Jacksonian Democracy

Why did President Jackson create and use the spoils system?

• To reward the Supreme Court

• To create a new cabinet

• To reward his supporters

• He was tired of people taking advantage of him

Although President Jackson believed in states’ rights, he supported _____.

• Senator Calhoun
• secession
• the protective tariff
• a strong nation

How did Andrew Jackson make the American political system more democratic?

• By expanding voting rights to all white men.
• By allowing Native Americans to move back east.
• By telling citizens how to vote
• By allowing slaves to vote

What was Andrew Jackson nickname?

• El Mesquite
• Old Hickory
• Sturdy Oak
• Wise Owl

Who was called the President of the "common man?"

• Thomas Jefferson
• John Q Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• John Calhoun

Name given to the 1828 taxation on raw materials that angered many states.

• Tax of 1828
• Ordinance of Nullification
• Tariff of Abominations
• Gibbons vs Ogden

Which statement about the “Trail of Tears” is accurate?

• President Andrew Jackson opposed the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia.

• Chief Justice John Marshall ordered the Indians to move westwards.

• Large numbers of Native Americans were forced to relocate during the winter months.

• The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet.

This was an informal group of trusted advisors who sometimes met in the White House Kitchen.

• Kitchen Advisors
• Kitchen Meetings
• Kitchen Cabinet
• Advisory Cabinet

This was the practice of giving government jobs to political backers.

• Spoils System
• Kitchen Cabinet
• Nominating Conventions
• Missouri Compromise

Which bank was Andrew Jackson having a conflict with? 

• First Bank of the United States
• Second Bank of the United States
• Pet Banks
• State Banks