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Foy Ch. 10 Test
Question | Answer |
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What are regional differences based on? | Where people live and the economy there. |
What Massachusetts senator believed it was important to keep the nation united? | Daniel Webster |
What type of people supported Andrew Jackson? | farmers, frontier settlers and slaveholders |
What tribe resisted but was captured and forced to march to Indian Territory? | Creek |
Which man was Andrew Jackson’s Secretary of State and one of his strongest supporters? | Martin Van Buren |
What was a result of the Nullification Crisis? | John C. Calhoun resigned from the office of Vice President. |
How did the Cherokee try to prevent conflict with Americans? | They adopted American culture. |
You are a close friend of President Jackson’s. You and several other men meet around the table of the White House kitchen to discuss politics and give advice to the President. What is the name of the group you are in? | Kitchen Cabinet |
Why did the American government want to remove American Indians? | Americans wanted the land to farm. |
Why were Southerners against the Tariff of Abominations? | It led to very high prices on imported manufactured goods. |
What changes did state legislatures make in the early 1800’s that expanded democracy? | They expanded voting rights, letting all white men vote. |
What political party did Andrew Jackson run for in the election of 1828? | Democratic Party |
Who did Andrew Jackson defeat in the election of 1828? | John Quincy Adams |
Which American Indian group was led on the Trail of Tears? | Cherokee |
What man was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe who won the presidential election of 1840? | William Henry Harrison |
You are a poor white laborer and you have never had the right to vote because you don’t own land. After Andrew Jackson became president, new laws were created to allow you the right to vote! What are historians calling this time period? | Jacksonian Democracy |
What tribe negotiated a treaty for better supplies, but many died? | Chickasaw |
What image did Andrew Jackson promote to help him in the election of 1828? | war hero |
How did President Jackson feel about the Second Bank of the United States? | He was strongly against it and vetoed its renewal. |
You live in South Carolina and you are angry that the federal government has raised the tariffs on imported wool. South Carolina shouldn’t have to follow this tariff because it’s unconstitutional! What is this policy called? | states' rights doctrine |
Since the South didn’t have a lot of factories and depended on agriculture, what did they think about tariffs? | They wanted to keep tariffs low so they could trade with Europe. |
Who led his followers in the Second Seminole War in Florida? | Osceola |
How did President Jackson respond to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia? | He ignored the ruling. |
Even though voting rights grew in the early 1800’s, what groups were still not given the right to vote? | women, African Americans, Native Americans |
Why did Martin Van Buren become unpopular after he was elected to President in 1836? | He was blamed for the Panic of 1837 |
Because the North depended on manufacturing, what was their view on tariffs? | They supported high tariffs on imported goods. |
What did President Jackson do to reward his supporters? | He gave them federal office positions. |
You are a Choctaw Indian being forced by the American government to leave your home and march west to an unknown land set aside just for Native Americans. What is the name of this land? | Indian Territory |
What tribal leader of the Fox and Sauk fought instead of leaving Illinois, but was eventually forced out after running out of supplies? | Black Hawk |
What was the first tribe to be led to Indian Territory after losing 7.5 million acres of land to Mississippi and ¼ of their population? | Choctaw |