L16 Jacksonian Democracy

A civil servant is _________.

• a person working in a private company
• a person employed by a government

• a student in a public school
• a volunteer for a non-profit organization

What was Jacksonian Democracy?

• An economic policy focused on industrialization and urbanization.
• A movement that restricted voting rights to landowners.
• the idea that the common people should control the government.

• A foreign policy initiative aimed at expanding U.S. territories.

____ means to withdraw from an organization or alliance

• collaborate
• join
• secede
• affiliate

What was the spoils system?

• A method of collecting taxes from citizens.
• practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.

• A system for appointing judges based on merit.
• A way to distribute land to farmers fairly

a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country

• import tax
• excise duty
• sales tax
• tariff

the removal of Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839

• Trail of Sorrow
• Path of Regret
• Journey of Despair
• Trail of Tears

This practice involved two candidates accusing the other of wrongdoing.

• Debate
• Mud-slinging
• Collaboration
• Negotiation

What was the "corrupt bargain?"

• A secret agreement between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1810

• the alleged deal between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay during the 1824 presidential election.

• A political scandal involving Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren in 1820

• A financial deal made during the 1820 congressional elections.

What was Jackson's "Kitchen Cabinet?"

• A group of unofficial advisors to President Andrew Jackson.
• A formal cabinet of government officials under Jackson.
• A secret society of Jackson's political opponents.
• A group of military leaders advising Jackson on foreign policy.

What was the nullification crisis?

• A debate over the abolition of slavery in the South

• A conflict between two political parties in the North that made a new party

• A trade dispute between South Carolina and European nations that led to war

• a conflict between South Carolina and the federal government over the state's refusal to enforce federal tariffs.