Politics of the People

Andrew Jackson's practice of rewarding his political backers with government jobs became known as...

• Jacksonian democracy.

• the spoils system.

• checks and balances.

• popular sovereignty.

Which of the following was NOT true of Jacksonian democracy?

• It stressed the ideas of majority rule and spreading power to the people.

• It gave voting rights to many women and free African Americans.

• It resulted from the states reducing their requirement that voters be property owners or taxpayers.

• It began before Andrew Jackson became president.

The candidate who was elected president as a result of what some Americans believed to be a corrupt political deal was…

• John Adams.

• John Quincy Adams.

• Henry Clay.

• Andrew Jackson.

The president whose election ended control of the government by the elites from Virginia and Massachusetts was…

• Andrew Jackson.

• John Quincy Adams.

• James Monroe.

• Thomas Jefferson.

The idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule is known as…

• federalism.

• nationalism.

• republicanism.

• Jacksonian democracy.