Question

Which three events occurred during Andrew Jackson's Presidency?

The National Bank of the United States was created that solidified currency across the nation.

The Louisiana Purchase almost doubled the size of the United States.

The spoils system was created that describes how a sitting President could give government jobs to those people that supported him in the past.

A new era was coined "Jacksonian Democracy."

Thousands of Cherokee were removed from their homes and relocated to a western reservation.

A doctrine was created that banned European countries from establishing future colonies in the Americas.

Answer 1

The three that occurred during Andrew Jackson’s presidency are:

- The spoils system was created (Jackson expanded patronage, replacing many officeholders with his supporters).
- A new era called “Jacksonian Democracy” (the political movement/era associated with his presidency).
- Thousands of Cherokee were removed from their homes and relocated west (Indian Removal policy — Indian Removal Act of 1830 — leading to the Trail of Tears).

Notes on the others: The National Bank was not created under Jackson (the Second Bank was chartered in 1816; Jackson famously fought it). The Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Monroe Doctrine (1823) occurred before Jackson’s presidency.