Age of Jackson 3

Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams were accused of _______.

• Stealing money from Senate.
• Reading confidential documents.
• making a corrupt bargain
• Fraudulent taxes.

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.

Jacksonian Democracy 

• an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen
• The practice of giving government jobs to political backers
• The period of expanding democracy in the 1820s and 1830s
• The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional
  

The North was dependent on __________ while the South was dependent on __________.

• Industry, Slavery
• Slavery, Agriculture
• Industry, Mills

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

What did Jackson do that ended the nullification crisis?

• passed a higher tariff
• fired his Vice President
• burned down every home in South Carolina
• threatened to use Army to enforce the law

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• foreign goods
• american made goods
• ice cream
• slaves

To nullify a law means …

• to agree to the law
• to secede.
• to void or cancel the law.
• to vote on the law.

Which of the following is true about the Nullification Crisis?

• South Carolina wanted to secede from the United States and start their own country

• Even though Andrew Jackson was against the Doctrine of Nullification, he still asked Congress to lower tariffs.

• South Carolina was not happy with the high tariffs

• All of the above

The Tariff of Abomination...

• greatly increased the taxes on raw materials and manufactured goods

• greatly increased the taxes on imported goods from Asia

• significantly decreased the cost of raw materials

• changed the spoils system set in place by Andrew Jackson