Jacksonian Democracy

Andrew Jackson's election victory in 1828 depended on support from

• the rich and well-born.

• Native Americans.

• the common people.

• states' rights supporters.

Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs became known as

• the spoils system.

• Jacksonian democracy.

• mudslinging.

• a corrupt bargain.

Andrew Jackson was seen as a national hero after defeating the British at what battle?

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Saratoga

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

Who defeated Andrew Jackson in the election of 1824?

• Winfield Scott
• John Quincy Adams
• William Henry Harrison

Name of the Congressional legislation (law passes by Congress) that allowed Georgia to forcibly remove the Creek and Cherokee from the state?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Cherokee Act

• Indian Removal Act

• Native American Act

U.S. President who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ordering ALL Native Americans to be relocated west of the Mississippi River.

• George Washington
• Thomas Jeffersom
• James Madison
• Andrew Jackson

Although the Cherokee did their best to assimilate/adopt white culture, it did NOT keep them from eventually being removed from Georgia?

• true
• false

Thousands of Cherokee did died of exposure, starvation, disease, & heartbreak on the Trail of Tears journey to the Indian Territory?

• true
• false