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Chapter 11: The Jackson Era
      
  1.In 1828 most voters in the new frontier states voted for __________.  
  a.   John C. Calhoun  
  b.   John Quincy Adams  
  c.   Andrew Jackson  
  d.   Henry Clay  
      
  2.In the spoils system, the winner gives __________ to his supporters.  
  a.   jobs  
  b.   tax cuts  
  c.   money  
  d.   land  
      
  3.A tariff is __________.  
  a.   a tax on exports  
  b.   a tax on goods moved from one state to another  
  c.   an income tax  
  d.   a tax on imports  
      
  4.To oppose the tariffs of 1828 and 1832, __________ passed the Nullification Act in 1832.  
  a.   South Carolina  
  b.   North Carolina  
  c.   Virginia  
  d.   Massachusetts  
      
  5.The Indian Territory created by Congress was an area in present-day __________.  
  a.   Texas  
  b.   Oklahoma  
  c.   Utah  
  d.   Nebraska  
      
  6.The Native American tribe that was forced to move west on the Trail of Tears was the __________.  
  a.   Cherokee  
  b.   Seminole  
  c.   Iroquois  
  d.   Creek  
      
  7.The only Native American group to successfully resist removal was the __________.  
  a.   Cherokee  
  b.   Seminole  
  c.   Iroquois  
  d.   Creek  
      
  8.President Jackson vetoed a bill to renew the charter of the __________.  
  a.   Federal Court System  
  b.   Patent Office  
  c.   National Bank  
  d.   Indian Affairs Office  
      
  9.The Panic of 1837 took place during the presidency of __________.  
  a.   Andrew Jackson  
  b.   William Henry Harrison  
  c.   John Tyler  
  d.   Martin Van Buren  
      
  10.The first vice president to gain the presidency because the elected president died in office was __________.  
  a.   William Henry Harrison  
  b.   John Quincy Adams  
  c.   Martin Van Buren  
  d.   John Tyler  

 






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