PRACTICE TEST: Jackson's Presidency

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8th grade US History Quiz on PRACTICE TEST: Jackson's Presidency, created by Amber Hepfer on 28/02/2022.
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Question 1

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Who won the election of 1828?
Answer
  • Jackson
  • Adams
  • Clay
  • Calhoun

Question 2

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What was the name of the political party that appeared in the 1830s?
Answer
  • Flat Earth Society
  • Republicans
  • Whigs
  • Independents

Question 3

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In the spoils system, the [blank_start]winner[blank_end] gets to put his [blank_start]people[blank_end] in positions of [blank_start]power[blank_end].
Answer
  • winner
  • people
  • power

Question 4

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What was the Kitchen Cabinet?
Answer
  • The advisors that unofficially met with President Jackson
  • A place to store plates, bowls, cups, and other kitchen items
  • A new political party
  • The group of people who ran the 2nd Bank of the United States

Question 5

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Who was the head of the 2nd Bank of the U.S.?
Answer
  • Jackson
  • Hamilton
  • Andersen
  • Biddle

Question 6

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How did Jackson and the other Democrats see the Bank of the U.S.
Answer
  • As fair
  • As undemocratic
  • As constitutional
  • As undecided

Question 7

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What did the Whigs ask Biddle to do to get Jackson out of office?
Answer
  • To re-charter the bank early so that Jackson would veto it
  • To declare Jackson unfit for the presidency
  • To impeach Jackson
  • To run against Jackson

Question 8

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Why did Jackson veto the Bank. (Check 2)
Answer
  • Jackson felt the bank was unconstitutional
  • Jackson felt that private investors were making money off of the people's taxes
  • Jackson felt it had to much power
  • Jackson didn't like Biddle
  • Jackson knew that the people did not want the Bank

Question 9

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Who was Jackson's Secretary of Treasury?
Answer
  • Taney
  • Hamilton
  • Adams
  • Burr

Question 10

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What was the name of the highest tariff in history?
Answer
  • The Tariff of 1812
  • The Bond Tariff
  • The Federal Tariff
  • The Tariff of Abominations

Question 11

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What does nullify mean?
Answer
  • sell
  • profit
  • numb
  • cancel

Question 12

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Who was FOR nullification?
Answer
  • Clay
  • Webster
  • Calhoun
  • Davis

Question 13

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Who was NOT for nullification, saying it would tear the country apart?
Answer
  • Clay
  • Webster
  • Calhoun
  • Davis

Question 14

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Which state passed the Nullification Act?
Answer
  • South Carolina
  • North Carolina
  • Pennsylvania
  • Connecticut

Question 15

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Who led South Carolina in passing the Nullification Act?
Answer
  • Clay
  • Webster
  • Calhoun
  • Davis

Question 16

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What did Sequoyah do for the Native Americans?
Answer
  • Started a revolution
  • Started a new country
  • Created a new government
  • Started a Congress

Question 17

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What was the decision of Worcester v. Georgia?
Answer
  • Georgia could become its own nation
  • The Constitution protected the Native Americans
  • The states could nullify a law made by Congress
  • The Union was about to dissolve

Question 18

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What act did Congress pass to move the Native Americans to the lands west of the Mississippi?
Answer
  • The Indian Removal Act
  • The Native American Liberation Act
  • The Land Act of 1890
  • The Conservation Act

Question 19

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What was the Native American journey from Georgia to Oklahoma known as?
Answer
  • The Long Road Home
  • The Journey to Destiny
  • The Trail of Tears
  • The Dusty Road

Question 20

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What president ordered the U.S. Army to remove the Native Americans from Georgia?
Answer
  • Andrew Jackson
  • James Monroe
  • Martin Van Buren
  • Thomas Jefferson
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