SparkNotes: Andrew Jackson: Test

1. Where was Andrew Jackson most likely born?

(A) At sea

(B) Pennsylvania

(C) North Carolina

(D) South Carolina

2. How did Jackson's oldest brother die?

(A) Shot by the British

(B) Cholera

(C) Smallpox

(D) Heat stroke

3. Jackson killed how many people in duels?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

4. Jackson conducted his first military campaign against which Indian tribe?

(A) Cherokee

(B) Creek

(C) Seminole

(D) Sioux

5. Who nominated Jackson for the Presidency in 1824?

(A) Henry Clay

(B) Democrats

(C) The Tennessee legislature

(D) Federalists

6. Jackson's execution in Florida of two men from which European country helped start an international incident?

(A) Britain

(B) France

(C) Spain

(D) Germany

7. How many bills did Jackson veto?

(A) None

(B) Four

(C) Eight

(D) Twelve

8. Whom did Jackson nominate to be minister to Britain?

(A) Martin Van Buren

(B) John C. Calhoun

(C) John Eaton

(D) John Quincy Adams

9. Which U.S. President almost censured Jackson?

(A) John Quincy Adams

(B) James Monroe

(C) Thomas Jefferson

(D) John Tyler

10. Jackson grew up in what part of South Carolina?

(A) Bluegrass

(B) Berkshires

(C) Charleston

(D) Waxhaws

11. Put these pieces of legislation in chronological order: Bank Bill, Force Bill, Maysville Road Bill, Tariff of 1832.

(A) Maysville Road Bill, Tariff, Bank Bill, Force Bill

(B) Maysville Road Bill, Bank Bill, Tariff, Force Bill

(C) Tariff, Maysville Road Bill, Force Bill, Bank Bill

(D) Bank Bill, Maysville Road Bill, Tariff, Force Bill

12. In what setting did Jackson and Vice President Calhoun publicly exchange views on nullification?

(A) Jefferson's birthday party

(B) The Inaugural Ball

(C) The floor of the U.S. Senate

(D) A state dinner honoring the Canadian minister

13. How many times did Jackson marry his wife?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

14. What was the group of Jackson's unofficial Presidential advisors called?

(A) The Farmers

(B) The Kitchen Cabinet

(C) The Hickory Gang

(D) The Nullies

15. Jackson's government spent fifteen million dollars fighting which Indian tribe?

(A) Creeks

(B) Cherokee

(C) Sioux

(D) Seminoles

16. What year was the first major Tariff of Jackson's administration passed?

(A) 1825

(B) 1828

(C) 1829

(D) 1832

17. Why was Jackson wary of credit?

(A) The customers of his Tennessee store rarely paid him

(B) He had run up large gambling debts

(C) The Tariff of 1824 prohibited it

(D) He had been forced to pay when his business partners defaulted

18. Jackson served as governor of what territory?

(A) Alabama

(B) Florida

(C) Mississippi

(D) Tennessee

19. How many times was Jackson officially censured?

(A) Once by the Senate

(B) Twice: once by the Senate, once by the president

(C) Twice: twice by the Senate

(D) Three times: once by the Senate; once by General Scott; once by the president

20. Jackson recognized what independent nation in 1837?

(A) The Creek tribe

(B) Canada

(C) Dakota

(D) Texas

21. How many years after Jackson's first Senate censure did the Senate expunge that censure?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

