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Lesson 1 Jacksonian Democracy

New Parties Emerge

Answering Questions As you read the lesson, answer the question below. 

1. Identifying Who were the presidential candidates in 1824? 

2. Analyzing Why did Andrew Jackson not win the election of 1824? 

3. Identifying Which other candidate agreed to help Adams become president? 

4. Making Inferences How did Adams's relationship with Congress affect his presidency? 

5. Comparing What was the main issue that divided the National Republicans and the Democrats in 1828? 

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONWhat are the characteristics of a leader?

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6. Describing What kind of campaign tactics were used in the election of 1828? 

7. Speculating What do you think made Jackson so popular?

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Jackson as President

Reading for Accuracy Use your textbook to decide if a statement is true or false. Write T or F in the blank. If a statement is false, rewrite it to make it true. 

8. People disliked Jackson because he seemed too common and ordinary to be president. 

9. Jackson believed in democracy and equality for all Americans.

10. By 1828, many of the states allowed voters, not the state legislators, to choose presidential electors. 

11. The caucus system of choosing candidates for office allows more people to participate in the selection of candidates. 

12. Jackson believed that he had the right to replace federal workers with people who had supported him.

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The Tariff Debate

Listing Use the list in the box to fill in the chart to show who supported issues of this period in history and who opposed them. Some choices in the list will be used more than once. 

Calhoun  Jackson

Southerners  Northern manufacturers

South Carolina  Congress

FOR Issue AGAINSTtariffs

nullification

Maysville Road bill

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