Jacksonian Democracy/ Jackson and the Bank

A method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad.

• Favorite Son

• Mudslinging

• Spoil System

• Plurality

Practice of rewarding government jobs to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.

• Bureaucracy

• Mudslinging

• Spoil System

• Plurality

In the Election of 1824 who got the most Popular Votes and Electoral College votes?

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

Who was the Speaker of the House who was involved in the "Corrupt Bargain" that led to John Quincy Adams becoming President.

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

Which issue did Henry Clay and Daniel Webster use to try to defeat Andrew Jackson in the 1832 presidential election?

• Bank of United States

• Congressional annual salaries

• Jackson´s place of birth

• veto power for the president

President Jackson believed that the Bank of the United States

• should be supported at all costs.

• unfairly favored poor people.

• unfairly favored wealthy people.

• was corrupt.

Which symbol did the Whigs adopt for themselves during the 1840 election?

• a Bank

• a donkey

• a log cabin

• an elephant

Van Buren’s laissez-faire economic approach ended the Panic of 1837.

• True

• False

The Whigs’ campaign slogan for the 1840 election was “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too.”

• True

• False

A system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than elected ones.

• Bureaucracy

• Mudslinging

• Spoil System

• Plurality