Court Cases & Laws
Jacksonian Democracy
Native American Removal
Presidencies
The Monroe Doctrine
100
What court case said that Native Americans had the right to remain in Georgia?
Answer: What is Worcester v. Georgia?
100
What is “suffrage”?
Answer: What is the right to vote?
100
What was the name of the forced journey that the Cherokee took?
Answer: What is the Trail of Tears?
100
Who was the 7th President of the United States?
Answer: Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
What is a hemisphere?
Answer: What is one half of the globe?
200
What two Supreme Court cases increased the power of the federal government over the states?
Answer: What are McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden?
200
What voting requirement was lowered after 1830 that allowed more men to vote?
Answer: What are property qualifications?
200
Why did Jackson want to remove Native Americans? Name one reason.
Answer: To give their land to settlers or search for gold.
200
Why did people dislike John Quincy Adams after the election of 1824?
Answer: They believed he made a corrupt bargain to win.
200
What two continents make up the Western Hemisphere according to the Monroe Doctrine?
Answer: What are North America and South America?
300
What law divided U.S. territory at the 36°30’ latitude line?
Answer: What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
How did political candidates change after voting requirements were lowered?
Answer: They tried to act like ordinary men to win votes.
300
What tribe resisted with petitions?
Answer: Who are the Cherokee?
300
What did Jackson threaten to do in response to South Carolina’s Nullification Act?
Answer: Invade the state and hang John C. Calhoun.
300
What did President Monroe not want in the Western Hemisphere?
Answer: European powers interfering or colonizing.
400
What crisis involved South Carolina trying to ignore a federal law?
Answer: What is the Nullification Crisis?
400
What nickname was given to Andrew Jackson because he supported ordinary citizens?
Answer: What is the “Common Man”?
400
What tribe resisted by continuing to fight the U.S. Government?
Answer: Who are the Seminole?
400
How was Jackson different from the first six presidents?
Answer: He came from a poor background and was born in a log cabin.
400
400 points:
What was the main idea of the Monroe Doctrine?
Answer: That the U.S. should be the only major power involved in the Western Hemisphere.
500
How did President Jackson respond to the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia, and what does this show about the power of the executive branch?
Answer: He ignored the ruling, showing that the executive branch can choose whether or not to enforce laws.
500
How did the expansion of suffrage during Jackson’s era impact democracy in the U.S.?
Answer: It allowed more white men to vote, increasing participation and creating a spirit of equality among citizens.
500
Name all 5 tribes known as the “Civilized Tribes” that were removed from the Southeast.
Answer: Who are the Choctaw, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Cherokee?
500
Describe the “corrupt bargain” between Adams and Clay.
Answer: Clay helped Adams win the presidency in exchange for becoming Secretary of State.
500
Based on the image of the Monroe Doctrine, who does the man standing alone represent, and what does this symbolize?
Answer: He represents the U.S., symbolizing America’s intention to stand alone in protecting the Western Hemisphere.