JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
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the public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations
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the president rewarding political supporters with appointments to desirable positions
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the federal government recruiting volunteers to serve abroad as ambassadors
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legislators awarding government contracts to the lowest bidders
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 1830s public servants and officials were widely perceived to be unqualified. What practice reinforced that perception? The public voting for candidates based on religious affiliations.
Detailed explanation-2: -Q. What was one effect of these events on the 1828 presidential election? Property qualifications for voting were strengthened.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 began with the passage of the Tariff of 1828 (better known as the Tariff of Abominations) which sought to protect industrial products from competition with foreign imports.
Detailed explanation-4: -Congress began using protective tariffs after the War of 1812. The tariffs during this period were designed to shield young American manufacturers from a flood of cheap British goods and to help pay off wartime debt.