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Andrew Jackson was born in the Carolinas. However, he is more commonly associated with what state that he represented in both the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Tennessee
Ohio
Virginia
Alabama
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Andrew Jackson bore lifelong scars across the left side of his face and his left hand. What historic incident caused these scars?
A fight he had with a bear while he was building a log cabin.
A duel he fought against the Governor of Virginia over a whiskey tax,
An argument where Thomas Jefferson threw a glass bottle at Jackson.
A confrontation he had with a British officer for refusing to shine the officer's boots.
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While Jackson was getting his start in politics, he fought many duels over simple insults. Jackson killed the frontier marksman Charles Dickinson because Dickinson insulted which of the following?
Jackson's horse
Jackson's wife
Jackson's hair
Jackson's mother
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Andrew Jackson gained military fame for his leadership during what war between America and Britain?
The War of 1812
The Ten Years' War
The French and Indian War
World War One
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Andrew Jackson became a national hero because of his decisive victory in what War of 1812 battle that technically happened after the war ended?
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of Fort McHenry
The Battle of Detroit
The Battle of Greenbasket
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What nickname did Andrew Jackson gain because of his unwavering command at the Battle of New Orleans?
Old Ironsides
Napoleon of the Stump
Stonewall Jackson
Old Hickory
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Andrew Jackson negotiated the Treaty of Fort Jackson to seize much of Alabama and Georgia from what Native American tribe?
The Creek
The Iroquois
The Cheyenne
The Nez Perce
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Andrew Jackson's participation in the First Seminole War resulted in what colonial power giving the U.S. control over Florida?
Portugal
Britain
France
Spain
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Andrew Jackson was what number of president chronologically?
3rd
5th
7th
9th
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Andrew Jackson ran for the presidency in 1824 but lost to what man who won the election through contentious circumstances?
John Quincy Adams
Zachary Taylor
William Henry Harrison
Martin Van Buren
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Andrew Jackson claimed a "Corrupt Bargain" had been struck during the Election of 1824 because what third candidate dropped out and urged his supporters to vote for John Quincy Adams instead of Jackson?
Howard Tomar
John Jay
Henry Clay
Duncan McInnes
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Andrew Jackson was the first president to be elected from what political party?
The Republican Party
The Democratic Party
The Know-Nothing Party
The Whig Party
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What political party whose animal symbol was an owl largely formed out of mutual opposition to Jackson's policies?
The Whig Party
The Know-Nothing Party
The Free-Soil Party
The Republican Party
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Andrew Jackson dropped what legal restriction from denying people the right to vote?
People no longer had to own property to vote.
People of all races could now vote.
People no longer had to pass literacy tests in order to vote.
People younger than twenty-five could now vote.
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Andrew Jackson was the only president ever to pay off the national debt. For this accomplishment, he appears on what unit of American currency?
The penny
The quarter
The twenty-dollar-bill
The hundred-dollar-bill
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What was the name of Andrew Jackson's Nashville mansion that served as his home during much of his political career?
The Sticks
The Shack
The Lean-To
The Hermitage
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Andrew Jackson recognized what future state as an independent republic while he was president?
Mississippi
Texas
Iowa
Oregon
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Andrew Jackson caused the Trail of Tears with what law that claimed ownership over major tracts of Native American lands?
The Wild Winds Act
The Manifest Destiny Act
The Tankerbill Resolution
The Indian Removal Act
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Andrew Jackson did away with what American political institution while he was president?
The Corruption Inquiries Commission
The Junior Supreme Court
The Civil Rights Commission
The National Bank
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Andrew Jackson's presidency was fraught with conflict between him and what man who acted as his first vice president?
Zachary Taylor
John C. Calhoun
Isaac Fortia
Peter I. Olefiant
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What man replaced John C. Calhoun as Andrew Jackson's vice president?
Luke De Brinne
John Tyler
Martin Van Buren
Jack Roswell
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Andrew Jackson's cabinet had to be all-but-disbanded because of what minor political scandal which centered on rumors made about the Secretary of State's wife?
The Round-Robin Issue
The XYZ Affair
The Petticoat Affair
The Teapot Dome Scandal
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What was the name of the woman whom the Petticoat Affair centered around?
Peggy Eaton
Cassandra Lipton
Sally Austin
Gerty Preston
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Andrew Jackson nominated and appointed Chief Justice Roger Taney to preside over the Supreme Court. Taney would become infamous for his ruling in what Supreme Court case that said Black citizens of the U.S.A. didn't receive any legal protections under the Constitution?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Bakke v. California
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
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Andrew Jackson's Native-American-removal-policies led to a full war against what Sauk leader when he and his people tried to return to their homeland?
Wapa
Black Hawk
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
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The first-ever attempted assassination of an American president was against Andrew Jackson. What is the name of the man who tried to shoot Jackson twice only to cause misfires both times?
Richard Lawrence
Dom Eichler
Bernard Hasselberry
Christopher Rian
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One of the most important crises faced by Andrew Jackson was what political hoopla where many southern states argued they didn't have to obey any federal laws if they didn't want to?
The Birmingham Rebellion
The Proto-Confederacy
Bleeding Kansas
The Nullification Crisis
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The Nullification Crisis was fueled by what two resolutions that Thomas Jefferson and James Madison drafted claiming they would allow states to selectively enforce federal policies?
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
The Michigan and Tennesse Resolutions
The Maine and Georgia Resolutions
The Iowa and Florida Resolutions
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To end the Nullification Crisis, Andrew Jackson had to threaten to send troops to what state whose local government was largely responsible for starting the issue?
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Florida
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Upon leaving office, Andrew Jackson said his one regret was not shooting what man who was central to starting the Nullification Crisis?
Henry Clay
John Brown
John C. Calhoun
Walter Myers
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