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- 1. Multiple Choice
A candidate for national office who has support mostly from his home state.Favorite SonMudslingingSpoil SystemPlurality - 2. Multiple ChoiceA method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad.Favorite SonMudslingingSpoil SystemPlurality
- 3. Multiple ChoicePractice of rewarding government jobs to political supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.BureaucracyMudslingingSpoil SystemPlurality
- 4. Multiple ChoiceA system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than elected ones.BureaucracyMudslingingSpoil SystemPlurality
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe largest number of something, but less than a majority.BureaucracyMudslingingSpoil SystemPlurality
- 6. Multiple ChoiceIn the Election of 1824 who got the most Popular Votes and Electoral College votes?Henry ClayAndrew JacksonJohn Quincy AdamsWilliam Crawford
- 7. Multiple ChoiceIn the Election of 1824 there was not a majority of the Electoral College votes and the House of Representatives chose the president. WHo did they select on the first vote?Henry ClayAndrew JacksonJohn Quincy AdamsWilliam Crawford
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho was the Speaker of the House who was involved in the "Corrupt Bargain" that led to John Quincy Adams becoming President.Henry ClayAndrew JacksonJohn Quincy AdamsWilliam Crawford
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat did followers of Andrew Jackson call themselves?DemocratsDemocrat RepublicansNational RepublicansFederalists
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat did followers of John Quincy Adams call themselves?DemocratsDemocrat RepublicansNational RepublicansFederalists
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich president said he was going to do two things: 1) Look out for the common man, and 2) Push majority Rule?John Quincy AdamsDonald TrumpJames MonroeAndrew Jackson
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Andrew Jackson's philosophy become to be known as?Jacksonian DoctrineJacksonian DiplomacyJacksonian DemocracyJacksonian Republic
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWho was known as the people's President?Donald TrumpAndrew JacksonBarrack ObamaJohn Quincy Adams
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat two things helped to make Andrew Jackson President?His humble background and his reputation as a war hero.His friendship with Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe.His love of Native Americans and hatred of slavery.His support for education and highways and canals.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the nickname of President Andrew Jackson given to him by his soldiers?"Old Codger""Old Hickory""Old iron Side""The Old Man"
- 16. Multiple ChoiceIn the 1820's voting rights expanded to include who?All white men 21 and over.All white men and women over 21.All White and Black men 21 and older.All white and Native Americans 21 or older.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich election was the first to count the popular vote in determining the President?1824182818322016
- 18. Multiple ChoiceIn what year did political parties start selecting their Presidential Candidate by a National Convention, that is still used today?1824182818322016
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhich President's wife (Rachel) died of a heart attack before he was inaugurated as President?Thomas JeffersonJohn Quincy AdamsAndrew JacksonMartin Van Buren
- 20. Multiple ChoicePresident Jackson believed in giving his supporters government jobs. What is this called?The Friends Appointment SystemFacebookThe Nepotism SystemThe Spoil System
- 21. Multiple ChoiceAndrew Jackson had to deal with three major issues under his presidency; which one is NOT one of them?The Status of Native AmericansStates RightsThe Role of the Bank of the United StatesSlavery
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhich President is the only one to not have any national debt when he left office?Andrew JacksonJohn Quincy AdamsBill ClintonMartin Van Buren
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