History 101 - United States History to 1877 » 2019 » Chapter 9 Quiz

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

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