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8th Grade
Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Presidential campaign of 1828 | One of the dirtiest in American History. John Quincy Adams v. Andrew Jackson |
| Mudslinging | Reckless accusations against each other in a political campaign. |
| Well-Born | People used to running the country-the bankers, planters, merchants, and lawyers. |
| Common Man | The average male citizen who might not own land. They were allowed to vote for the first time in the election of 1828. |
| Monied Interests | The rich who had taken control of the government from the beginning. |
| Self-Made | Achieving wealth or influence through one's own effort rather than being born to a privileged family. |
| Presidential Election of 1824 | Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but not the majority of electoral votes. H of R chose J.Q. Adams with the help of Henry Clay. |
| Corrupt Bargin | Clay became Secretary of State for Adams after the election of 1824, because his supporters backed Adams. |
| Kitchen Cabinet | Jackson made most of his decisions with the help of trusted friends and political supporters not his official cabinet. |
| Civil Servants | employees of the government |
| Spoils System | the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs. |
| Tariffs | A tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country |
| Nullification | The right of a state to reject or nullify a federal law that favors one group over another was unconstitutional. |
| Secede | to withdraw from an organization of alliance, in this case, to withdraw from the United States |
| John C. Calhoun | Jackson's V.P, from South Carolina, who favored nullification. |
| Bank of the U.S. | A private business chartered by Congress which loaned money to the rich and where the government deposited it's money. |
| Nicholas Biddle | President, Bank of the U.S. Jackson will veto the bank's charter in up for renewal in 1836. |
| Five Civilized Tribes | Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole. Hoping to stay in their homeland, they adopted many white ways. |
| Sequoyah | Cherokee who developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language. |
| Indian Removal Act 1830 | Allowed President Jackson to make treaties in which the Native Americans in the East traded their lands for new territory on the Great Plains. |
| Trail of Tears | The forced removal of the Cherokee from Georgia to Indian Territory. |
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