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- Jackson ran for president in 1824 against john quincy -------
- Jackson also worked to instill the idea that the president represented ______________ citizens.A.high cassB.rollC.common
- In the early years of US politics, the party clauses of Congress nominated the _________________ candidates. Jackson and his supporters were ______ this system. In the 1830s, they started ___________-nominating conventions, which created rules for nominating candidates.a-presadentral-against-partyb-counical-against-partyc-precedetral -for-person
- The leaders of South _____________ declared that their state would ___sesced__________ from the union if the government did not ___nullifi__________ the tariff. Jackson responded by passing the _____________ Act which allowed ___jacson__________ to force states to enforce the tariff. At the same time he passed the __________________ Tariff that reduced the tariff rates. South Carolina agreed to accept the tariff.A.carolina,force,compromiseB.dacota,cpmrpamize,force
- jackson had a group of trusted advisors he called the ______________ ___cabanit-. Its members were personal ______________, journalists, and local ____democratic_____________ leaders.A.kitchen.friendsB.bathroom.friends
- Jackson's presidency ushered in a new political era called ___________________ ___a-jacksonian republicb-common manc-jacksonian democracy
- Jackson faced many conflicts related to ____sextrulishum_____________. The North and South had different ____industruallized___________ systems and interests. North ❖ more _____industualized______________ ❖ benefitted from the tariff that taxed ____impored___________ foreign goods South ❖ mostly ____agrucolture_______________ ❖ harmed by the tariff because it required them to -pay more -for their goods ❖ began calling the tariff the Tariff of _____abomsnstions____and wanted to nullify it ❖ felt that ___states_________ had the right to ____abolish_________ a federal law that ran contrary to intereststrue or false
- anr the blanks filled in true or fallsJackson was in favor of the ____spoils____ ___systems___________ which rewarded campaign workers and party supporters with government __jobs_________.
- he won the ------- vote but know one won the electoral vote so the ---------- name ----- presidenta-popular-house of representatives-adamsb-electoral-supreme court-jacksonc-popular-supreme court-jacksond-electoral-house of representatives-adams
- Jackson - disliked -Native Americans. Early on in his presidency, he proposed _____relowcating___________ the Native Americans from their __________ansetereal______ lands. As the United States expanded _____westward__________, the pressure on Native Americans to give up their lands increased. A series of legal battles resulted when Native Americans refused to be removed from their land. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - Supreme court ______refused__________ to consider the case. Worcester v. Georgia - Supreme Court sided with the Cherokees and _____opposed___________ Georgia. In 1830, Jackson signed an ___indian__ _____removal___________ Act. This act forced the ____native____________ Americans in the southeastern United States to ____relocate____________ to territory west of the _____missippie___________ River.true- false
- After 1824, two new ____parrties__________ formed. The(opponents -supporters )of Jackson became known as the _____democratic____________ Party. The (opponents -supporters )of Jackson, led by John Quincy Adams, formed the National ______republic___________ PartyA--the supporters,opponentsB--opponents-supporters
- One of the most __controversal__ aspects of Jackson's presidency was his {opposition to support} of the Second Bank of the United States. He felt that it created ___inaquality_________ between the upper and lower _____________. Jackson finally won the fight when the bank's charter ____________ in 1836 and the bank shut down. However, it lead to a countrywide __financhal_ crisis.A.support,houses,expiredB.support,classes,renerveC.opposition,classes,expired
- Colonists did not want to be taxed if they did not have a representative or someone to speak for them in Britain's Parliament. The say they used was:
- Which Slogan did American colonists develop in response to taxes issued by the British?
- An American victory at which sire led directly to the end of the Revolutionary War?
- After the French and Indian War, what did the British Government want the colonies to do?
- Which of the following members of British royalty is known for losing the American colonies?
- Thomas Jefferson's MAJOR contribution to the American Revolution was that he wrote the
- On December 16, 1773, 342 crates of tea were tossed into the Boston Harbor in an act of rebellion. This act is now known as________
- The First Continental Congress sent a list of grievances to King George III. What are grievances?