Andrew Jackson and Presidential Elections

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What governing body is supposed to elect the president?

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The Electoral College

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What president was asked to step down after the Watergate Scandal and did, in fact, resign the following day?

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Richard Nixon

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Andrew Jackson renamed the "Democratic Republicans" as what party?

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The Democratic Party

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What tactic did Andrew Jackson use to reward his loyal friends in the party?

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The "spoils system"

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Andrew Jackson ignored the rights of which sovereign group, removing them from their lands?

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Cherokee Natives

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By appointing loyal members to ________________, Donald Trump has secured more executive power to act as he pleases.

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The Supreme Court

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What is the part of politics where there are many people at different levels to check power that is more entrenched now than in Jackson's era?

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bureaucracy

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What term means when two people are very similar or following similar paths?

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parallel

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Changing the narrative, or story, told of history is called what?

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historical revisionism

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Andrew Jackson changed the voting process from starting with powerful, elite political caucuses to being centered around ___________________.

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political conventions