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Jackson Vocab Fill In The Blanks

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Term: Election of Definition: no electoral college winner -> House of rep had to decide among Adams, Jackson, and Clay (and Crawford). corrupt bargain -> adams even jackson popular majority
Term: BargainDefinition: claim from the supporters of Andrew Jackson that Adams and Clay made deal to ensure that Adams was elected by the House of Representatives in 1824, made clay sec of state (gateway to prez), Quid Pro Quo
Term: Election of Definition: Jackson wins, 7th President (belief that the "common" man- should be able to participate in his
Term: Jacksonian Definition: The idea of spreading political power to the people and ensuring majority rule as well as supporting the man"
Term: Extension of Definition: voting credentials broaden from certain white male land -> majority of white males, regardless of land ownership
Term: Spoils Definition: Key to Jacksonian Democracy. Jackson distributed federal jobs to his supporters. People who used to be in office left or were kicked out. "Reward supporters, common man can do any job."
Term: RepublicansDefinition: oppose Andrew Jackson, supported ; basis for the Whig Party, promoted national unity, good of federal government > separate states
Term: System Definition: nomination system in which the members of the party who are serving in choose the party's candidate.
Term: Nominating ConventionsDefinition: developed after the chaotic election of 1824 as a more "organized" way of deciding the party nominees for ; still used today
Term: Kitchen Definition: Jackson's unofficial advisors consisting of newspaper editors and Democratic leaders that met to discuss current issues. used them more than his official .
Term: Peggy Eaton Definition: Scandal that involved Jackson's of War Eaton and his wife, Peggy. Jackson supported Peggy while she was the source of malicious gossip,c cabinet members resigned as a consequence of this. -Jackson began valuing van buren > calhoun
Term: Definition: group in the Senate where Clay, Webster and Calhoun joined forces in 1834 to pass a motion censuring Jackson for his removal of federal from the US bank. attract other groups alienated by Jackson. progressive.
Term: Road VetoDefinition: clay proposed that the federal government build a road entirely in KY, Jackson it saying that only in one state -> KY responsibility to pay for. jackson hated clay for corrupt bargain so precedent for use of presidential power in political affairs
Term: Election of Definition: Election between Democrat Jackson and Whig Clay. Jackson was an idol of the masses and wins. This election was the first to involve effective national conventions -> Anti-Masonic .
Term: John C. Definition: Jackson's once VP who SC/south during the Nullification crisis.
Term: of AbominationsDefinition: 1828 high on imports that benefited the industrial North while forcing South to pay higher prices on manufactured goods -> Nullification crisis.
Term: Nullification Definition: in "Exposition and Protest" Calhoun argued that if Congress violated the Constitution, state could nullify the law//Southerners declared federal protective tariffs null and void, Jackson responded with Force bill and suggested compromising over
Term: Webster Definition: representative of the North; nationalist (Whig) senator from MA who was one of the most speakers in Congress; greatly opposed Jackson and his "liberal" policies
Term: Webster-Hayne Definition: U.S. Senate debate of January 1830 between Daniel Webster of MA and Robert Hayne of SC over nullification and state , over compact theory - govt is a creation of the states.
Term: SC and ProtestDefinition: pamphlet published by the SC legislature, written by Calhoun, against the "Tariff of Abominations", proposed nullification . Calhoun wished nullification could prevent secession, & address issues of sectionalist -> sectionalism led to Civil War.
Term: Jefferson Day 1830Definition: President expressed his sentiments with this toast: "Our Union: It must be preserved." Calhoun responded to Jackson's challenge and offered the next toast: "The Union, next to our liberty, most dear; pronounce position on nullification
Term: Compromise of 1833Definition: Proposed Clay and Calhoun as a resolution to the Nullification . It was adopted to gradually reduce the rates after south objected to the protectionism found in the Tariff of 1832/28(abominations)
Term: Bill Definition: the "Bloody Bill" that authorized the president to use the military (any necessary) to collect/collect federal tariff after SC refused to collect
Term: Martin Van Definition: "founder of the Democratic Party," Friend of Jackson. 8th prez (1836). In the Panic of 1837, he put $37 million to the states but it didn't help. He spent his 4 years with bank failures, bankruptcies and massive .
Term: ClayDefinition: John Quincy Adams supposedly offered him the Secretary of State job for his support in the election of 1824. for a bill to recharter the national bank early. Lost to Jackson in 1832 in run for presidency.
Term: Nicholas Definition: President of the Second Bank of the States; he struggled to keep the bank functioning when President Jackson tried to destroy it. Called in loans in an attempt to save the bank which helped cause the crash of the real estate market.
Term: Bank of the U.SDefinition: Jackson thought Bank the elite & undemocratic because limited the common people's access to loans. bank was voted to be rechartered (clay & webster push), but Jackson vetoed it. -Became an issue in the election of 1832, which Jackson still won.
Term: Bank Bill Definition: would have extended the life of the bank of the States passed in 1836 when its charter expired. Jackson vetoed the bill
Term: Veto Definition: In this, Jackson argued that the Bank of the US' should not be renewed and presented his arguments against the bank.
Term: Pet Definition: A term used by Jackson's opponents to describe the banks the federal government used for new revenue deposits in an attempt to destroy the 2nd US bank; practice continued after the charter for the Second Bank expired in 1836.
Term: B. TaneyDefinition: 5th Chief Justice & presided over the Dred Scott case & ruled the 5th amendment, the govn't can't take private propt; Secretary of Treasury; ordered v.Jackson to stop putting govt money in Bank; court case ruled African Amer =/= US citizens.
Term: Circular Definition: Jackon's order that required payment in gold/silver in to buy land since gold/silver actually had value. This signified the growing economic problems which would result in the panic of 1837.
Term: Charles River Bridge Co. v. Bridge Co. - 1837 Definition: Charles River Bridge Company protested when the Warren Bridge Company authorized in 1828 to build free bridge where they had toll bridge . SC ruled CRC not granted a monopoly right; charter by state 2 a company cannot work to disadvantage public.
Term: of 1837Definition: Jackson Presidency--state banks received government money withdrawn from U.S bank; wild speculation, esp in federal lands; Biddle also called in loans for the National Bank--real estate crash; Specie Circular worsened. state banks collapse.
Term: Indian Removal Act of Definition: Removed indians from southern and put them on Midwest reservataion; authorized Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi;reluctant & forced emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to West.
Term: Black Hawk Definition: group of Sauk and Fox braves the forced eviction of their lands under the Indian Removal Act; they were bloodily crushed in 1832 by regular troops aided by volunteers., Chief Black Hawk of Sauk tribe, led rebellion against US.
Term: Worcester v. Definition: Supreme Court case in which it was decided that Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of governments which would infringe on the tribe's sovereignty - Jackson ignored it (let Marshall enforce it)
Term: Trail of Definition: forced journey of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia to a region west of the during which thousands of Cherokees died
Term: Log Campaign of 1840Definition: A strategy used by the Whig party in election of 1840 to make Harrison look like the common man who drinks cider and lives in a log cabin . The Whigs had no platform so was used to gain support for Harrison. “Tippecanoe and Tyler too" slogan
Term: Webster-Ashburton 1842Definition: 1842, was a treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies. Signed under John Tyler's , it resolved the Aroostook War, a nonviolent dispute over the location of the Maine.
 
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