Unit 6- Jacksonian Era

Question 1

Bureaucracy

Answer 1

a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives

Question 2

Corrupt Bargain

Answer 2

the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson.

Question 3

Democratic Party

Answer 3

One of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

Question 4

Jacksonian Democracy

Answer 4

the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man symbolized by American politician Andrew Jackson and his supporters.

Question 5

Nullify

Answer 5

Make legally null and void

Question 6

Spoils System

Answer 6

the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters.

Question 7

State’s Rights

Answer 7

rights and powers not forbidden to the states nor vested in the federal government by the U.S. Constitution.

Question 8

Whig Party

Answer 8

Conservative political party in the mid 19th century

Question 9

Trail of Tears

Answer 9

The Trail of Tears wasthe deadly route used by Native Americans when forced off their ancestral landsand into Oklahoma