Expanding Democracy

Which of these men did NOT run for the presidency in 1824?

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

• Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson

• William Henry Harrison

What is a slogan?

• catchy phrase meant to attract and keep attention

• the laws that tell who can vote and when the civil right to vote

• political party lead by Andrew Jackson from 1828-1856

• a button worn by political supporters

What was NOT one of the things that Jackson's political opponents used to attack him during the campaign of 1825-1828?

• his wife being married to two men...at the same time

• his past drinking and gambling

• hist violent temper

• accusing his mother of prostitution

• None of these...his opponent used them all!

Who received the MOST votes in the Election of 1824?

• Andrew Jackson

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

• Henry Clay

Which two men were accused by Democrats of making the "corrupt bargain" when deciding the Election of 1824?

• John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay

• Andrew Jackson and Henry Clay

• William Crawford and John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams

Which new political party was led by Jackson for the Election of 1828?

• Democrats

• Democratic-Republicans

• National Republicans

• Federalists

Voting rights were extended to which group of people before the Election of 1828?

• white men who owned land

• white men who did not own land

• white women who owned land

• slaves who had been freed from slavery

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
  

Andrew Jackson ran on the support of the "common man". Which is the best description of what this means?

• He made himself relatable to the average American.
• He limited the amount of voters by increasing property requirements
• He supported transportation growth
• He came from a wealthy family in the upper class

Why did three times as many people vote in the presidential election of 1828 as voted in 1824?

• By 1828, women had gained the right to vote in some states, while no women could vote in 1824.

• By 1828, voting laws had been changed in most states to give all white men the right to vote.

• The United States had twice as many states in 1828 as it had in 1824.

• The candidates running for president in 1828 were more interesting than those running in 1824.