Unit 3: Westward Expansion and Nationalism

Another scandal that is associated with Adams' presidency that was concerned with immigration was the:

• Alien and Sedition Acts
• Immigration Acts of 1798
• Alien and Foreign Allegiances Ban
• Sedition and Bribery Scandal

Which political party did John Adams belong to?

• Federalists
• Democratic-Republicans
• Anti-Federalists
• Whigs

What president arranged the Louisiana Purchase?

• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington 
• Andrew Jackson
• William Henry Harrison

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

• the spoils system.
• Jacksonian democracy.
• mudslinging.
• a corrupt bargain.

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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 that gave voting rights to all white males

• The Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.
• Native Americans.
• the common people.
• states'  rights supporters.

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Who were a big supporters of Andrew Jackson?

• wealthy business owners
• farmers & factory workers

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

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

• Samuel Slater
• Eli Whitney 
• Francis Lowell
• James Monroe

The system, by Henry Clay, stated that taxes should be used to help improve the US (roads, canals, trading, etc.)

• Communism

• American System

• Capitalism

• Absolutism