Final Quiz for SS

nominating convention

An official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office

Jacksonian Democracy

A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme.

John C. Calhoun

South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification; served as Vice President for both John Quincy Adams and Jackson

spoils system

the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and loyal supporters of the group or party in power

Martin Van Buren

Secretary of State, and then Vice President in Jackson Administration

Kitchen Cabinet

President Andrew Jackson's informal group of trusted advisors so named because they sometimes met in the White House kitchen.

Democratic Party

A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson

Jackson's supporters

mostly farmers, frontier settlers, and southern slave holders

How was voting expanded to include more people in this era?

Many states lowered or eliminated the requirement that men own a certain amount of property to vote or run for office. More white men could vote, but in most states women and African Americans were still not allowed to vote.

inauguration

A formal ceremony which marks the beginning of a president's term in office.

John Quincy Adams

The only National Republican ever elected President; lost his bid for re-election in 1828