6) What Was the Whig Party? A) a Political Party Founded by Jackson's Supporters. B) A

U.S. History Ch. 9 and 10 Test
1) During Jackson's presidency, what was the main factor in determining whether people supported or opposed political policies?
A)The region where people lived
B)The education that they received
C)The career that they chose
D)The country they immigrated from
2) Why were northerners and southerners at odds over tariffs?
A)Because their geographies differed
B)Because their economies differed
C)Because northerners relied on overseas imports
D)Because southerners wanted northerners to buy their goods
3) How did southerners use the idea of states' rights to support the idea of nullification?
A)They stated that states had less power than the federal government.
B)They stated that states had the right to reject any federal law that they disagreed with.
C)They stated that nationalism overruled sectionalism.
D)They stated that federal laws could not be ignored.
4) How did Daniel Webster and Andrew Jackson's views on the nullification crisis compare?
A) They both thought states' rights were more important than national unity.
B) They both threatened to use federal troops to enforce federal laws.
C)They both opposed nullification.
D) They both supported nullification.
5) How did the state of Maryland try to take action against the Second Bank of the United States?
A) It passed a tax to limit the operations of the Maryland branch.
B) It fired the Maryland branch cashier James McCullough.
C) It passed a law to shut down the Maryland branch.
D) It asked Jackson to send troops to the Maryland branch

6) What was the Whig Party?
A) A political party founded by Jackson's supporters.
B) A political party formed by a group of Jackson's opponents.
7) Why did government officials want to relocate Native Americans in the Southeast to lands in the West?
A) To protect them from white settlers
B) To open up their land to white settlers
C) To allow them to help settle the new territories
D) To prevent future raids on settlements
8) Why did the adoption of white culture not protect the Cherokee from removal?
A) Because they still lacked a written language
B) Because they chose not to adopt Christianity
C) Because gold was discovered on their land
D) Because the court ruled against them
9) What steps did the Cherokee take to try to resist removal?
A) They sued the state in Worcester v. Georgia.
B) They organized and fought federal troops.
C) They purchased additional land to settle.
D) They sought help from the French.
10) How did Seminole Chief Osceola respond to the Indian Removal Act?
A) He fled before federal troops arrived.
B) He encouraged his tribe to peacefully obey.
C) He called upon followers to resist removal by force.
D) He invited missionaries to build schools.
11) Which agreement limited the naval power on the Great Lakes?
A) Rush-Bagot Agreement
B) Convention of 1818
C) Adams-Onis Treaty
D) Monroe Doctrine
12) What country controlled Florida during the war of 1812?
A) France
B) Great Britain
C) Spain
D) Portugal
13) What events in Latin America led to the Monroe Doctrine?
A) Struggles for independence
B) Expansion of slavery
C) Abolition of slavery
D) Conflicts with Native Americans
14) What is nationalism?
A) The idea that states' interests are more important than federal interests
B) Feelings of pride and loyalty to a nation
C) Loyalty to one's geographical region
D) Favoritism toward one region over another

15) What was the purpose of the American System?
A) To pass the financial burden of trade onto Great Britain
B) To prevent further European colonization
C) To encourage Native Americans to move west
D) To make the nation economically self-sufficient
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17) What was the purpose of the Erie Canal?
A) To encourage overseas imports
B) To improve trade and transportation
C) To punish Southern plantation owners
D) To prevent Western settlement
18) Who was known as the Liberator
A) Simon Bolivar
B) James Monroe
C) Andrew Jackson
D) John Quincy Adams
19) All of the following are points of the Monroe Doctrine except
A) U.S. would not interfere in European affairs or wars
B) U.S. would recognize existing European colonies in the Americas
C) Americas were off limits to future colonization
D) U.S. would ignore interference in Latin American countries
20) What was used to fill the Cumberland Road?
A) Gravel
B) Cement
C) Dirt
D) Crushed stone
21) How do roads and canals help build nationalism?
A) They link goods and people to help create a unified nation and culture.
B) They promote the expanded settlement of the most profitable regions.
C) They protect the interests of wealthy landowners.
D) They provide jobs only to working class males.
22) All of the following were main regions of the U.S. in the mid-1800s except
A) The West
B) The North
C) The South
D)The East
23) How did the economies of the North and South affect how people in each region viewed slavery?
A) The North did not rely on slavery to create income, so people there were more opposed to it.
B) The South relied on slavery, so they were indifferent to it.
C) The South produced income from industries, so people there were more opposed to it.
D) The North depended on slavery, so they were indifferent to it.
24) What problem arose from Missouri's request to become a state?
A) It was the largest state to be annexed.
B) Native Americans made up a large portion of the population.
C) It did not have a state constitution.
D) It threatened the balance of power between slave and free states.
25) In which presidential election did Andrew Jackson win the popular vote, but John Quincy Adams become president?
A) 1828
B) 1824
C) 1832
D) 1840
26) What historical event did James Finemore Cooper use as a setting in his novels?
A) American Revolution
B) Civil War
C) War of 1812
D) Mexican-American War
27) Who was one of the founders of the Hudson River School?
A) Washington Irving
B) James Fenimore Cooper
C) Thomas Cole
D) George Catlin
28) Who studied and painted birds, animals, and plants of the United States?
A) John James Audubon
B) George Caleb Bingham
C) Noah Webster
D) Catherine Maria Sedgwick
29) What is the term for the practice of rewarding supporters with positions in government?
A) sectionalism
B) spoils system
C) kitchen cabinet
D) presidential veto
30) Who was Jackson's 1st Vice President?
A) Van Buren
B) Webster
C) Calhoun
D) Clay