STAAR Social Studies 8th Unit 7 Westward Expansion

President whose time in office is marked by indifference and racism toward Native-Americans and African-Americans.

• Andrew Johnson
• Andrew Jackson
• James Madison
• John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson won the popular vote in the 1824 election, however, he did not win the majority of the vote.  Who convinced the House of Representative that John Quincy Adams should be president in a "corrupt bargain" deal?

• John Quincy Adams
• Henry Clay
• Daniel Webster
• James Madison

Conflicts split the Democratic-Republicans and Andrew Jackson's supporter found the ______________ party.

• Democratic
• Republican
• Whigs
• Federalist

Jackson appealed to the common man and as a result there was a higher turnout in the 1828 election.  This appeal to the common voter and majority rule is called  

• Voter turnout
• Popular sovereignty 
• Jacksonian Democray
• Direct Democracy

What was the nickname that troops under Andrew Jackson's command gave him?

• "Old Yeller"
• "Old White Guy"
• "Old Hickory"
• "Old Bossman"

Why did the Washington elite call Andrew Jackson's Inauguration "scandalous"?

• He brought the King of England to the Inauguration
• He and his wife partied too much
• The crowd became unruly and broke windows and china-mob behavior
• Common people came dressed nicely in suits.

Election winner gives government jobs to reward supporters and friends is called.....

• The Good Life
• Winner, winner chicken dinner
• The Spoils System
• Jacksonian Democracy

Group of Jackson’s friends who acted as informal advisors beyond official cabinet.

• Cupboard
• Round table
• Board table
• Kitchen cabinet

Jackson's opponents felt that he had too much power over Congress and gave him what name?

• King Andrew
• King of the Hill
• King of America
• King of Kentucky

The idea that America was choosen by God to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific is called

• Oregon Destiny
• Northwest Destiny
• Destiny's Child
• Manifest Destiny