Proclamation Regarding Nullification Quizzes
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Q. Which of these people actually didn't hate Jackson?
Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren
Daniel Webster
Trick question, everybody hated Jackson.
Q. Andrew Jackson did which of these in New Orleans during the War of 1812?
He declared martial law, executed several British militia members, and arrested his opponents.
He named a cocktail after himself.
He declared Mardi Gras a local holiday in the Big Easy.
He chased the British out of the city and followed them into Mexico.
Q. What resulted from Jackson's prohibited invasion of Spanish territory during the Seminole Wars?
He got into another duel with a Spanish emissary, resulting in the severing of ties between Spain and the United States.
Spain surrendered Florida to the United States without much of a fight.
He realized he forgot all his high school Spanish.
It sparked what would become the Spanish-American War.
Q. Andrew Jackson founded the Democratic Party. What else did he contribute to the party?
He made appetizers to die for.
His nickname, "Jackass," became the symbol to the party and remains so to this day.
He instituted the primary/caucus system.
His populism has become Democratic dogma.
Q. Why was Andrew Jackson so popular during the elections of 1824 and 1828?
He was seen as a war hero and man of the people.
People were sick of the Adams political dynasty.
They were hoping for a military dictatorship.
Everybody thought that a war-hero with a tomahawk tattooed onto his thigh would just be so cool.