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The Jackson Era
Ch. 11 8th grade
What is a term for an overwhelming victory? | landslide |
What is the process of moving to a new place? | relocation |
What is the largest single share? | plurality |
What is the term for having more then half? | majority |
What does it mean to cancel? | nullify |
What president's popularity with the common people changed politics? | Andrew Jackson |
What term is used when you want to break away from a country? | secede |
Who won the 1824 presidential election? | John Quincy Adams |
What is the practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters? | The spoils system |
What is it called when the government has permit to operate the Bank of the United States? | Charter |
Who was Andrew Jackson's opponent in 1828? | John Quincy Adams |
A mistrusted strong central government | Democratic- Republicans |
Who wanted a strong central government? | National Republicans |
Who opposed Jackson on issues about the National Bank? | Henry Clay |
Who were Andrew Jackson's rivals? | Whigs |
What presidential nominee was the son of a former president? | John Quincy Adams |
Which act did congress pass in order to relocate Native Americans? | Indian Removal Act |
Who chartered The Bank of the United States? | Congress |
What president was raised in poverty? | Andrew Jackson |
What Bill showed that the federal government would not allow a state to go its own way without a fight? | Force Bill |
Who was the 1828 Democratic-Republican candidate | Andrew Jackson |
Who was inaugurated in 1837 | Martin Van Buren |
Who defended nullification? | John C. Calhoun |
Who was the 1844 Democratic candidate? | James Polk |
Who was the 1840 Whig candidate? | William Henry Harrison |
How was the 1824 presidential election decided? | In the House of Representives |
Who was a candidate for president in 1824 and also was Speaker of the House of Representatives? | Henry Clay |
How did John Tyler become president? | President Harrison died |
What presidential candidate in 1824 was a favorite son from Tennessee? | Andrew Jackson |
To win the 1840 election, who did William Henry Harrison need support from? | Laborers |