22. Why was Jackson nicknamed "Old Hickory"?

(A) He cut down a Hickory tree to block British troops

(B) He was strong in body and mind

(C) He chopped fence posts for a living in his 20s

(D) His mansion was in the middle of a Hickory grove

23. How much was Jackson fined for contempt of court in New Orleans?

(A) $100

(B) $500

(C) $1,000

(D) $1,500

24. Whom did Jackson nominate to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

(A) John Marshall

(B) Roger Taney

(C) Winfield Scott

(D) Martin Van Buren

25. Which state threatened to secede during the Nullification Crisis?

(A) Rhode Island

(B) Texas

(C) Georgia

(D) South Carolina

26. The Nullification Crisis happened because of what bill?

(A) Maysville Road Bill

(B) Bank Bill

(C) Tariff of 1828

(D) Indian Removal Bill

27. After surviving the Nullification Crisis, Jackson got an honorary degree from what university?

(A) Harvard

(B) Yale

(C) Dartmouth

(D) Princeton

28. Jackson beat which popular Tennessee governor to be major general of the state's militia?

(A) Blount

(B) Donelson

(C) Eaton

(D) Sevier

29. What did Jackson announce in December 1834?

(A) The U.S. had bought Oregon

(B) The U.S. was free of debt

(C) The U.S. had reached a population of twenty million

(D) The first railroad linking Maine and Florida

30. Jackson contracted what disease while in a British prison camp?

(A) Syphilis

(B) Smallpox

(C) Cholera

(D) Yellow Fever

31. Who beat Jackson in the election of 1824?

(A) John Tyler

(B) John Quincy Adams

(C) Martin Van Buren

(D) James Monroe

32. How much of the nation's loans did the Second Bank control at its peak?

(A) One-fifth

(B) One-third

(C) One-half

(D) Three-fifths

33. Who ran against Jackson for the Presidency in 1834 on the National Republican ticket?

(A) Martin Van Buren

(B) John Tyler

(C) Henry Clay

(D) John C. Calhoun

34. The U.S. Senate censured Jackson for what in 1834?

(A) Illegally executing British spies

(B) Dueling with a Congressman

(C) Not signing the national budget

(D) Trying to kill the national bank

35. Whom did Jackson accuse of a "corrupt bargain" after the election of 1824?

(A) Henry Clay

(B) John C. Calhoun

(C) John Adams

(D) Martin Van Buren

36. Why did the government pay Jackson $2,372 in 1844?

(A) As part of a new pension for former Presidents

(B) To repay him for damages after the Hermitage burned down

(C) To repay Jackson for an old fine plus interest

(D) As a reward for his annexation of Texas

37. The Senate rejected which of Jackson's nominees to punish Jackson for the Bank fiasco?

(A) Roger Taney

(B) Martin Van Buren

(C) John Lewis

(D) Nicholas Biddet

38. Jackson upheld the Supreme Court's decision to stay the execution of an Indian by what state?

(A) Mississippi

(B) Tennessee

(C) Georgia

(D) Florida

39. Jackson imposed what treaty on the Seminoles?

(A) The Treaty of Fort Monroe

(B) The Treaty of Ghent

(C) The Treaty of Pensacola

(D) The Treaty of Fort Jackson

40. How many times did the Tennessee legislature nominate Jackson for the Presidency before he won it?

(A) One

(B) Two

(C) Three

(D) Four

41. Jackson forced France to repay what debt?

(A) Damages from the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine

(B) Damages from the Napoleonic wars

(C) Hotel bills from General Lafayette's stay in Washington

(D) Costs incurred during Napoleon's seizure of Louisiana

42. In order to preserve financial responsibility, Jackson asked Congress to do what?

(A) Use only banks in New York

(B) Not pay Indians for their land

(C) To use paper money for all small transactions

(D) Only use gold and silver coins for money

43. Jackson's policy of Indian removal led to what tragedy during Van Buren's presidency?

(A) Battle of Little Big Horn

(B) The Cherokee Trail of Tears

(C) The Wounded Knee Massacre

(D) The extinction of the Creek tribe

44. Jackson first used what Constitutional tool?

(A) Judicial review

(B) Interim appointments

(C) Pocket veto

(D) the authority to station troops overseas

45. Jackson resigned from what position to run for President in 1824?

(A) Congressman

(B) Major General of the Second District

(C) Florida Governor

(D) U.S. Senator from Tennessee

46. Jackson avenged the failed nomination of Roger Taney as secretary of the treasury by appointing him what?

(A) Minister to Britain

(B) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(C) Secretary of State

(D) Senator from Tennessee

47. What do Presidential candidates Andrew Jackson, Samuel Tilden, and Al Gore all have in common?

(A) All are from Tennessee

(B) All won the popular vote, but lost the election

(C) All served in the U.S. Army in Florida

(D) All broke the tie vote in a Senate vote over tariffs

48. Jackson holds the distinction of being what?

(A) The first President to have an open inauguration

(B) The first President to face an assassination attempt

(C) The only President to unanimously win a second term

(D) The only President to be fined by the Senate

49. What was Jackson's estate called?

(A) The Hermitage

(B) Monticello

(C) Mount Vernon

(D) Rowan Oak