Jackson Wins the Presidency

What did Jackson call the "corrupt bargain"?

• a closing of the Second Bank of the United States and the depositing of federal funds into pet banks

• James Quincy Adams winning the election of 1824 and Henry Clay being appointed as Secretary of State

• South Carolina refusing to enforce federal law and threatening to secede from the US

• Chief Justice Marshall's ruling that the state of Georgia had no right to take the Cherokee's land

Who had to select the president in the election of 1824 because there was no majority winner?

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• States

• People revoted

Who became president in the election of 1824?

• John Quincy Adams
• Henry Clay
• John C. Calhoun
• Andrew Jackson

Jackson's victory in the election of 1828 was significant because

• many more people took part in the voting process than in previous elections.
• he was the first president to come from a poor background.
• it indicated the growing influence of the western section of the country in national politics.
• all of the above

One limitation to democracy during the Jackson era was that

• there were only two political parties.
• the number of voters was decreasing.
• Native Americans could not appeal to the Supreme Court.
• women, Native Americans, and most African Americans could not vote.

Andrew Jackson was a member of which political party?

• Whigs
• National Republicans
• Democrats
• Anti-Federalists

At the founding of the nation, suffrage was restricted not only by gender and race but on the basis of __________ and __________.

• military service; loyalty to the nation
• property ownership; military service
• property ownership; tax payment
• tax payment; military service

What party formed because people opposed Jackson's ideas?

• Whigs
• Republicans
• Federalists
• Democrats

Why did factory owners in the North like tariffs?

• Tariffs made American products better.
• Tariffs gave more money to the government.
• Tariffs caused more people to demand (buy) American products than European products.
• Tariffs would increase the price of materials in the West.

Why was Andrew Jackson's election important?

• He was the friendliest president ever elected.
• It caused the common people to become more powerful than ever before, instead of elites.
• Jackson was the first military man elected.
• Jackson was a celebrity.