Read Sections 14.1, 14.2, and 14.4 in Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy. Use the reading as well as your notes to answer the following questions.
1. What were two of the false accusations that John Quincy Adams faced in the election of 1828?
2. Why were more Americans eligible to vote in the 1828 election than in the election of 1824?
What changes were made?
3. How did Henry Clay help get John Quincy Adams elected in 1824?
4. Andrew Jackson saw himself as a true representative of the common man and promised to return the government to the people. How accurate is Jackson's claim to be "one of the people"? What are some reasons that would prove that he had less in common with most Americans?
5. Explain what the "spoils system" was.
6. What was the "kitchen cabinet"?
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