Andrew Jackson

What is Jacksonian Democracy?

• the idea that the common people should control their government
• the political party that supported Jackson in the election of 1828
• the notion that the rich and upper class should have the most power
• the nickname Andrew Jackson earned in the War of 1812

Why did the election of 1828 include many first-time voters?

• Southern states gave voting rights to women.
• African Americans were voting for the first time.
• New states gave voting rights to all white men.
• A new federal law required all men and women to vote.

Jackson's election as president was a victory for

• ordinary working Americans.
• American Indians.
• upper class Americans.
• Republicans.
  

How did tariffs affect imported goods?

• Tariffs lowered the prices of imported goods.
• Tariffs made imported goods illegal to buy.
• Tariffs set weight restrictions for imported goods.
• Tariffs raised the cost of imported goods.

Why did many southern cotton planters oppose tariffs?

• They believed that tariffs would hurt business in southern factories.
• They believed that tariffs were unconstitutional because they favored one region over another.
• They wanted to stop foreign countries from selling imported goods.
• They believed that northern farmers would start buying more affordable cotton from Europe.

The nullification crisis occurred when

• the Supreme Court declared the tariff laws null and void.
• Congress refused Jackson's request to repeal the tariff laws.
• South Carolina threatened to secede if the tariff laws were enforced.
• Jackson threatened to make South Carolina leave the Union by force.

What was the function of the Bank of the United States?

• It held funds deposited by the federal government.
• It owned and operated smaller state banks.
• It served as the only bank in the country.
• It decided which banking laws were constitutional.

Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?

• He thought its president was inexperienced and poorly educated.
• He thought it loaned too much money to farmers and workers.
• He thought it was unconstitutional and that it favored the rich.
• He thought it benefited western business owners over those in the east.

Jackson's policy toward American Indians was

• to honor treaties that protected Indian land.
• to use force to remove Indians from their land.
• to give Indians fertile land for farming.
• to help Indians create their own government.

The Trail of Tears refers to

• Jackson’s angry negotiations with the Five Civilized Tribes.
• the movement of Seminole Indians from the West to Florida.
• government workers who lost their jobs due to Jackson’s spoils system.
• the removal of Cherokee Indians (and others) from Georgia to Indian Territory.