American Nation: Chapter 12 Study Guide

John Quincy Adams supporters were known as 

• Democrats
• Whigs
• Republicans

During the Jackson era, ? was won by many craft workers and shopkeepers.  

• suffrage
• suferage
• secede
• nominating convention

If the federal government did not recognize its right to nullify the tariff, South Carolina threatened to 

• succeed
• leave the confederacy
• join in with another nation
• secede

Andrew Jackson was a ? before becoming president.  

• party majority leader
• party minority leader
• senator
• secretary of state

What attributed to Jackson's rise to the presidency.  

• Jackson  had experience in politics and business
• Jackson had lived on the frontier
• Jackson had a strong background in law
• all of the above

In what 2 ways did Andrew Jackson make the presidency more powerful?

• He implemented the spoils system, which gave the president more control over government.  
• He ignored a Supreme Court decision concerning  Indian removal.  
• He challenged South Carolina's threat to secede, and made a war on the Bank of the United States.  
• All of the above

Before the late 1820's, candidates for President were selected at a/an ? held by leaders of each party.  

• caucus
• nominating convention
• party whip
• debate

Those who backed Andrew Jackson took the name of ?

• whigs
• Lions
• democrats
• country bumpkins

In the Supreme Court decision about Cherokee lands, Chief Justice Marshall ruled that Cherokees had the right to 

• pick where they were being moved to.  
• keep their lands.
• move to the south to live with the Seminoles.  
• move north, where no one wanted to live because it was so much colder.  

One effect of high tariffs was that imported goods became

• easier to obtain.  
• more expensive.
• cheaper. 
• nonexistent.