Question 1
During the 1830s, the Cherokee Indians
A) suffered hardships and death in a forced removal to Oklahoma.
B) defied a Supreme Court ruling in their attempt to avoid deportation.
C) laid siege to the federal capital.
D) lost tribal lands as a result of their defeat at Horseshoe Bend.
Question 2
In his Exposition and Protest, John Calhoun argued that a state has the power to
A) impeach the president.
B) raise a volunteer army.
C) set its own tariff rates.
D) nullify an unconstitutional federal law.
E) leave the Union.
Question 3
Southerners opposed high protective tariff rates because they feared resultant
A) development of southern industry.
B) opening of new western lands.
C) increased prices for manufactured goods.
D) Native American attack.
Question 4
As president, Andrew Jackson
A) asserted his power most dramatically through use of the veto.
B) favored significant increases in the levels of protective tariffs.
C) engaged in wholesale replacement of officeholders with his own supporters.
D) supported national funding for all internal improvement projects.
Question 5
One of Andrew Jackson's key principles included the
A) defense of the interests of the monied aristocracy.
B) expanded powers of the national government.
C) importance of majority rule.
D) equality of whites and blacks.