East to hide.
c. / American farmers, who gained millions of acres of land for settlement
d. / Cherokee Indians, who gained a new model of constitutional government
____ 15. What did the Supreme Court rule in Worcester v. Georgia?
a. / The Cherokee Indians had to move from their land in Georgia.b. / The state of Georgia had no legal power over the Cherokee.
c. / Only state governments had authority over American Indians.
d. / U.S. troops in any state had the right to move American Indians.
____ 16. Which statement describes “The Trail of Tears”?
a. / the streams of blood that flowed from the Sauk Indians at the end of the Black Hawk Warb. / the involuntary 800-mile march Cherokee Indians made in their removal from Georgia
c. / the line connecting Seminole Indian settlements up and down Florida’s east coast
d. / the traces of salt reportedly seen on Osceola’s face when he was found dead in prison
____ 17. Which answer does not explain why the U.S. government was in a hurry to uproot Cherokee Indians?
a. / The promise of resources like gold on tribal grounds outweighed any commitments to American Indian land rights.b. / The removal of American Indians was politically popular at a time when fearful citizens were migrating west.
c. / Property for farming grew expensive as it became scarce and Americans wanted an opportunity to buy cheap land.
d. / A scarcity of casinos in the West was seen as a problem.
____ 18. What did the Seminole Indians do after signing a treaty in 1832 in which they agreed to leave Florida within three years?
a. / They brought a case against the state of Florida.b. / They respected the treaty and took a deadly journey west.
c. / They ignored the treaty and resisted removal with force.
d. / They stayed in Florida and adopted white people’s culture.
____ 19. Who was Chief Black Hawk?
a. / The leader of the Fox and Sauk Indians who decided to fight U.S. officials rather than leave Illinois.b. / The Seminole leader who called upon his tribe to resist removal and wound up dying in prison.
c. / The Cherokee leader who persuaded his tribe to appeal to the U.S. Courts instead of using violence.
d. / The leader of the Chickasaw Indians who negotiated a treaty to get more supplies for the trip to Indian Territory.
____ 20. During 1827, northern manufacturers began to demand a tariff on foreign-made woolen goods so that their products would sell better in American markets. What is the term for the kind of tariff they were demanding?
a. / a protective tariff / c. / a competitive tariffb. / an import tax / d. / a homeland tax
____ 21. What would a Democrat have nicknamed Andrew Jackson?
a. / the Mob King / c. / the People’s Presidentb. / the Spoiler / d. / the Indian Chief
____ 22. What was the states' rights doctrine?
a. / State power was greater than federal power.b. / States had no power.
c. / States had some power, but could not override the federal government.
d. / States do not have the right to veto Congress.
____ 23. Why did President Jackson support the removal of Native Americans?
a. / He hoped to distract attention from the looming economic crisis.b. / He hoped it would weaken the power of the U.S. military.
c. / He hoped to gain support from Native American leaders.
d. / He hoped to make more land available for settlement.
____ 24. Which of the following was not a cause of the nullification crisis?
a. / The South Carolina legislature passed the Nullification Act.b. / John C. Calhoun publicly supported states' rights.
c. / South Carolina seceded from the Union.
d. / Congress passed the Tariff of Abominations.
____ 25. How did President Jackson weaken the power of the Second Bank of the United States?
a. / He ordered Americans to use only frankincense or myrrh.b. / He moved most of its funds to state banks.
c. / He encouraged people to buy land on credit.
d. / He stopped the Bank from printing money.
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 26. The Trail of Tears was the name of the war fought in Florida between the Seminole and the U.S. military.
____ 27. In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force on the Cherokee nation.
____ 28. President Jackson’s economic policy protecting the Second Bank of the United States eventually led to the Panic of 1837.
Matching
In the space provided, write the letter of the term or place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
a. / Andrew Jackson / h. / nominating conventionsb. / Daniel Webster / i. / North
c. / Democratic Party / j. / South
d. / Henry Clay / k. / Trail of Tears
e. / Indian Removal Act / l. / veto
f. / John C. Calhoun / m. / Worcester v. Georgia
g. / McCulloch v. Maryland
____ 29. Supreme Court ruling that declared the National Bank constitutional
____ 30. These meetings allowed more people to have a voice in the selection of their party's candidates
____ 31. Congress passed this law authorizing the removal of Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory in the West
____ 32. Kentucky senator whose compromise ended the nullification crisis
____ 33. This region of the United States had an economy based on trade and manufacturing