It was the only political party from 1816 through 1824
Who was the Democratic-Republican Party?
100
It's what the "Spoils System" does.
What is replace the current government employees with people who supported the winner of an election?
100
It's a tax on imported goods.
What is A Tariff?
100
The winner of an election had to have this many votes.
What is more than 1/2 of the popular votes (or a clear majority)
200
The Term that means a candidate won most of the popular vote, but he did not have enough votes to win the election
What is a Plurality vote?
200
In the election of 1828 he finally won because he was a "patriot," popular and a war-hero.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
200
The reason the Northern factory owners liked the tax on imported goods.
What is it forced people to purchase American products?
200
They favored a strong central government and the National bank. Supporters of this party were Merchants, lawyers and wealthy people.
Who were the Republicans?
300
It's an attempt to ruin the reputation of an opponent in an election by using slogans, buttons and rallies.
What is Mudslinging?
300
System where "non-elected" officials carry out the laws of the government. In Jackson's time he fired all of them and put his supporters into their jobs.
What is a Bureaucracy?
300
The reason the tariff was not popular with Southern farmers.
What is they thought the tax would hurt the cotton trade and they would have to pay higher prices?
300
They were presidential candidates that had the full support of their home state.
Who were "Favorite Sons?"
400
The Republicans supported one and the Democrats supported the other one in the 1828 election.
What is the Republicans voted for Adams and the Democrats voted for Jackson?
400
In this system, delegates from the states send representatives to a national meeting where they choose the presidential candidate that will represent their political party.
What is The National Nominating Convention system?
400
The Vice President from S. Carolina who said that the states could refuse to accept a federal law.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
400
Even though Jackson won the biggest share of the votes, this candidate won the election of 1824.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
500
Constitutional law said that they were the ones that had to select the President if there wasn't a clear majority vote by the citizens of the USA
Who was the House of Representatives?
500
In this system the party leaders chose who the Presidential candidates would be.
What is the Caucus system?
500
This law stated that states did not have to follow federal laws and could decided on their own if they wanted to pay certain taxes.
What was the Nullification Act?
500
The party that favored States rights, but were against having a National Bank. Supporters of this party were immigrants, farmers and factory workers?