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| 112367545 | What does majority mean? | More than half. | |
| 112367546 | What does plurality mean? | Largest single share. | |
| 112367547 | What was the Spoils System? | Replacing qualified government workers with unqualified supporters of the new leader. | |
| 112367548 | What is a Caucus? | A meeting held by a political party to choose their party's candidate for president or decide policy. | |
| 112367549 | What is a nominating convention? | System in which delegates from each state select the party's presidential candidate. | |
| 112367550 | What is a tariff? | Tax on imported goods. | |
| 112367551 | What does nullify mean? | To cancel. | |
| 112367552 | What does secede mean? | To break away from. | |
| 112367553 | Andrew Jackson was the 7th President of the U.S.; What was he known for? | Being a patriotic hero of the War of 1812. | |
| 112367554 | What political party did Andrew Jackson support? | Democrats | |
| 112367555 | John Quincy Adams was the 6th President of the U.S. Where was his background? | Son of John Adams; born into poverty; had popularity with the merchants of the Northeast. | |
| 112367556 | What political party did John Quincy Adams support? | Republicans. | |
| 112367557 | What was the Nullification Act? | South Carolina passed a law to stop the payment of what they believed were illegal tariffs during 1828 and 1832. | |
| 112367558 | What is mudslinging? | The destroying of another candidate's reputation with insults | |
| 112367559 | Why was there controversy during the election of 1824? | No candidate won a majority vote. | |
| 112367560 | Who did Henry Clay (Speaker of the House) persuade the House to elect? | Adams. | |
| 112367561 | What difficulty did Adams face during his presidency? | People did not trust him. What idea did Congress not support? Adams wanted to spend tax payer money on national projects like building a national university. | |
| 112367562 | Why Andrew Jackson was called Old Hickory? | During the War of 1812, Jackson earned the reputation of being as tough as a hickory stick. | |
| 112367563 | What new campaign tactics were used during the election of 1812? | Mudslinging, slogans, rallies, barbecues. | |
| 112367564 | What new group of people earned the right to vote? | All white males, regardless of owning property, were given the right to vote | |
| 112367565 | What happened at Jackson's inauguration? | Fighting broke out as many people tried to cram into the White House to meet the newly elected president: | |
| 112367566 | How did people respond when Jackson replaced federal workers with his own supporters? | Fired employees said that Jackson was acting like a tyrant. | |
| 112367567 | What changes were made to the election procedures? | In the past, members of Congress chose the candidates. For the first time, states had the right to nominate and select candidates. | |
| 112367568 | How did tariffs affect the South? | Southerners had to pay more for manufactured goods which upset them. | |
| 112367569 | How did Jackson fix the tariff crisis? | He proposed a new bill that would lower the tariff. | |
| 112367570 | Jackson also passed the Force Bill. What did that change? | It let Jackson use military to enforce acts of Congress. | |
| 121992095 | How did political beliefs and events shape Andrew Jackson's presidency? | Jackson was different. He believed in state power over federal power, and he used the spoils system which wasn't fair and changed the government. |
