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Question #1
According to Andrew Jackson’s theory of democracy,
A.   there should be one national political party.
B.   slavery should not extend into the West.
C.   all white Americans should eventually be given the vote.
D.   all white male citizens should be treated equally.
E.   the South and West deserved special privileges as growing areas.
Question #2
The “spoils system” refers to
A.   parceling out federal land to the highest bidder.
B.   making illegal payoffs to political supporters.
C.   giving away land taken from Indians to white settlers.
D.   the destruction of land by overly aggressive settlement.
E.   giving out jobs as political rewards.
Question #3
In the 1820s, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification
A.   to support trade tariffs.
B.   as a means to end the national bank.
C.   as an alternative to possible secession.
D.   to reduce the political power of Andrew Jackson.
E.   to counter the growing influence of abolitionism in the North.
Question #4
In the 1830 Daniel Webster–Robert Hayne debate, Webster considered Hayne’s arguments to be an attack on
A.   the institution of slavery.
B.   the nation’s tariff policies.
C.   free states.
D.   President Jackson’s leadership.
E.   the integrity of the Union.
Question #5
The Black Hawk War
A.   occurred in New England and upstate New York.
B.   constituted a major, although temporary, Indian victory.
C.   was notable for vicious behavior by the American military.
D.   resulted in the removal of the Five Civilized Tribes to the West.
E.   was sparked by the kidnapping of the leader of the Fox Indians.
Question #6
Although the Supreme Court found in favor of the Cherokee tribes in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia, President Jackson decided
A.   the Cherokee had no right to file a legal claim in U.S. courts.
B.   that Georgia could remove the Cherokee tribes if it served the “public good.”
C.   the Court could not enforce the order.
D.   that the Cherokee tribes could only be removed if they were properly compensated.
E.   the entire process of the removal of the Indians was unconstitutional.
Question #7
As a result of the U.S. government’s Indian policy in the 1830s and 1840s,
A.   new federal attempts were made to assimilate Indian tribes into white society.
B.   nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi.
C.   all Indian tribes were forced to intermingle on one large reservation.
D.   violence between white Americans and Indian tribes ended.
E.   the United States gained control of ten million acres of Indian lands.
Question #8
President Andrew Jackson’s success in abolishing the Bank of the United States
A.   led him to lose the political support of Roger B. Taney.
B.   left the nation with an unstable banking system for many years.
C.   caused serious political damage to his administration.
D.   led the nation into a period of long economic decline.
E.   seriously damaged his support within the Democratic Party.
Question #9
The political philosophy of Whigs
A.   allied the party with the abolition movement.
B.   favored expanding the power of the federal government.
C.   encouraged the rapid western expansion of the nation.
D.   opposed industrialism as a source of concentrated wealth.
E.   celebrated “honest workers” and “simple farmers.”
Question #10
In 1841, the British government
A.   seized the Creole because it carried slaves.
B.   returned mutinous slaves from the Creole to Virginia, at the request of President Tyler.
C.   supported the rights and freedom of mutinous slaves on the Creole.
D.   briefly declared war on American shipping in response to the Creole mutiny.
E.   refused to trade with American shipping companies that carried slaves.

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