Andrew Jackson and Presidential Elections

What governing body is supposed to elect the president?

• The House of Representatives

• The popular vote

• The Electoral College

• The Senate

What president was asked to step down after the Watergate Scandal and did, in fact, resign the following day?

• Donald Trump

• Richard Nixon

• Andrew Jackson

• William Crawford

Andrew Jackson renamed the "Democratic Republicans" as what party?

• The Democratic Party

• The Whigs

• The Republican Party

• The Jacksonian Party

What tactic did Andrew Jackson use to reward his loyal friends in the party?

• bureaucracy

• The "corrupt bargain"

• The "bro system"

• The "spoils system"

Andrew Jackson ignored the rights of which sovereign group, removing them from their lands?

• Cherokee Natives

• Mexicans

• His political opponents

• Immigrants

By appointing loyal members to ________________, Donald Trump has secured more executive power to act as he pleases.

• The Senate

• The Electoral College

• The Supreme Court

• The KGB

What is the part of politics where there are many people at different levels to check power that is more entrenched now than in Jackson's era?

• bureaucracy

• The "spoils system"

• corruption

• branches of government

What term means when two people are very similar or following similar paths?

• perpendicular

• legacy

• entrenched

• parallel

Changing the narrative, or story, told of history is called what?

• historical accuracy

• historical revisionism

• historical bias

• Tucker Carlson

Andrew Jackson changed the voting process from starting with powerful, elite political caucuses to being centered around ___________________.

• executive power

• a stronger Senate

• political conventions

• travelling rallies