President Jackson

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Practice of rewarding government jobs to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.

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Spoil System

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What two things helped to make Andrew Jackson President?

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He grew up poor and his reputation as a war hero.

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In the 1820's voting rights expanded to include who? Options: All white men 21 and over., All white men and women over 21., All White and Black men 21 and older., All white and Native Americans 21 or older.

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All white men 21 and over.

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What practice became known as the spoils system? Options: supporters contributing money to candidates’ election campaigns, elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs, the House of Representatives choosing the president, political party leaders choosing who will run in an election

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elected officials rewarding political backers with government jobs

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Why did President Jackson use the spoils system?

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To reward his supporters/friends

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What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

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Old Hickory

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The idea of widening political power to more of the people is known as

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Jacksonian Democracy.

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More white men voted for president the 2nd time Jackson ran for president because they no longer had to own what? (Options: slaves, cows, land, a college degree)

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land

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What helped Jackson win the Presidential Election of 1828? Support of the Common Man, His experience in the military, Expanded Suffrage (voting rights), All of these

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All of these

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Why did more of the "common man"/poor people vote in the election of 1828 which elected Andrew Jackson?

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White men without land (poor people) were now allowed to vote.