Jackson's Presidency

What is the spoils system?

• The practice of giving government jobs to political backers.

• Giving jobs to the random people

• The cheese is under the sauce

• How the president wins the election

One of Jackson’s strongest allies in his official cabinet

• Martin Van Buren

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

An informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House

• The Living Room Cabinet

• The Kitchen Cabinet

• The Garage Cabinet

• The Bathroom Cabinet

Key Ideas of Jacksons Democracy

Voting rights were extended to?

• All white males

• ferrets and donkeys

• Everyone

• Those who owned land

Who benefited under Jacksons Democracy?

• Farmers Frontier Settlers and Everyday People

• The Rich

• The Cabinet

• All white males

A government that is legally restricted in its use of power.

• Limited Government

• Full power Government

• Legal Government

• Democracy

Force Bill

• Gave Jackson the power to send the Army into South Carolina

• Gave George Washington Power to go to war

• Gave the army the power to invade a state

A duty put on foreign goods

• Tariff

• A law that forbids foreign goods

• No Idea

• What is a duty?

State Rights Doctrine

• A state had the right to not follow federal laws  if they deemed the laws unconstitutional

• The State wanted to follow all laws the federal government created

• The Right of States to make money

• The Right of States to leave the union