Jacksonian Democracy

What did small farmers and frontier settlers thing about Andrew Jackson? (#3 page 4)

• They did not like him because he was for the bankers and businessmen

• They approved of him because they thought he would defend the rights of the common people

• They supported him because they like politicians with scars

What was the “spoils system” practiced by newly-elected president Andrew Jackson? (#9 and 10 page 4)

• 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

The idea that the common people should control the government

• Spoils system
• Corrupt Bargain
• American system
• Jacksonian Democracy

Jacksonian Democracy was...(#4 on page 3)

• an informal group of trusted advisors

• the period of expanding democracy that gave more voting rights to white men

• the practice of giving government jobs to political backers

• when the Court ruled that the National Bank was constitutional

Which of the following would most likely be a Jackson supporter?

• a Republican
• a wealthy banker
• a rich property owner
• a western farmer