Abridged Chapter 13: Andrew Jackson and the Rise of Mass Democracy (1824-1840)

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Directions: Please read the following excerpts from your textbook and Steve Inskeep's articles, "Donald Trump and the Legacy of Andrew Jackson" in The Atlantic.
Directions: Please read the following excerpts from your textbook and Steve Inskeep's articles, "Donald Trump and the Legacy of Andrew Jackson" in The Atlantic.
There’s no shortage of parallels between the two populists—but there’s at least one crucial difference.

By Steve Inskeep from The Atlantic

Some images pulled from the New York Times' article, "Jackson and Trump: How Two Populist Presidents Compare" (Baker, 2017).
A portrait of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office.

Credit: Al Drago/The New York Times
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The main purpose of the passage is to

While President Jackson has a lengthy military background, President Trmp never served in the armed forces, receiving five deferments from the draft during the Vietnam War, four for education and one for bone spurs in his heels.
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As used in line 2 of the second paragraph, "rigged" most nearly means

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How did the U.S. political system expand in the period after 1800?

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According to the second paragraph in this section, what do President Jackson and Trump have in common?

Political Patronage is the appointment or hiring of a person to a government position based on their political party loyalties.
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The author references the phrase "drain the swamp" to emphasize what he sees as

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According to the author, the major difference between Jackson and Trump's victory is that

This article was written in 2016, so the author does not have the benefit of hindsight like we have in 2021.
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How does the Election of 2020 impact President Trump's legacy as a "Jacksonian man of the people"?

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That's all due for Thursday, 11/14/2021. Any questions?

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The passage indicates that the two issues in the 1820s and 1830s that greatly raised the political stakes were

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The passage suggests that Andrew Jackson's inauguration symbolized the

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The purpose behind the spoils system was to

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Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern
states because

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In an effort to accommodate their culture to white American society, the Cherokees took all of
these steps EXCEPT

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According to the table, the essential policy of the Jackson administration towards Native Americans was

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Americans who moved to Texas defied which aspect of their agreement with Mexico?

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The initial attempt to bring Texas into the Union was thwarted by

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Another chapter in the books! What do you think are the five most important key terms to recall from this reading?

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Finité. Any questions about the abridged Chapter 13?