The Age of Jackson

Who was selected by the House of Representatives to be the sixth president of the U. S. because no candidate won a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824?

• James Monroe

• James Madison

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

The differences between Jackson and Adams created two new political parties. Supporters of Jackson became known as what party?

• National Republicans

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Anti-Republicans

Which group of people did Jackson believe he represented?

• Wealthy

• Farmers

• Westerners

• Common Man

What do you call the practice of giving government jobs to

political supporters?

• Quid Pro Quo

• Networking System

• Spoils System

• Lobbying

What do you call the political philosophy that puts its faith in the common people?

• Republican Democracy

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Democracy of the People

• Nationalism

Military hero and seventh president.

• James Monroe

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• William Henry Harrison

What helped Jackson win the election of 1828 by a

landslide?

• Expansion of voting rights. (Didn't have to own property)

• His friendship with Henry Clay

• His education

• His experience

How was Andrew Jackson’s background different from

previous presidents?

• He was not a military hero

• He was from New York

• He was born poor and from the west

• He was educated in Europe

In the 1820s the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole became known as what?

• The Lost Tribes

• The Assimilated Tribes of the South

• The Five Civilized Tribes

• The Last Tribes of the Southeast

Who invented a writing system for the Cherokee?

• Sequoya

• Osceola

• Red Cloud

• Tecumseh