McGraw Hill Ch 10 Test

John Quincy Adams was the son of earlier president John Adams

• True

• False

In 1828 Andrew Jackson was selected as the Republican presidential candidate.

• True

• False

Andrew Jackson was born into a wealthy family.

• True

• False

Once he became president, Jackson fired many federal employees and replaced them with his supporters.

• True

• False

John C. Calhoun believed individual states had the right to nullify federal laws.

• True

• False

name given to an alleged deal between Clay and Adams in the 1824 election

• bureaucracy

• Democrats

• mudslinging

• Republicans

• the “corrupt bargain”

favored states’ rights in the 1828 election

• bureaucracy

• Democrats

• mudslinging

• Republicans

• the “corrupt bargain”

a system where appointed officials, not elected ones, carry out laws

• bureaucracy

• Democrats

• mudslinging

• Republicans

• the “corrupt bargain”

political party that wanted a strong central government in 1828

• bureaucracy

• Democrats

• mudslinging

• Republicans

• the “corrupt bargain”

an attempt to ruin a candidate’s personal reputation

• bureaucracy

• Democrats

• mudslinging

• Republicans

• the “corrupt bargain”