Chapter 6-8 Test

Question 0

What was the Supreme Court decision on Worcester vs Georgia ?

Answer 0

The Cherokees won but the president refused to abide by the ruling .

Question 1

What is the Indian removal act ?

Answer 1

Where president Jackson forced the Indians out if their native land so he could sell it.

Question 2

What are the trail of tears ?

Answer 2

Where more than 20,000 Indians were rounded up from their native lands and forced to move to Indian territory , many on the long journey got sick and died.

Question 3

Why did Jackson believe that the banks were corrupted ?

Answer 3

He believed that because he said that the banks destroyed the republican institution .

Question 4

What were pet banks !

Answer 4

Before Jackson’s reelection he appointed people to place govt funds in certain state banks that were loyal to him.

Question 5

Why was the BUS sometimes referred to as “The Monster” ?

Answer 5

Becuase he claimed it was trying to “kill him”

Question 6

How did Jackson kill the BUS ?

Answer 6

Because of the “pet banks” made by Jackson Nicholas Biddle tried to revive the banks by demanding repayment if loans , that frustrated people which lead them to go to DC and ask Jackson about what was happening by that time Biddle had not received enough money to save the bank so by that time it collapsed.

Question 7

Who was Prez. Jackson

Answer 7

7th prez ,born in SC ,Richest man in Tennessee , nickname was old hickory , appealed to the common man.

Question 8

What was the second Great awakening ?

Answer 8

After 1790 the belief that God pre-determined ones salvation lead by Charles finney, large spiritual movement.

Question 9

How did the second great awakening affect African Americans ?

Answer 9

It allowed them to congregate together and go to church and have a sense of community .

Question 10

What was transcendentalism teach ?

Answer 10

It taught that living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature .

Question 11

How did formers attempt to improve the nations prison and education system.

Answer 11

Dorothea Dix by calling for reform.

Question 12

What was Nat’s Rebellion ?

Answer 12

Nat turner believed that he was spiritually lead to take slaves to freedom so they attacked and killed 60+ slave owners and were soon captured.

Question 13

What was the temperance movement ?

Answer 13

A failed attempt by the government to get rid of alcohol .

Question 14

Why did factory workers hire more women than men ?

Answer 14

They could pay the women far less than men.

Question 15

What were working conditions like in the mills.

Answer 15

They were hot, very dark, and poor ventilation which made it harder to breathe.

Question 16

Who were we fighting in the war of 1812 ?

Answer 16

The British because they had not been supplying native Americans with ammo to fight

Question 17

Where most of the battles fought ?

Answer 17

On water in the Great Lakes.

Question 18

How long did the war last ?

Answer 18

From 1812-1814

Question 19

Which presidents fought in the war of 1812 ?

Answer 19

Andrew Jackson and William Harrison

Question 20

What did we gain from the war ?

Answer 20

The northern boundary of the LA territory and as far west as the Rockies .

Question 21

What treaty ended the war

Answer 21

The treaty of Ghent in 1814

Question 22

What did Jays treaty do ?

Answer 22

Helped decide which nation should control the territories west of the Appalachian mountains.

Question 23

When was jays treaty signed ?

Answer 23

Nov 19th, 1794

Question 24

Why did jays treaty anger western settlers ?

Answer 24

Because it allowed the British to continue their fur trade on the US side of the Canadian border .

Question 25

What were the terms and conditions to pinckney’s treaty ?

Answer 25

Spain gave up all lands east of the Mississippi (except Florida) the 31st parallel became the official southern border and Spain agreed to open up the Mississippi River so Americans could use the port of New Orleans.

Question 26

What was the XYZ affair ?

Answer 26

An attempt to bribe the American delegation to meet with the prime minister to have peace talks but Americans would pay the $250,000 payment.

Question 27

What were the Va and KY resolutions ?

Answer 27

When both states decided to nullify the alien and sedition acts.

Question 28

What is Marbury vs Madison ?

Answer 28

A Supreme Court case that established judicial review meaning that the Supreme Court has the power to decide if the law is constitutional or not.

Question 29

What was the Louisiana purchase ?

Answer 29

Pres. Jefferson bought it from France for 15 million it more than doubled the size of the US .

Question 30

What was so important about Lewis and Clark ?

Answer 30

Jefferson sent to to document and record there findings in their exploration of the new territories , Sacajawea was their guide and interpreter along the way.

Question 31

What was the American system about ?

Answer 31

To connect America and promote industrialism.

Question 32

What were the 3 parts of the American system ?

Answer 32

Developing transportation systems, establishing a protective tariff, and resurrecting the national bank

Question 33

Eli Whitney created ?

Answer 33

The cotton gin but what made him famous was interchangeable parts.

Question 34

What states entered the union because if the Missouri compromise ?

Answer 34

Missouri and Maine

Question 35

What did the Adams-Onis treaty purchase for the US ?

Answer 35

Florida