Jacksonian Democracy

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

Andrew Jackson was known as a "Man of the ​ ​ (a)   "

• People
• Mob
• Army
• Government
• South
• North

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What was the effect of the Nullification Crisis?

• it started the process for the relocation of native americans

• decided the cherokee had the right to stay on their native lands

• forced the removal of Cherokee Nation to reservations in Oklahoma

• strained the relationship between South Carolina and introduced the idea of secession

• destroyed an important economic institution because Jackson felt it favored the elite

What did the Monroe Doctrine tell European nations?

• Stop colonizing in the Western Hemisphere!
• Stop colonizing in the Eastern Hemisphere!
• Get out of the USA!
• Stop trading with Great Britain!

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

This compromise admitted one slave state, and one free state. Additionally, it designated the status of future states in the region as off limits to slavery or open to slavery.

• Maine Compromise

• Louisiana Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

What event does this political cartoon represent?

• The Spoils System

• The Seminole Wars

• The Indian Removal Act

• Veto Power

During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. The practice was called the spoil system, which statement describes the system?

• Legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders

• The federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors

• The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations

• The president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions

Southerners opposed this act of Congress because it led to very high rates for imported manufactured goods.

• Second Bank of the United States
• Great Compromise
• Tariff of Abominations
• Missouri Compromise