Industrial Revolution/ Jacksonian Democracy

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.

What was the “spoils system” 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

What was the political party of Andrew Jackson?

• Federlaist
• Democratic-Republican
• Democrat
• Republican

What was the name of the journey made by Cherokee Indians after they were removed from their land?

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Sorrows

• Trail of Tears

• Nullification Act

Once he became president, Jackson fired many federal employees and replaced them with his political supporters and friends.

• True

• False

More white men voted for president the 2nd time Jackson ran for president because they no longer had to own what?

• slaves

• cows

• land

• a college degree

What does the Indian Removal Act do?

• Pushes all Native Americans into Florida

• Allows Georgia to use Native Americans as slaves

• Enacts the policy of assimilation

• Moves Native Americans west beyond the Mississippi River

Who Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

• Eli Whitney
• Robert Fulton
• Slater
• Lowell

The invention of the cotton gin increased the efficiency of cotton production and actually increased the demand for this

• Water Power
• Coal
• FIre
• Slaves

This agreement maintained a balance between the free states of the North and the slave states of the South in the Senate

• Monroe Doctrine
• National Road
• Missouri Compromise
• Adas-Onis Treaty