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Andrew Jackson
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Simple Beginnings
Revolution
Head West Young Man
Statehood and Growth
The War of 1812
Florida
The Election of 1824
Into the White House
Indians, Tariffs and Nullification
The Bank
Jacksonian America
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1. Where was Andrew Jackson most likely born?
At sea
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
2. How did Jackson's oldest brother die?
Shot by the British
Cholera
Smallpox
Heat stroke
3. Jackson killed how many people in duels?
One
Two
Three
Four
4. Jackson conducted his first military campaign against which Indian tribe?
Cherokee
Creek
Seminole
Sioux
5. Who nominated Jackson for the Presidency in 1824?
Henry Clay
Democrats
The Tennessee legislature
Federalists
6. Jackson's execution in Florida of two men from which European country helped start an international incident?
Britain
France
Spain
Germany
7. How many bills did Jackson veto?
None
Four
Eight
Twelve
8. Whom did Jackson nominate to be minister to Britain?
Martin Van Buren
John C. Calhoun
John Eaton
John Quincy Adams
9. Which U.S. President almost censured Jackson?
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Thomas Jefferson
John Tyler
10. Jackson grew up in what part of South Carolina?
Bluegrass
Berkshires
Charleston
Waxhaws
11. Put these pieces of legislation in chronological order: Bank Bill, Force Bill, Maysville Road Bill, Tariff of 1832.
Maysville Road Bill, Tariff, Bank Bill, Force Bill
Maysville Road Bill, Bank Bill, Tariff, Force Bill
Tariff, Maysville Road Bill, Force Bill, Bank Bill
Bank Bill, Maysville Road Bill, Tariff, Force Bill
12. In what setting did Jackson and Vice President Calhoun publicly exchange views on nullification?
Jefferson's birthday party
The Inaugural Ball
The floor of the U.S. Senate
A state dinner honoring the Canadian minister
13. How many times did Jackson marry his wife?
One
Two
Three
Four
14. What was the group of Jackson's unofficial Presidential advisors called?
The Farmers
The Kitchen Cabinet
The Hickory Gang
The Nullies
15. Jackson's government spent fifteen million dollars fighting which Indian tribe?
Creeks
Cherokee
Sioux
Seminoles
16. What year was the first major Tariff of Jackson's administration passed?
1825
1828
1829
1832
17. Why was Jackson wary of credit?
The customers of his Tennessee store rarely paid him
He had run up large gambling debts
The Tariff of 1824 prohibited it
He had been forced to pay when his business partners defaulted
18. Jackson served as governor of what territory?
Alabama
Florida
Mississippi
Tennessee
19. How many times was Jackson officially censured?
Once by the Senate
Twice: once by the Senate, once by the president
Twice: twice by the Senate
Three times: once by the Senate; once by General Scott; once by the president
20. Jackson recognized what independent nation in 1837?
The Creek tribe
Canada
Dakota
Texas
21. How many years after Jackson's first Senate censure did the Senate expunge that censure?
One
Two
Three
Four
22. Why was Jackson nicknamed "Old Hickory"?
He cut down a Hickory tree to block British troops
He was strong in body and mind
He chopped fence posts for a living in his 20s
His mansion was in the middle of a Hickory grove
23. How much was Jackson fined for contempt of court in New Orleans?
$100
$500
$1,000
$1,500
24. Whom did Jackson nominate to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Marshall
Roger Taney
Winfield Scott
Martin Van Buren
25. Which state threatened to secede during the Nullification Crisis?
Rhode Island
Texas
Georgia
South Carolina
26. The Nullification Crisis happened because of what bill?
Maysville Road Bill
Bank Bill
Tariff of 1828
Indian Removal Bill
27. After surviving the Nullification Crisis, Jackson got an honorary degree from what university?
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Princeton
28. Jackson beat which popular Tennessee governor to be major general of the state's militia?
Blount
Donelson
Eaton
Sevier
29. What did Jackson announce in December 1834?
The U.S. had bought Oregon
The U.S. was free of debt
The U.S. had reached a population of twenty million
The first railroad linking Maine and Florida
30. Jackson contracted what disease while in a British prison camp?
Syphilis
Smallpox
Cholera
Yellow Fever
31. Who beat Jackson in the election of 1824?
John Tyler
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
James Monroe
32. How much of the nation's loans did the Second Bank control at its peak?
One-fifth
One-third
One-half
Three-fifths
33. Who ran against Jackson for the Presidency in 1834 on the National Republican ticket?
Martin Van Buren
John Tyler
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
34. The U.S. Senate censured Jackson for what in 1834?
Illegally executing British spies
Dueling with a Congressman
Not signing the national budget
Trying to kill the national bank
35. Whom did Jackson accuse of a "corrupt bargain" after the election of 1824?
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
John Adams
Martin Van Buren
36. Why did the government pay Jackson $2,372 in 1844?
As part of a new pension for former Presidents
To repay him for damages after the Hermitage burned down
To repay Jackson for an old fine plus interest
As a reward for his annexation of Texas
37. The Senate rejected which of Jackson's nominees to punish Jackson for the Bank fiasco?
Roger Taney
Martin Van Buren
John Lewis
Nicholas Biddet
38. Jackson upheld the Supreme Court's decision to stay the execution of an Indian by what state?
Mississippi
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
39. Jackson imposed what treaty on the Seminoles?
The Treaty of Fort Monroe
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Pensacola
The Treaty of Fort Jackson
40. How many times did the Tennessee legislature nominate Jackson for the Presidency before he won it?
One
Two
Three
Four
41. Jackson forced France to repay what debt?
Damages from the sinking of the U.S.S.
Maine
Damages from the Napoleonic wars
Hotel bills from General Lafayette's stay in Washington
Costs incurred during Napoleon's seizure of Louisiana
42. In order to preserve financial responsibility, Jackson asked Congress to do what?
Use only banks in New York
Not pay Indians for their land
To use paper money for all small transactions
Only use gold and silver coins for money
43. Jackson's policy of Indian removal led to what tragedy during Van Buren's presidency?
Battle of Little Big Horn
The Cherokee Trail of Tears
The Wounded Knee Massacre
The extinction of the Creek tribe
44. Jackson first used what Constitutional tool?
Judicial review
Interim appointments
Pocket veto
the authority to station troops overseas
45. Jackson resigned from what position to run for President in 1824?
Congressman
Major General of the Second District
Florida Governor
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
46. Jackson avenged the failed nomination of Roger Taney as secretary of the treasury by appointing him what?
Minister to Britain
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Senator from Tennessee
47. What do Presidential candidates Andrew Jackson, Samuel Tilden, and Al Gore all have in common?
All are from Tennessee
All won the popular vote, but lost the election
All served in the U.S. Army in Florida
All broke the tie vote in a Senate vote over tariffs
48. Jackson holds the distinction of being what?
The first President to have an open inauguration
The first President to face an assassination attempt
The only President to unanimously win a second term
The only President to be fined by the Senate
49. What was Jackson's estate called?
The Hermitage
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Rowan Oak
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