Andrew Jackson quiz

Question 1

Andrew Jackson was our _____ President in _____?

Answer 1

7th, 1828

Question 2

Who defeated him in a controversial election in 1824?

Answer 2

John Q. Adams

Question 3

Jackson and Adams had tied in 1824, but what did Jackson accuse Adams of making and with whom? Why?

Answer 3

a corrupt bargain with Henry clay so the house or reps would choose him as president

Question 4

What did Adams make Clay?

Answer 4

Secretary of State

Question 5

Jackson’s first ____ was a wild one that lead to his supporters to trashing the ____?

Answer 5

inauguration, the white house

Question 6

What factors helped Jackson get elected?

Answer 6

• many states no longer required that a man own property to vote
• there was a rise in voter turnout to 57 percent (much higher than usual)

Question 7

What political changes did jackson make upon taking office?

Answer 7

• first to use spoils system

- using a national convention to nominate candidates for presidents

Question 8

What was the spoils system?

Answer 8

rewarded supporters with government positions

Question 9

what was Jackson’s nickname?

Answer 9

Old Hickory

Question 10

Unlike previous presidents, Jackson was born ___?

Answer 10

poor

Question 11

What had he been doing since he was 13?

Answer 11

fighting in native American battles

Question 12

He rose through the military ranks until he became a ____, achieving fame at this battle during the War of 1812?

Answer 12

colonel, New Orleans

Question 13

what was he known as? why?

Answer 13

a “self made man” because he had achieved fame without family or political connections

Question 14

What did he work as in the south? what did he have?

Answer 14

a farmer, slaves

Question 15

what did his life as a farmer cause he to be?

Answer 15

cautious of intellectuals

Question 16

What attempt did he survive? what did this furthermore cause and what was a major outcome?

Answer 16

an assassination, he was involved in duels and he was once shot in the chest but walked away with the bullet forever in his body

Question 17

Why did some people refer to him as “King Andrew”?

Answer 17

they argued that he had too much power

Question 18

what did congress do in 1828 to imported goods? Why?

Answer 18

raised tariff, this was designed to encourage people to buy goods from the North

Question 19

Why did the tariff hurt the South?

Answer 19

they had to pay higher prices

Question 20

What did South Caroline decide to do about the Tariff? What did this lead to?

Answer 20

not follow the law and would secede from the US if they were forced to. lead to the nullification crisis

Question 21

what was Jackson forced to do during the nullification crisis?

Answer 21

send in federal troops to force them to follow the law and threatened to hang the leader of the rebellion.

Question 22

Who was the leader of the nullification crisis rebellion? What was he?

Answer 22

John Colhoun, Jackson’s Vice President

Question 23

What idea did Jackson not like? Why?

Answer 23

A national bank, felt as though its President had too much control over the nation’s economy and that it was a bad idea to have all the country’s money in one bank?

Question 24

Who was the President of the National Bank?

Answer 24

Nicholas Biddle

Question 25

What did Jackson’s main supported, Clay, think of the National Bank issue?

Answer 25

supported it and it became a major campaign issue in the Election of 1832

Question 26

What did Jackson do after he was re-elected?

Answer 26

vetoed the re-charter of the bank and took all the federal money out of the bank, depositing it in smaller state banks.

Question 27

What were the smaller state banks known as?

Answer 27

Pet Banks

Question 28

what was the most infamous event from Jackson’s Presidency? Why did he do this?

Answer 28

the removal of the Native Americans from their Homelands. he wanted them removed from the South Eastern US to provide more land for farmers.

Question 29

He promised land in the ___ to the Natives of what five tribes and how did they respond?

Answer 29

Land in the West

• cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole
• did not want to give up their land

Question 30

What tribe went so far as to assimilate the white culture? what did they do?

Answer 30

the cherokee

-speaking English, adopt christianity, farming, own slaves, dress like them

Question 31

What did the Supreme court rule about the NA’s? What did Jackson do?

Answer 31

• that they could remain on their land
• jackson ignored the order and tricked the Tribal leaders into signing the Indian Removal act which caused them to lose their lands.

Question 32

What happened when the Cherokee tribe refused to leave?

Answer 32

Jackson ordered the military to round them up and force them to move.

Question 33

How many tribes did the military round up? where did they force them to move to and what is it known as today?

Answer 33

13,000

march to Indian territory which is now the state of oaklahoma

Question 34

How many NA’s died among the way and what did this march become known as?

Answer 34

4,000

the “trail of tears”