Age of Jackson Vocabulary Quiz
Directions: Find the term the best matches the definitions and sentences below. On this quiz will use each term twice, once with the definition and once in a sentence. Be sure to use correct spelling.
Bureaucracy
Facilitate
Favorite son
Federal
Institution
Majority
Mudslinging
Nominating Convention
Nullification
Participate
Plurality
Spoils System
Symbol
Tariff
Veto
Type the term that best matches the following definition: a candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state
Type the term that best matches the following definition: to take part in
Type the term that best matches the following definition: to legally overturn
Type the term that best matches the following definition: greater than half of a total number of something
Type the term that best matches the following definition: the largest number of something, but less than a majority
Type the term that best matches the following definition: a method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad
Type the term that best matches the following definition: a system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones
Type the term that best matches the following definition: practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters
Type the term that best matches the following definition: a meeting in which representative members of a political party choose candidates to run for important elected offices
Type the term that best matches the following definition: A tax on imported goods
Type the term that best matches the following definition: relating to the national government, as opposed to a local or state government
Type the term that best matches the following definition: to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming law
Type the term that best matches the following definition: an organization that has an important purpose in society
Type the term that best matches the following definition: to help make happen
Type the term that best matches the following definition: a word or object that stands for something else
In the election, Andrew Jackson received a ________ of the popular vote—the largest share. No candidate received a majority of the electoral votes.
In the 1824 presidential election, three candidates Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson were ____________, receiving considerable backing from thier home states.
The National Republicans wanted a strong central government; supporting measures such as building roads and a national bank to ____________ economic growth.
During the 1828 campaign, both sides resorted to __________ to ruin their opponent's reputation. The candidates also used slogans, buttons, and rallies. Such practices became a regular part of American political life.
Democrats wanted to further open government to the people. They argued that ordinary citizens could do most government jobs. They were disturbed that the federal government had become a _______________, a system in which nonelected officials carry out laws.
One Jackson supporter said: "To the victors belong the spoils." In other words, because Jackson had won the election, his supporters had the right to the benefits of victory. This practice of replacing current government employees with supporters of the winner is called the ____________.
Jackson's supporters also abandoned the unpopular caucus system, in which top party leaders chose the party's candidates for office. Instead, parties began using ___________. This system allowed many more people to participate in the selection of candidates.
The high ________ on European manufactured goods was pleasing to Northeastern factory owners because it made European goods more expensive. This encouraged Americans to buy American-made goods. Southerners disliked because they had a profitable trade selling their cotton to Europe. They feared that taxing European goods might hurt this trade.
In 1830 President Jackson pushed the Indian Removal Act through Congress. This law allowed the _______ government to pay Native Americans to move west.
The Bank's assigned duties made it a powerful _________. Many western settlers depended on being able to borrow money to run their farms. The Bank's strict policies made such loans difficult to obtain.
Clay and Webster believed the Bank had the support of the American people. They thought that if Jackson tried to ________ the renewal of the Bank's charter, he would lose support. Henry Clay wanted to run for president.
William Henry Harrison needed the support of the workers and farmers who had voted for Jackson in order to win the election. The Whigs portrayed Harrison, who in reality was a wealthy Ohioan, as a simple frontiersman like Jackson. The Democrats attacked this image. They said that all Harrison was good for was sitting in front of a log cabin and collecting his military pension. These attacks played right into the hands of the Whigs, who adopted the log cabin as the ______________ of their campaign.
The Constitution requires that the House of Representatives select the president when no candidate has won a ________, or more than half, of the electoral vote.
In 1828 Congress had passed a very high tariff law. Vice President Calhoun claimed that a state had the right to _____, or refuse to accept, a federal law if it was not in that state's best interests. President Jackson disagreed with this reasoning. He feared that this action would destroy the Union.
In the nation's early years, only men who owned property or paid taxes could vote. By the 1820s, many states had loosened these requirements. White male sharecroppers, factory workers, and others could now ________ in the political process. By 1828, nearly all states let voters, rather than state legislatures, choose presidential electors. Women still could not vote. African Americans and Native Americans had few rights of any kind.