4.1 Reading Flashcard

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Suffrage

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the right to vote

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majority is...

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fifty percent plus one

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spoils system

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government jobs given to supporters

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consequently

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the result of something

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The Whig Party ...

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wanted government to control the economy

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Who could vote by the end of the Age of Jackson?

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most white men

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What was Henry Clay's most important role in the election of 1824?

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persuading House members to vote for John Quincy Adams

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New political parties, the Whigs and the Democrats, formed as a result of conflict between?

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Adams and Jackson.

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Voters were inspired to support the Democratic Party in the election of 1828 mainly because of

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political campaigns that appealed to ordinary people's concerns.

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What is the main reason that Andrew Jackson won the presidency?

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Men who did not own property were allowed to vote.