The Age of Jackson

Why did John Quincy Adams become president after the election of 1824?

• Adams was more popular.

• Adams received the majority of electoral votes.

• Jackson received a plurality, but not a majority, of electoral votes and the House of Representatives chose Adams

Because he felt "robbed" by the outcome of the election of 1824, Andrew Jackson called the appointment of Adams as president the

• Corrupt Bargain

• Great Compromise

• Raw Deal

John Quincy Adams proved to be an unpopular president (and only served one term just like his father) due in part to his support of

• abolishing slavery

• using federal money for infrastructure like roads and canals

• scientific research

Andrew Jackson was able to easily win the election of 1828 due in part to the fact that

• nobody ran against him

• more white men were eligible to vote and many new voters voted for Jackson

• Jackson promised to protect Native Americans

Jackson expanded the practice of patronage (hiring political supporters for government jobs) which became known as the

• spoils system

• civil service

• social security

Jackson's opponents in Congress criticized Jackson's over-use of his veto power by calling him

• Czar Jackson

• Kaiser Old Hickory

• King Andrew I

One of Jackson's main goals as president was to "kill" the proposed action to

• ban the spread of slavery in the west

• recharter Second Bank of the United States

• annex Texas

What is a tariff and why did southern states oppose them?

• an income tax, the South had a lot of wealthy planters

• a tax on imports, the South imported all of their manufactured goods

• a sales tax on cotton, the South produced a lot of cotton

South Carolina passed the Nullification Act in an attempt to

• force Native Americans to relocate to the west

• strengthen the power of the federal government

• cancel the Tariff of 1828

This government action was taken as a result of Jackson's plan to help southern states expel Native Americans from their lands.

• Force Bill

• Indian Removal Act

• Nullification of the Tariff of Abominations