Jackson
Task Cards
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Jackson
Task Cards
I hope you enjoy your Jackson Task Cards. Included are 32
question cards that can be used to review content from the
Jacksonian Era. They can be answered in any order. I
recommend that you laminate the cards so that you can use
them year after year. These cards can be used with any text
book or as a review of classroom instruction. I have included
blank cards at the end if you wish to add more questions or
replace a question.
These task cards have multiple uses in your classroom. You
can:
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Set up centers to review for a test
Play a game of “Scoot”. Place the task cards around the
room and allow students to travel from one card to the
next as they answer the questions.
Use them as anchor stations as you do a small group
reteach.
Do you have a class with a large ELL population? Place
students in groups of 4, give students each a card and
allow them to discuss the answer as a group.
Need a quick formative assessment? Pass out a few of these
task cards and have students answer them at the end of a
lesson.
Jackson
Task Cards
1. ________________ 11. ________________ 21. ________________ 31. ________________
2. ________________ 12. ________________ 22. ________________ 32. ________________
3. ________________ 13. ________________ 23. ________________ 33. ________________
4. ________________ 14. ________________ 24. ________________ 34. ________________
5. ________________ 15. ________________ 25. ________________ 35. ________________
6. ________________ 16. ________________ 26. ________________ 36. ________________
7. ________________ 17. ________________ 27. ________________ 37. ________________
8. ________________ 18. ________________ 28. ________________ 38. ________________
9. ________________ 19. ________________ 29. ________________ 39. ________________
10. ________________ 20. ________________ 30. ________________ 40. ________________
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During his presidential
campaign, Andrew Jackson
promised his loyal supporters
that government positions
would be awaiting them upon
his inauguration. He would
claim to others it was about
reform. This was known as –
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President Jackson spoke out
against the right of
nullification, calling it
treason. The crisis that grew
from the right to nullify was
over –
A. states’ rights.
B. nationalism.
C. popular sovereignty.
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“I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and
dragged from their homes, and driven at the
bayonet point into the stockades. And in the
chill of a drizzling rain on an October
morning I saw them loaded like cattle or
sheep into six hundred and forty-five wagons
and started toward the west….”
-Private John G. Burnett, 1839
This
political
cartoon is
(for or
against)
Jackson.
Which event is described above?
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Which of the following events was
a result of President Andrew
Jackson’s refusal to enforce the
Worcester v. Georgia ruling?
A. Election of 1824
Jackson’s informal group of
advisors was called the -?-
B. Trail of Tears
C. Nullification Crisis
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D
The Cherokee nation…is a distinct
community, occupying its own
territory…which the citizens of
Georgia have no right to enter
but with the assent [agreement]
of the Cherokee themselves…
The court case reflected in this quote is -
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In Worcester v Georgia, the U. S. Supreme
Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee
nation. Which of the following was a result
of President Andrew Jackson’s refusal to
enforce the ruling?
A. Giving new lands in Georgia to the
Cherokee
B. Killing all of the Cherokee tribal leaders
C. Granting full citizenship rights to the
Cherokee nation
D. Moving most of the Cherokee from
Georgia to lands in the west
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I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the
United States, assumed by one State, incompatible
There is “nothing wrong in the maxim
that to the victors belong the spoils.”
with the existence of the Union, contradicted
expressly by the letter of the Constitution,
unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every
principle on which It was founded, and
destructive of the great object for which it was
formed.
Under such a system, President
Andrew Jackson sought to —
A. replace existing officeholders with
members of his own party
B. stop one branch of government
from becoming too powerful
C. limit the term of office of the
President of the United States
Andrew Jackson. December 10, 1832
Andrew Jackson made this
statement in response to—
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Those who supported “Jacksonian
democracy” would most likely have
favored —
A. selection of the President by a
small group of party leaders
B. a government in which service
is open to all citizens
C. government by a military elite of
army officers
The elimination of property qualifications,
the use of the “spoils system” and the
introduction of new campaign methods
during the Jacksonian Era were
considered democratic reforms because
they —
A. guaranteed women and free blacks
the right to vote in federal elections
B. gave citizens a more direct role in
the democratic process
C. prevented government officials from
campaigning for re-election
.
