Unit 5, Lesson 16: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy

an employee of the government

• secede

• civil servant

• tariff

• spoils system

to withdraw from an organization or alliance

• secede

• civil servant

• tariff

• spoils system

the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

• secede

• civil servant

• tariff

• spoils system

a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country

• secede

• civil servant

• tariff

• spoils system

From which group did Andrew Jackson receive the most support in the election of 1828?

• Federalists

• common people

• members of the upper class

• Indigenous groups

What political party was formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the election of 1824?

• Socialist

• Federalist

• Republican

• Democratic

What name was given to President Jackson’s practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs?

• the nullification system

• mudslinging

• the spoils system

• corrupt bargaining

In 1828 and 1832, Congress passed a law creating a tariff, or tax, on

• goods produced in the United States.

• the purchase of property.

• the income of workers.

• goods imported from outside the United States.

What caused the nullification crisis?

• removal policies

• the election of 1828

• northern trade policies

• southern opposition to tariffs

The nullification crisis tested the right of states

• to ignore Supreme Court decisions.

• to override federal laws.

• to secede from the United States.

• to create their own tax system.