Road to Revolution

Question 1

Which of the following are true about Andrew Jackson’s election as president in 1828? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He received widespread support from common people.; He ran an aggressive campaign.

Question 2

Opponents of the spoils system would agree with which of these statements?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Government jobs should be handed out based on ability, not loyalty.

Question 3

Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He believed the bank benefited wealthy elites at the expense of small farmers.

Question 4

Which of the following were elements of the American System? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

transportation improvements; national bank; tariffs

Question 5

Which of the following was the main reason why Irish immigrants moved to the United States in such large numbers in the 1840s?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

potato famine

Question 6

What was nativism?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

a belief that some citizens were superior to immigrants

Question 7

Match the movements below with their leaders.prison and mental hospital reform abolitionism education reform

Revolt · Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison; Dorothea Dix; Horace Mann

Question 8

Why was the Seneca Falls Convention important?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It helped inspire the creation of the women’s rights movement in America.

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