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14 Cards in this Set
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The present-day democratic traces its roots to the supporters of?
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Andrew Jackson
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The spoils system was
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the practice of filling government jobs with political supporters.
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Andrew Jackson defended the spoils system by saying
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it expanded democracy.
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"Kitchen cabinet" was the nickname for President Jackson's
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own personal advisers.
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The Bank of the United States was hated by all the following people EXCEPT
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Nicholas Biddle.
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President Andrew Jackson's political opponent in the election of 1832 was
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Henry Clay
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In 1832, Andrew Jackson risked losing votes in the North when he
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vetoed the bill to renew the Bank of the United States.
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John C. Calhoun claimed that each state was sovereign and so had the right to
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declare any federal law unconstitutional.
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The belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority was called
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states' rights
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The senator who gave a long and fiery speech against nullification in 1830 was
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Daniel Webster
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After passing the Nullification Act of 1832, the people of South Carolina threatened to
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secede from the Union
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The leader of the Seminole who made war against the United States was
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Osceola
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President Andrew Jackson's hand-picked successor in the election of 1836 was
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Martin Van Buren.
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In 1836, state banks began to print paper bank notes and make loans freely as a result of
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lack of controls from the Bank of the United States.
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