JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Van Buren served as Jackson’s secretary of state for two years. By this time, Jackson had decided that Van Buren would be the best man to follow him as president. Jackson offered to resign after the 1832 elections and give Van Buren the job of president.
Detailed explanation-2: -spoils system, also called patronage system, practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts and with other favours.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which is true of John Quincy Adams? He believed that a strong federal government enhanced personal liberty.
Detailed explanation-4: -He served two terms in office from 1829 to 1837. During Jackson’s presidency, the United States evolved from a republic-in which only landowners could vote-to a mass democracy, in which white men of all socioeconomic classes were enfranchised.