Jacksonian America

Jacksonian America

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Open Ended

Why was an expanded voting population key to Jackson being elected president?

Open Ended

Do you agree with Jackson that the spoils system is democratic? Explain.

Open Ended

Do you think that the convention system is more or less democratic than the congressional caucus system? Why?

Open Ended

Do you think John C. Calhoun was right to propose nullification? Why or why not?

Open Ended

How did the debate between Hayne and Webster foreshadow future conflicts?

Open Ended

What is your reaction to the treatment of Native Americans?

Open Ended

Was there public opposition to the removal of Native Americans by the U.S. government?

Open Ended

How did Jackson’s actions toward the Bank of the United States demonstrate his philosophy about the power of the presidency?

Multiple Choice

President Andrew Jackson strongly supported the practice of appointing people to government jobs on the basis of party loyalty and support, a practice known as the

• caucus system

• expansion

  of suffrage.

• spoils

  system.

• nullification

  crisis.

Multiple Choice

By 1832 the Jacksonians had replaced the caucus system for choosing presidential candidates with the

• national

  nominating convention.

• state

  primary system.

• spoils

  system.

• state

  party conventions.

Multiple Choice

In 1828 many South Carolinians threatened to secede from the Union when Congress levied what critics called the

• Trail

  of Tears.

• Webster-Ashburton

  Treaty.

• Panic

  of 1837.

• Tariff

  of Abominations.

Multiple Choice

President Jackson won a major political victory by successfully attacking the unpopular

• Worcester v. Georgia

  decision.

• tariffs.

• Second

  Bank of the United States.

• spoils

  system.

Multiple Choice

Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling in McCulloch v. Maryland, President Jackson believed that the Bank of the United States

• caused

  inflation.

• was

  unconstitutional.

• was

  corrupt.

• should

  be strengthened.