Jacksonian Democracy

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Jacksonian Democracy
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For whom was Jacksonian Democracy named?

• President Andrew Jackson

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What characterized American politics in the Age
of Jackson?

• A new democratic spirit

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Who participated in American politics for the
first time during the Age of Jackson?

• The American masses

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In what type of government do the people who are
best qualified to rule hold all the power?

• An Aristocracy

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What is an aristocrat?

• A member of the ruling class

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Define suffrage.

• The right to vote

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What was universal white manhood suffrage?

• All adult white males were eligible to vote

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What two voting requirements did universal white
manhood suffrage eliminate?

• Religious (church membership)
• Property ownership

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What is a national convention?

• Members of the same political party meet to
  choose that partys candidates for president and
  vice president

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How did Andrew Jackson reward his supporters?

• The spoils system

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What was the spoils system?

• Giving government jobs to political supporters

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What was the biggest criticism of the spoils
system?

• The best qualified people did not get government
  jobs

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Why did Jackson distrust the Bank of the United
States?

• Undemocratic
• Controlled by the Eastern elite

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Who made up the Eastern elite during the Age of
Jackson?

• Wealthy businessmen

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How can a president block a bill passed by
Congress?

• Veto it

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What does it mean for a president to veto a bill?

• Reject it

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What action did President Jackson take on the
bill to recharter the BUS?

• Vetoed it

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How did Jacksons veto of the bank bill differ
from all previous presidential vetoes?

• It was not based on constitutional grounds.

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What precedent was set by Jacksons bank veto?

• Presidents can veto any bill they dont like.

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What was the main issue in the 1832 election?

• Jacksons bank veto

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Who ran against Jackson in 1832?

• Henry Clay

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What was Henry Clays political party?

• National Republican

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What political party did the National Republicans
become?

• The Whig Party

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What was Jacksons main goal during his second
term as president?

• Destroy the Bank of the United States

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How did Jackson destroy the BUS?

• He withdrew all the federal governments money
  from the BUS

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What resulted from Jacksons decision to take the
federal money out of the BUS?

• A major economic depression
• Panic of 1837

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What did white Americans do to the Indians during
the Age of Jackson?

• Beat them in wars
• Kicked them off their lands

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What did the Indian Removal Act do?

• Forced Southeastern Indians to move to a new
  Indian Territory

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In what present day state was the new Indian
Territory?

• Oklahoma

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What was the forced journey of the Cherokee
Indians from their homes in Georgia to the new
Indian Territory in Oklahoma?

• The Trail of Tears

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What Indians were on the Trail of Tears?

• The Cherokees

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What happened to nearly 1/4 of the Cherokees on
the Trail of Tears?

• They died.

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What happened to other Indian tribes during the
Age of Jackson?

• Forced to move to Oklahoma
• Made to stay on reservations

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What happened to American Indians throughout the
rest of the 19th century?

• Forced to move off their ancestral lands
• Kicked off their land
• Made to live on reservations

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What was the main goal of the womens rights
movement during the Jacksonian period?

• Womens suffrage
• Or the right to vote

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When did the womens rights movement begin?

• 1848

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Where did the womens rights movement begin?

• Seneca Falls, New York

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What right for women did the Seneca Falls
Declaration support?

• Womens suffrage

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Who were two of the early leaders of the womens
suffrage movement?

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Susan B. Anthony