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Jacksonian Democracy

Authored by Stephen Monaghan

Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What city did the British burn during the War of 1812?

Baltimore

Washington D.C.

York (modern Toronto)

New Orleans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Acquisition of a territory by the United States from France in 1803. Doubled the size of the U.S.

Louisiana Purchase

Gadsden Purchase

Mexican Cession

Adams Onis Treaty

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following statements describes the social situation of the United States before Jacksonian Democracy?

Hundreds of craftspeople were opening shops in the cities.

Small farmers were profiting from new technologies.

Power was in the hands of a few wealthy individuals.

Ordinary Americans were gaining a voice in government.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the ā€œspoils systemā€ practiced by newly-elected president Andrew Jackson?

damaging the reputations of one’s political opponents

celebrating one’s victory over a period of months

raising the wages of one’s staff after a victory

rewarding supporters by giving them government jobs

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main Democratic criticism of John Quincy Adams’s candidacy for the presidency?

He was crude and hot-tempered.

He was out of touch with everyday people.

He was a veteran too invested in the military.

He was a bad judge of character.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Andrew Jackson won many votes at the 1828 presidential election because he was Harvard-educated and his father had been the second president of the United States.

TRUE

FALSE

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Bureaucracy
Mudslinging
Spoil System
Plurality

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