Jacksonian Democracy

Nominating conventions contributed to the expansion of democracy in the United States in the 1820's by...

• drawing media attention to the election.

• allowing people to become more active in politics.

• granting women and African Americans the vote.

• increasing the presidential candidate’s popularity.

Which of the following statements is an example of how voting rights were expanded in the early 1800's?

• Maryland set religious qualifications for voters.

• Some states extended suffrage rights to more white males.

• Party leaders began to nominate their parties’ candidates.

• Massachusetts granted one-half of a vote to each literate freedman.

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

To nullify a law means …

• to agree to the law
• to secede.
• to void or cancel the law.
• to vote on the law.

Which state said they wouldn‘t pay the new tariff and passed the Nullification act?

• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Georgia

Tariffs caused the price of ____ to go up.

• foreign goods
• american made goods
• ice cream
• slaves

What did Jackson do that ended the nullification crisis?

• passed a higher tariff
• fired his Vice President
• burned down every home in South Carolina
• threatened to use Army to enforce the law

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

• the north
• the south
• the west
• Alaska

Which person is known as the "Father of State's Rights" and supported nullification and secession if necessary to protest the "Tariff of Abomination"?

• Henry Clay
• James Monroe
• John C. Calhoun