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This image portrays which important
event in Jackson’s life?
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“It is to be regretted that the rich and
powerful too of ten bend the acts of
government to their selfish purposes.”
This excerpt reveals Jackson’s view that the
President should —
This image portrays which important
event in Jackson’s life?
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A. take responsibility for the smooth running
of the American economy
B. protect ordinary Americans against those
who tried to obtain special privileges
C. attempt to eliminate all remaining social
and economic differences
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“The Cherokee Nation is a distinct community,
occupying its own territory, with boundaries
accurately described, in which the laws of -?--can have no force, and the citizens of -?--have no right to enter without the
[permission] of the Cherokees themselves”
Which of the following statements describe
Andrew Jackson? Choose all that apply.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Which state best completes this
statement?
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This (crowd)…had not been anticipated and
therefore not provided against. Ladies and
gentlemen, only had been expected at
this…(event), not the people en masse. But it
was the People's day, and the People's President
and the People would rule.“
Which important event in Jackson’s life does
this describe?
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Democrat
First president of the ordinary people
Successful lawyer
War Hero
Supreme Court Justice
Slave owner
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Which statement best describes the “Spoils System”?
A.
B.
C.
Jackson created an informal group of advisors
called the “Kitchen Cabinet”.
Jackson received rewards for defeating the 2nd
National Bank charter.
Jackson fired and replaced cabinet members with
his supporters.
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The “Corrupt Bargain” refers to –
A. The Election of 1824
B. The Indian Removal Act
C. The Tariff Dispute
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Andrew Jackson was elected the -?president in -?-.
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- Tariff of Abominations
- Protect manufacturers in
the North
- South Carolina threatens to
secede
The Nullification Crises occurred
when the state of -?- refused to
pay tariffs.
Which event is being described by
this list?
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"The Constitution ... Forms
a government not a
league ... To say that any
State may at pleasure
secede from the Union is
to say that the United
States is not a nation.“
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Jackson issues this
statement in reaction to
the -
Andrew Jackson started
the -?- National Party.
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Which of the following statements
describe Andrew Jackson? Choose all
that apply.
Jackson destroyed the -?-,
claiming that it was corrupt.
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A. Extremely popular war hero who
started the Democratic Party
B. Was known as “the People’s
President”.
C. Defeated the British in the
French and Indian War
D. Increased people’s participation
in government
E. Implemented policies that resulted
in the forced migration of Native
Americans
True or False – The “Corrupt
Bargain” allowed Andrew Jackson
to become president in 1824.
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South Carolina threated to
secede from the Union
during the -?-
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____________?______________
• Gave the federal government the power to
exchange Native-held land for land in Oklahoma.
• The law required the government to treat the
Native Americans fairly.
• It did not permit the president or anyone else to
force the Native Americans into giving up their
land.
-?- was Jackson’s first vicepresident, but later opposed him
in the Nullification Crises.
What is the best title for this list?
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Jackson
Task Cards Key
1. The Spoils
System
11. B
21. A
31. Indian Removal Act
2. A
12. B
22. 7th, 1828
32. John C. Calhoun
3. Trail of Tears
13. The Battle of New
Orleans
23. South Carolina
33. ________________
24. Nullification Crises
34. ________________
25. Nullification Crises
35. ________________
26. Democratic
36. ________________
16. B
27. 2nd National Bank
37. ________________
17. Georgia
28. A, B, D, E
38. ________________
18. A, B, C, D, F
9. The Nullification
Crises
29. False
39. ________________
19. Inauguration Day
30. Nullification Crises
40. ________________
10. A
20. C
4. against
5. B
6. Kitchen Cabinet
7. Worcester v.
Georgia
8. D
14. Trail of Tears
15. Inauguration as
president
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