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Jacksonian Democracy Review

Answer the following questions.

  1. What battle during the War of 1812 made Andrew Jackson famous?
    1. Battle of New Orleans
    2. Battle of Mobile
    3. Battle of Mississippi
    4. Battle of Ft. Bowyer

    Answer: a. Battle of New Orleans

  2. Andrew Jackson is considered the first candidate of which political party?
    1. The Republican-Democratic Party
    2. The Federalist Party
    3. Democratic Party
    4. Republican Party

    Answer: c. Democratic Party

  3. Who benefited from the extension of voting rights from 1790-1850?
    1. Enslaved people
    2. White men
    3. Children
    4. Women

    Answer: b. White men

  4. What presidential power did Jackson use more than any previous president?
    1. Executive Orders
    2. Veto
    3. Compromise
    4. Pardons

    Answer: b. Veto

  5. In Jackson's day many government positions were held by _______blank.
    1. men Jackson saw as corrupt federal employees
    2. men who had been there since colonial times
    3. men who had been there since George Washington
    4. Both A and C

    Answer: d. Both A and C

  6. Jackson defended his right to remove people from government positions _______blank.
    1. in his first radio address to the people
    2. in a letter to his mentor, Jefferson
    3. in his first message to Congress
    4. in his address to the new Democratic Party

    Answer: c. in his first message to Congress

  7. President Jackson thought his new appointees _______blank.
    1. would be just as corrupt as their predecessors
    2. could restore virtue and morality to government
    3. would all have to be appointed from the other political party
    4. would need to prove they were educated for the job

    Answer: b. could restore virtue and morality to government

  8. Jackson called this process _______blank.
    1. spoils system
    2. government bureaucracy
    3. the Veto
    4. rotation in office

    Answer: d. rotation in office. Remember, his opponents called it the 'spoils system' which has a negative connotation. Jackson thought 'rotation in office' sounded more positive.

  9. How does this relate to presidential appointments now?
    1. It doesn't relate at all.
    2. It's no longer called the "spoils system".
    3. Today presidents routinely appoint their supporters to head government departments and offices.

    Answer: c. Today presidents routinely appoint their supporters to head government departments and offices. Andrew Jackson began this system, was criticized for it, but his opponents began using it too, so that it is common practice today.

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