Jacksonian Democracy

The situation of the United States before Jacksonian Democracy.

• Power was in the hands of just a few wealthy individuals

• Power was distributed evenly and fairly

• The rain in Spain fell mainly on the plain.

Match the following

• one of Jackson's strongest allies in his official cabinet

• John C. Calhoun

• Andrew Jackson's vice president

• Andrew Jackson

• son of a former president, Harvard graduate, didn't relate well to the population

• Martin Van Buren

• war hero, reform minded, small farmers, settlers, and slaveholders rallied behind him

• Justin Fields

• elite, dual-threat quarterback of the Chicago Bears

• John Quincy Adams

Andrew Jackson ​ (a)   the election against John Quincy Adams with a ​ (b)   number of ​ (c)   votes.

• won
• record
• popular

Jackson ​ (a)   some of his supporters with ​ (b)   . This was called a ​ (c)   .

• rewarded
• government jobs
• spoils system

The ​ (a)   refers to a group of President Jackson's ​ (b)   who sometimes met in the White House ​ (c)   .

• Kitchen Cabinet
• advisors
• kitchen