Andrew Jackson and the Growth of Democracy

Who ran against Jackson in the election of 1828

• Martin Van Buren

• John Calhoun

• Nicholas Biddle

• John Quincy Adams

Jackson believed he was expanding economic democracy by

• destroying the national bank

• calling on Congress to pass the Force Bill

• carrying out the Removal Act of Indaians

• rewarding government jobs to rich people

Which lead to the end of an era and the beginning of political divisions in the United States

• James Monroe's Presidency

• the War of 1812

• the election of 1824

• John Marshall's Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled that Indian tribes

• must receive rent from farmers

• had a right to remain on their lands

• had the right to refuse any land in new territories

• must obey the decisions of the United States

What was the trail of tears

• the forced removal of the Cherokee

• the war between the Seminoles and the army

• 1828 campaign

• the final battle of the War of 1812

What term was used for President Jackson's practice of giving government jobs to his supporters and friends?

• nullification

• corrupt bargaining

• mudslinging

• spoils system

What group supported Jackson the most in the 1828 election?

• Republicans

• upper class

• common people

• Indians

What political party was formed by Jackson and his supporters?

• Republican Party
• Federalist Party
• Democratic Party
• Whig Party

The nullification crisis test the right of states to

• overrule state laws
• create new federal laws
• secede from the Union
• to override federal laws

In 1828 and 1832 Congress pass tariff on

• goods imported from outside the United States

• domestic products

• agricultural exports.

• services.