Jackson

Question 1

Was was the Democratic party?

Answer 1

A party formed in the election of 1824, for the election of 1828, for Andrew Jackson to become the first non wealthy President in U.S. history.

Question 2

What was the Democratic party’s belief?

Answer 2

That the Government should rest mostly in the hands of the non wealthy and hard working class, instead of the rich, educated, and well born.

Question 3

What was significant about the election of 1824?

Answer 3

Andrew Jackson ran and lost. This spurred Jackson’s followers to start the Democratic party for the next election.

Question 4

What was significant about the election of 1828?

Answer 4

Jackson ran again, this time with the full support of the Democratic party, who had been promoting Jackson for the last 4 years. This time, he won the Presidency.

Question 5

What was the idea formed in the election of Jackson in 1828?

Answer 5

That the uneducated and hard working could decide on a good President as well as the rich and wealthy. This is known as Jacksonian Democracy.

Question 6

What was the idea formed in the election of Jackson in 1828?

Answer 6

That the uneducated and hard working could decide on a good President as well as the rich and wealthy. This is known as Jacksonian Democracy.

Question 7

What was the Spoils System?

Answer 7

The practice of giving government positions to the members of the political party that won the election.

Question 8

What impact did the Spoils System have on the democratic parties?

Answer 8

The rivalry grew and the political parties became even more against each other.

Question 9

What was the tariff of 1832?

Answer 9

A tariff on goods from other countries to prevent American companies from going bankrupt.

Question 10

What were the opinions on the tariff if 1828 from northerners and southerners?

Answer 10

North: It’s great and gives us money.
South: It’s terrible and takes advantage of the southern market.

Question 11

What happened with South Carolina and the tariff of 1832?

Answer 11

They threatened to secede from the union if the tariff was not lowered.

Question 12

What happened with South Carolina and the tariff of 1832?

Answer 12

They threatened to secede from the union if the tariff was not lowered.

Question 13

Why did Jackson dislike the National Bank?

Answer 13

He had a bad relationship with the bank’s president and felt that the bank gained money for it’s own personal interests by taking advantage of the poor.

Question 14

How did Jackson Get rid of the bank?

Answer 14

He signed a bill that ended the bank’s charter 4 years early.

Question 15

Why did Henry Clay want Jackson to Demolish the bank?

Answer 15

So that all of the rich would despise him and not re-elect him.

Question 16

What was the trail of tears?

Answer 16

The trail that the Cherokee tribe took to Oklahoma when they were kicked of their land by Jackson

Question 17

What was the trail of tears?

Answer 17

The trail that the Cherokee tribe took to Oklahoma when they were kicked of their land by Jackson

Question 18

What was the trail of tears?

Answer 18

The trail that the Cherokee tribe took to Oklahoma when they were kicked of their land by Jackson.

Question 19

What was the trail of tears?

Answer 19

The trail that the Cherokee tribe took to Oklahoma when they were kicked of their land by Jackson.

Question 20

Who suffered on the trail of tears?

Answer 20

The Cherokee tribe. One of the “5 civilized tribes”

Question 21

What were the “5 civilized tribes”?

Answer 21

The Cherokee and 4 other tribes who adopted many american traditions in hopes of keeping their land.

Question 22

What was the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

Answer 22

The act legalized by Congress, it allowed Jackson to send the indians to a new area of the continent.

Question 23

Why did Congress refuse to let Jackson evict Indians legally, but let him when he went legally?

Answer 23

Because they supported Jackson’s ways of removal.