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Age of Jackson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson is the ______President. | 7th President; First Democrat |
| In the election of 1824, Jackson won the popular vote, but the decision fell to the ________ because he did not win a majority of electoral votes. | House of Representatives, led by Speaker of the House Henry Clay |
| Jackson accused Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams of making a "__________________" to defeat him in the election of 1824. | Corrupt Bargain |
| Jackson split the Democratic Party. His opponents became known as the _____________. | Whigs; His supporters were Democrats |
| Jackson was not born to wealth, but gained his fame by beating British forces at the __________ and fighting natives in Florida and Georgia. | Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 |
| Jackson fought for the "_______________. " | Common Man |
| The presidency of Jackson is known for a increase in democracy, the Spoils system and new campaigning methods, aka "___________________________" | Jacksonian Democracy |
| During the terms of Jackson, the number of ___________________ who could vote increased to 80% because states dropped property requirements. | white males |
| ________________refers to the right to vote. | suffrage |
| With the Campaign of 1828,new techniques such as rallies, dinners and __________________ , or dirtying the reputation of an opponent, were introduced | mudslinging |
| To make the government more responsive to the needs of the Common man, Jackson appointed his supporters to government jobs, in a process known as the _____________, or patronage. | Spoils System |
| Jackson believed that a rotating system of office holders was the best way to give the " ______________" more participation in the government. | Common Man |
| The Spoils System, aka Patronage, refers to giving government ________to political supporters to increase the role of the average man in the government. This often led to unqualified people in jobs. | jobs |
| What did South Carolina try to nullify, or cancel, in the Ordinance of Nullification? | high tariffs that only benefited northern industrialists |
| How did Jackson respond to South Carolina's nullification plan and threat of secession int he event known as the Nullification Crisis? | with force (military threat) |
| The _______________was passed in 1830 to force natives from their land EAST of the Mississippi River, to the Indian Territory WEST of the Miss.Rv. to give the white settlers the good land and control of natural resources. | Indian Removal Act |
| In ___________V. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, stating that they were a DISTINCT nation, and Georgia had no right to take their land because of federal treaties in the 1790's had granted the Cherokee rights to the land. | Worcester |
| Jackson shut down the ___________________because he felt it favored the wealthy and instead, put the government's deposits with state institutions. | national bank |
| What was the Nullification Crisis of 1832? | States' rights issue where South Carolina threatened to secede if forced to obey a tariff law that it had tried to nullify; Clay negotiated a compromise to bring it to an end |
| Where was the Indian Territory? | Oklahoma |
| Where were the Cherokee removed from in the Trail of Tears? | Georgia |
| The Tariff of __________________ (1828) raised tariffs to a very high level, hurting southern farmers. | Abominations, which led to the Nullification Crisis |
| the idea that states should not have to follow federal laws that are unconstitutional, is known as _______________rights. | States' |
| In what law did Congress give Jackson the authority to use the military to make South Carolina pay the tariff? | Force Bill |
| What court ruling did Andrew Jackson ignore? | Worcester V. Georgia- natives were still forced off their eastern land |
| What states rights advocate was Jackson's VP that was a leader behind the nullification of the Tariff of Abominations? | John C. Calhoun (he ended up resigning) |
| What were the two parties of this Second political party system? | Whigs and Democrats |
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