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History Test F8
Due Friday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the bureaucracy | non-elected officials who carry out laws |
| Which law was intended to allow the president to use the United States military to enforce federal law? | Force Bill |
| Introduced in the 1828 presidential election, what became a permanent part of American political life? | mudslinging |
| Andrew Jackson’s supporters replaced caucuses with? | nominating conventions |
| What does it mean to have a majority? | more than half |
| What is the spoils system? | replacing federal workers with winning candidates own supporters |
| Who supported the creation of a national bank? | John Quincy Adams |
| The only Americans allowed to vote in 1824 and 1828 were? | white men |
| What does it mean to have a plurality? | the largest single share |
| What does the government issue to increased the prices of European goods? | tariffs |
| Who was nicknamed “Old Hickory”? | Andrew Jackson |
| Presidential candidates who receive the backing of their home states rather than that of the national party are called? | .“favorite son” candidates |
| Which of these prompted calls for additional troops to fight the Seminole in Florida? | Dade Massacre |
| In 1830 President___________________ pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress. | Andrew Jackson |
| Who were the only Native Americans who successfully resisted their removal? | Seminole |
| The “Trail Where They Cried” is also called the “Trail of_______________". | Tears |
| The Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw peoples were collectively known as | the “Five Civilized Tribes.” |
| President Jackson ignored the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of____________________________. | Worcester v Georgia |
| The “Black Seminoles” were actually_______________. | African American |
| In which Supreme Court decision did Chief Justice John Marshall rule that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee? | Worcester v. Georgia |
| Which act allowed the federal government to force Native Americans to move west? | Indian Removal Act |
| In 1834 Congress set aside an area for Native Americans, most of it in what is today the state of_________________. | Oklahoma |