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

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