Age of Jackson Quiz

A system in which workers are given jobs in return for their political support

• spoils system
• civil service system
• merit system
• foreign policy

Suffrage means what?

• The right to be in pain
• The right to free speech
• The right to bear arms
• The right to vote

When a state attempts to ignore a Federal law

• Treason
• Blasphemy
• Nullify
• Veto

Idea that the common people should control the government.

• secede
• Trail of Tears
• tariff
• Jacksonian Democracy

When Andrew Jackson gave government jobs to people who voted for him it was called:

• support system
• the spoils system
• mudslinging
• a corrupt bargain

Which President was known as the Common Man's President?

• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson
• Millard Fillmore
• William Henry Harrison

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.

The principle that the authority of the government comes from the people

• popular sovereignty
• rule of law
• separation of powers
• federalism

The policy which sought to remove Native Americans from territories they had lived in for generations was known as

• Indian Removal
• Native American Expulsion
• Five Tribes of North America
• Worcester v Georgia

The elections of 1824 and 1828 were between

• John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
• John C Calhoun v Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson
• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson