Let's Learn More About Andrew Jackson

1. What is the term for the journey the Cherokee took following the Indian Removal Act?

Journey of Death

Trail of Tears

Trail of Death

Trail of Doom

2. Which of the following best describes the Trail of Tears?

Native Americans joyfully rode in wagons to new and better homes

Native Americans walked a short distance to new and better lands

Native Americans walked hundreds of miles, suffering, many died.

Native Americans walked hundreds of miles but suffered no problems.

3. What institution did Andrew Jackson believe was unconstitutional, too powerful and served only the wealthy?

National Bank

Supreme Court

Military

Congress

4. What is the term for giving government jobs to political supporters?

Employee trust fund

Union standardization

Political employment

Spoils system

5. Which candidate won the election of 1824 because Henry Clay (the Speaker of the House of Representatives) struck a deal that would make Clay the Secretary of State?

William Crawford

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

James Madison

6. What was the nickname given to the election of 1824?

The election of thieves

The illegal deal

The stolen election

The corrupt bargain

7. What did South Carolina threaten to due as a result of the nullification crisis?

Ignore the tariff

Elect a new president

Declare war

Secede

8. What happened to Andrew Jackson's wife after he won the election of 1828?

She gave birth to their 1st child

She divorced Jackson

She died of a heart attack

She moved to Canada

9. What was the nickname of the tariff that led to the nullification crisis?

The Terrible Tariff

The Tariff of Abominations

The Tariff of Tears

The Tariff of Corruption

10. The Tariff of 1828 benefitted which region of the country?

South

North

West

None of the above