Age of Jackson Vocabulary

rewarding friends and family to powerful positions 

• spoils system
• nullfiy
• bureaucracy
• bargain

time in office or time as president

• administration
• political party
• spoils system
• nominating 

Why did President Jackson devise 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

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

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

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

What was a major reason for the federal government’s involvement in the relocations depicted on this map? 

• To persuade American Indians to become farmers
•  To gain access to important rivers 
• To punish American Indians who were allies of the British
• To gain valuable farm land and natural resources

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 Cherokee Indians to move westwards.
• Large numbers of Cherokee were forced to relocate and suffered many deaths.
• The Cherokee were moved because they lacked a written alphabet.

What was the political party of Andrew Jackson?

• Federlaist
• Democratic-Republican
• Democrat
• Republican

How did Andrew Jackson gain fame

• Signing the Declaration of independance
• The Revolutionary war
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of New Orleans

the practice of rewarding the political supporters with government jobs.

• Elitism
• Mudslinging
• Spoils system
• jacksonian democracy