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Chapter 9
The Jacksonian Era
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Elected president in 1824 because of a corrupt bargain | John Q. Adams |
| Helped JQA win the election of 1824; possibly part of a corrupt bargain | Henry Clay |
| More than any other president, he represented the common man | Andrew Jackson |
| In 1824, who had to choose the president? | the House of Representatives |
| In 1824, how many candidates ran for president? | 4 |
| Who was invited to Jackson's inaugural party? | All his supporters |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Caucus | a meeting of party leaders to choose their party's candidate |
| Convention | a meeting of party members to choose their party's candidate |
| Spoils system | Reward the friends of the winning candidate with government jobs |
| Jackson's wife | Rachel |
| Woman who caused the resignation of all of JAckson's cabinet | Peggy Eaton |
| Andrew Jackson's Secretary of State, and later, Vice President | Martin Van Buren |
| A state declaring a law unconstitional | nullification |
| What state refused to pay the tarriff in 1830? | South Carolina |
| Jackson's home state | Tennessee |
| Indians who followed the "Trail of Tears" | Cherokee |
| Where did the Trail of Tears begin? | Georgia |
| Where did the Trail of Tears end? | Indian Territory/Oklahoma |
| Leader of a slave rebellion in the 1830s | Nat TUrner |
| Andrew Jackson's attitude towards the National Bank | He hated it |
| Type of money that Andrew Jackson did not like | Paper money/ Bank notes |
| Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun were the founders of this political party | Whigs |
| Van Buren and Jackson's party | Democrats |
| Who was Tippecanoe? | William Henry Harrison |
| Popular symbol in the election of 1840 | Log Cabin |