Jackson Quiz (17-18)

Who became president in the election of 1824?

• John Quincy Adams
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun
• 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.

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to his closest supporters/allies it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• Jacksonian Democracy
• nullification

Andrew Jackson was a member of which political party?

• Whigs
• National Republicans
• Democrats
• Anti-Federalists

Why did South Carolina threaten to secede from the union the first time?

• Slavery
• Land costs
• Tariffs
• Missouri entering the union