Age of Jackson

In the election of 1824, ___________________ won the greatest number of electoral votes but he didn’t win a majority.

• Andrew Jackson

• John Q Adams

• John C Calhoun

• William Crawford

Jackson’s victory was aided by changes that allowed more people to vote. These workers and farmers were attracted by Jackson’s image as a self-made “ ________ man.”

• common

• rich

• ariticratic

• political

Congress ________ goods from Europe so that American goods would be cheaper than goods imported from Europe.

• taxed

• boycotted

• bought

Northern ________________ liked these tariffs because they made imported goods more expensive.

• factory owners

• farmers

• politicians

• cotton growers

Southerners were afraid the tariffs would hurt their profitable _________ trade with Europe.

• cotton

• timber

• fur

• automobile

Arguments about the tariffs led to fights over states’ rights. Southern leaders said that states could nullify _________ laws that they did not like.

• federal

• state

• local

Which term means attempts to ruin your opponent’s reputation with insults.

• mudslinging

• bureaucracy

• spoils system

• repeal

Which term means to a candidate that received backing from their home states rather than the national party.

• favorite sons

• spoils system

• nominating convention

• bureaucracy

Which term means a system in which non-elected officials carry out laws.

• favorite sons

• spoils system

• nominating convention

• bureaucracy

Which term means to force eastern Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.

• relocate

• spoils system

• nominating convention

• laissez-faire