Jacksonian Democracy
Andrew Jackson was elected president.
What is 1828?
(1)As Usual, No Change........(2)A Hero is Born for the Republican Party........(3)A Victory for the Common Man.................Which headline could have accompanied the election of Andrew Jackson as president?
What is "#3"?
The year James Monroe became president.
What is 1817?
The year the Erie Canal opened.
What is 1825?
The artificial channel that allows water to flow downhill using a bridge.
What is aqueduct?
Andrew Jackson served in this war.
What is the War of 1812?
Andrew Jackson had a unique nickname.
What is "Old Hickory"?
James Monroe served these many terms.
What is 2?
What governor of New York made the digging of the canal one of his chief business concerns?
Who is Dewitt Clinton?
When cargo is imported and exported secretly.
What is smuggle?
Andrew Jackson is sometimes considered to be the first president born outside of the original 13 colonies. Where was he born?
What is Waxhaw, North Carolina?
The process of voting changed prior to Andrew Jackson becoming president.
What is only property owner males could vote to all males could vote?
What Secretary of State and future US president assist James Monroe in drafting the "Seventh Annual Message to Congress" in 1823 that included the Monroe Doctrine.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
The primary reason for building the Erie Canal.
What is commerce?
This means friendly among others.
What is amicable?
In the United States, this used to describe an action by which the president prevents an act passed by Congress from becoming law.
What is presidential veto?
Andrew Jackson served these many terms.
What is "2"?
Which country worked closely with America in preventing European colonization of North America?
What is Britain?
The fastest and cheapest way to transport wares before the steam engine.
What is water?
A section of the Erie Canal that can be closed by gates so the water level can rise or sink.
What is a lock?
This refers to the idea of giving federal jobs to their supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
This is why Andrew Jackson was called a self-made man.
What is he was poor, self-taught, orphaned, knew what it was like to survive and could relate to the common man?
No new colonization by Europe in the New World. The New World (US) would not meddle with the Old World (Europe). The Old World would not meddle with the New World. The statements refer to which document.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This is how roads were built prior to the 1800s.
What is animals, foot, horseback, wagons, carriages, and Indians?
A range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often contrasted this group with "the elite".
What is populism?