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Topic 7.2-7.5 Summative assessment

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  • Q1
    After Jackson's presidency in 1828, why did his supporters call him "The People's President"?
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    More people were involved in the voting process
    He invited his political opponents to his reception at the White House
    Jackson put an end to the spoils system.
    Government officials were replaced with those who could do the job better.
    30s
  • Q2
    Which of the following did President Andrew Jackson think favored the wealthy?
    the National Bank
    the national debt
    the right to vote
    The Indian Removal Act
    30s
  • Q3
    How did high tariffs place the Southern states at a disadvantage compared to the Northern states?
    The North had more manufacturing, but the South had more taxable trade with Europe.
    The South sent more manufactured items to the North, who had to pay taxes on them.
    The South had more manufacturing and more trade with Europe than the North.
    The South lost economic power from protesting the tariffs and they wanted federal support.
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  • Q4
    When Jackson was president, how did more people participate in the political process?
    Southerners gained a louder voice in objecting to high tariffs.
    Southern states began nullifying, or refusing to obey, some federal laws.
    Bureaucrats were fired and replaced with Jackson’s supporters.
    Democrats used nominating conventions, rather than caucuses, to choose candidates.
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  • Q5
    President Van Buren responded to the depression following the Panic of 1837 by creating
    a new national bank.
    a much lower tariff.
    a new cabinet position.
    an independent federal treasury.
    30s
  • Q6
    Which president served for the shortest period?
    Abrham Lincoln
    William Henry Harrison
    Ben Franklin
    John Tyler
    30s
  • Q7
    The U.S. government established Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma because
    some members of the Five Civilized Tribes already lived in the region.
    few white settlers wanted to move to the area.
    the fertile land would support farms owned by native peoples.
    the Five Civilized Tribes expressed interest in the region.
    30s
  • Q8
    Based on map, which statement best describes the consequences of the Indian Removal Act?
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    The Sioux led other native American groups in a war of resistance
    Native Americans voluntarily left thier homes to move east of the Mississippi.
    President Jackson ordered U.S. troops to protect Native American lands in Georgia
    Due to forced removal, most Native American groups eventually moved west of the Mississippi River.
    30s
  • Q9
    In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee
    were not citizens and therefore no treaties with them were binding.
    removal was legal only if the government provided food for the long journey.
    are a separate nation and not subject to the laws of Georgia.
    could be moved only if they were paid fairly for their land.
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  • Q10
    What was President Jackson’s response to the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia?
    He disagreed with the ruling and approved a treaty to relocate the Cherokee.
    He supported the ruling but allowed settlers to push the Cherokee people off their own land
    He supported the ruling and immediately forced the Cherokee people to relocate.
    He disagreed with the ruling and made a compromise treaty with all Cherokee leaders.
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  • Q11
    In 1838, President Van Buren ordered the U.S. Army to
    pay Native Americans to relocate in the West.
    move the Choctaw but allow the Cherokee to remain in Georgia.
    forcibly remove over 15,000 Cherokee people from thier land
    seize all weapons from native peoples in Georgia.
    30s
  • Q12
    Which best describes how the Seminole responded to the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
    They turned to the U.S. Supreme Court to defend their claims to their land.
    They lost their land and were forced to travel on the Trail of Tears.
    They agreed to sell their land and move to Indian Territory.
    They joined with Black Seminoles to attack white settlements in Florida.
    30s
  • Q13
    “[T]he only means of preserving the Indians from that utter extinction which threatens them, is to remove them from the sphere of this [white settlers’] influence . . . no change has occurred, or probably can occur . . . by which the progress of their declension [decrease] can be arrested [stopped], so long as they occupy their present situation.”—Lewis Cass, from “Removal of the Indians,” The North American Review, 1830 What is Cass suggesting in this passage?
    that further white settlement into native lands should be halted
    that Native Americans should be removed from their lands
    that some land where Native Americans currently reside should be set aside for them
    that the U.S. government should honor its treaties with Native Americans
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  • Q14
    “[T]he only means of preserving the Indians from that utter extinction which threatens them, is to remove them from the sphere of this [white settlers’] influence . . . no change has occurred, or probably can occur . . . by which the progress of their declension [decrease] can be arrested [stopped], so long as they occupy their present situation.”—Lewis Cass, from “Removal of the Indians,” The North American Review, 1830 What reason does Cass give for his proposal?
    He wants to preserve the natural resources on native land.
    He thinks white settlers are more entitled to the land than native peoples.
    He hopes Native Americans and white settlers can both occupy the land.
    He believes this is the only way for the Native American population to survive.
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  • Q15
    Which of the following best summarizes the concept of Manifest Destiny?
    Slavery should be restricted to states south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
    The United States had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.
    Native Americans had an equal claim to lands acquired in the Adams-Onís Treaty.
    European nations would no longer be allowed to interfere in the Americas.
    30s

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