Jacksonian Democracy For whom was Jacksonian Democracy named

Jacksonian Democracy

For whom was Jacksonian Democracy named? • President Andrew Jackson

What characterized American politics in the Age of Jackson? • A new democratic spirit

Who participated in American politics for the first time during the Age of Jackson? • The American masses

In what type of government do the people who are best qualified to rule hold all the power? • An Aristocracy

What is an aristocrat? • A member of the ruling class

Define suffrage. • The right to vote

What was universal white manhood suffrage? • All adult white males were eligible to vote

What two voting requirements did universal white manhood suffrage eliminate? • Religious (church membership) • Property ownership

What is a national convention? • Members of the same political party meet to choose that party’s candidates for president and vice president

How did Andrew Jackson reward his supporters? • The spoils system

What was the spoils system? • Giving government jobs to political supporters

What was the biggest criticism of the spoils system? • The best qualified people did not get government jobs

Why did Jackson distrust the Bank of the United States? • Undemocratic • Controlled by the Eastern elite

Who made up the Eastern elite during the Age of Jackson? • Wealthy businessmen

How can a president block a bill passed by Congress? • Veto it

What does it mean for a president to veto a bill? • Reject it

What action did President Jackson take on the bill to recharter the BUS? • Vetoed it

How did Jackson’s veto of the bank bill differ from all previous presidential vetoes? • It was not based on constitutional grounds.

What precedent was set by Jackson’s bank veto? • Presidents can veto any bill they don’t like.

What was the main issue in the 1832 election? • Jackson’s bank veto

Who ran against Jackson in 1832? • Henry Clay

What was Henry Clay’s political party? • National Republican

What political party did the National Republicans become? • The Whig Party

What was Jackson’s main goal during his second term as president? • Destroy the Bank of the United States

How did Jackson destroy the BUS? • He withdrew all the federal government’s money from the BUS

What resulted from Jackson’s decision to take the federal money out of the BUS? • A major economic depression • Panic of 1837

What did white Americans do to the Indians during the Age of Jackson? • Beat them in wars • Kicked them off their lands

What did the Indian Removal Act do? • Forced Southeastern Indians to move to a new Indian Territory

In what present day state was the new Indian Territory? • Oklahoma

What was the forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from their homes in Georgia to the new Indian Territory in Oklahoma? • The Trail of Tears

What Indians were on the Trail of Tears? • The Cherokees

What happened to nearly 1/4 of the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears? • They died.

What happened to other Indian tribes during the Age of Jackson? • Forced to move to Oklahoma • Made to stay on reservations

What happened to American Indians throughout the rest of the 19 th century? • Forced to move off their ancestral lands • Kicked off their land • Made to live on reservations

What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement during the Jacksonian period? • Women’s suffrage • Or the right to vote

When did the women’s rights movement begin? • 1848

Where did the women’s rights movement begin? • Seneca Falls, New York

What right for women did the Seneca Falls Declaration support? • Women’s suffrage

Who were two of the early leaders of the women’s suffrage movement? • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Susan B. Anthony