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Chapter 10 lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nominating conventions- | party members choose the party’s candidates instead of the party leaders |
| Jacksonian Democracy | period of expanding democracy, its ideas, and influences, in the 1800s |
| Democratic party | people who supported jackson’s democracy |
| John c Calhoun | his vice presidential running mate |
| Spoils system | the practice of giving government |
| Martin Van Buren | was one of Jackson’s strongest |
| Kitchen cabinet- | informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes meet in the White House kitchen |
| What changes did the new western states make that allowed more people to vote? | loosened voting requirements to let more white men vote. |
| 2. How did nominating conventions allow the people more say in politics? | by giving people more of a say in deciding political party's candidates. |
| How were voting rights expanded during the Jacksonian period? | he Jacksonians believed that voting rights should be extended to all white men. |
| 4. How might changes to the voting process brought about by Jacksonian Democracy affect politics in the future? What were the key ideas and influences of Jacksonian Democracy? | The changes to the voting process brought about by the Jacksonian Democracy might have affected politics in the future because people became more interested and participated more in voting. |
| What leadership qualities helped Andrew Jackson become president of the United States? | He possessed a commanding presence, a strong will, and a personality that reflected his strength and decisiveness. Jackson had a lot going for him in the view of the electorate. |
| Another way voting rights expanded during the Jacksonian period | By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage and by 1856 all requirements to own property and nearly all requirements to pay taxes had been dropped. |
| What caused an onlooker to observe, “What a scene did we witness…a rabble, a mob…” | the celebration of Andrew Jackson’s presidential victory on the White House lawn with 20,000 partygoers. |
| the celebration of Andrew Jackson’s presidential victory on the White House lawn with 20,000 partygoers. | voting rights had been expanded since previous elections. |
| This quote, “To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy”, refers to the practice of giving government jobs to political backers. | True |
| Jackson’s campaign in the 1828 election relied on his image as a _____________________________________. | war hero |
| How did Andrew Jackson reward some of his supporters? | with government jobs |
| Jackson’s informal group of advisor’s was known as the ________________ because of the room in which they met. | Kitchen Cabinet |
| Which of the following describes why Jackson’s supporters questioned the legitimacy of the 1824 election? | the winner of the popular vote did not become president. |
| How did nominating conventions contribute to the expansion of democracy in the 1820s? | They allowed more people to become more active in politics. |
| The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is best known for an expansion in | voting rights |
| In the early 1800s, voting rights expanded to include more | white men |
| What issue most influenced Americans’ political thinking during Andrew Jackson’s presidency? | local economies |
| Who did not benefit from the expansion of voting rights in the 1820s? | wives and mothers |
| Historians refer to the expansion of voting rights that took place in the early 1800s as ___________ ___________. | Jacksonian Democracy |
| Andrew Jackson defeated _______________________________________ in the election of 1828. | John Quincy Adams |
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