Jacksonian Democracy

Match the following

• nicknamed "Old Hickory"

• majority

• increased the prices of European goods

• plurality

• supported the creation of a national ban

• Andrew Jackson

• largest single share

• John Quincy Adams

• more than half

• tariff

"​ (a)   " candidates are Presidential candidates who receive the backing of their home states rather than that of the national party.

• favorite son
• home state
• national party
• state party

introduced in the 1828 presidential election, ​ (a)   became a permanent part of American political life.

• mudslinging
• campaign contribution
• plurality
• political cartoons

Andrew Jackson's supporters replaced caucuses with ​ (a)   .

• nominating conventions
• delegate conventions
• selection meetings
• state conventions

During the elections in 1824 and 1828, a large majority of the voters were ​ (a)   .

• white men
• white men who owned land
• white men and women
• white women

The ​ (a)   was intended to allow the president to use the United States military to enforce federal law.

• Congressional Act
• Military Bill
• Presidential Act
• Force Bill

​ (a)   became president in 1824 by being voted in by the House of Representatives.​

• John Quincy Adams
• Andrew Jackson
• William Crawford
• Henry Clay

During the election of 1828, candidate used which of the following methods to excite their supporters?

• slogans

• buttons

• newspaper ads

• rallies

• Instagram posts

Andrew Jackson's supporters formed the ​ (a)   Party, which still exists today.

• Democratic
• Republican
• Green
• Libertarian

Match the 1824 candidates with their description

• John Q. Adams

• Speaker of the House of Representatives, from Kentucky

• William Crawford

• Son of a former president, from Massachusetts

• Henry Clay

• War hero, claimed to speak for the common man, from Tennessee

• Andrew Jackson

• Former senator from Georgia, preferred candidate from the Democratic-Republicans