Reading for 3/4 Jackson

Jackson was aware of personal conflicts within his cabinet. For this reason, he made most of his decisions with the help of trusted friends and political supporters. They were called the _________cabinet.

• kitchen

• pantry

• back pocket

• ipso facto

Jackson's opponents had a name for the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs. They called it the______________.

• spoils system

• winner rights system

• power to the people system

• government friends system

How did Andrew Jackson view the spoils system?

• He felt as though it gave more people a chance to serve their government

• He disliked it because he thought a civil servant should not keep his job for life.

• He saw it as a good way to build goodwill with his political opponents.

• He saw it as a good way to build goodwill with his political allies.

• He saw it as a way to keep the Kitchen Cabinet a secret.

In 1828, Congress passed a law raising tariffs. Tariffs are taxes on goods that are ________________.

• made by enslaved labor

• brought in from other countries.

• made domestically

• made in water powered mills

_________ states favored the new tariff law. On the other hand, _________ opposed tariffs for several reasons.

• Southern

  Eastern

• Northern

  Western

• Northern

  Southern

• Southern

  Northern

Led by Calhoun, they proclaimed South Carolina’s right to _______, or reject, both the 1828 and 1832 tariff laws.

• void

• override

• nullify

• aquiesce

This state threatened to secede if the national government tried to enforce the tariff laws.

• Virginia

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

Faced with such firm opposition from _________ and ________, South Carolina backed down. The nullification crisis ended.

• Adams

  Congress

• Jackson

  England

• Calhoun

  Mexico

• Jackson

  Congress

Which of the following is NOT a reason Southern states opposed higher tariffs?

• Tariffs raised the prices southerners paid for factory goods.

• Southerners worried other countries would stop buying American cotton.

• Tariffs would allow the North to better compete in the cotton trade.

• Some believed a law favoring one region was unconstitutional.

Jackson thought that the bank helped out the rich ______ depositors. Farmers, workers, and smaller state banks, he thought, did not gain those same benefits

• eastern

• southern

• northern

• western