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QuizMultiple Choice

Expanding Democracy

Question 9 • (MACS) 2021 NY-US History CR Summer Quarter 1

Andrew Jackson and his supporters responded to the “corrupt bargain” of 1824 by

Answer
A
quitting the Federalist Party.
B
forming the Federalist Party.
C
quitting the Democratic Party.
D
forming the Democratic Party.

Explanation

After John Quincy Adams became president in 1825, Andrew Jackson and his supporters accused Adams and Henry Clay of making a “corrupt bargain” to decide the election. Jackson’s supporters organized a new political party, which became the Democratic Party. So the correct choice is forming the Democratic Party.

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