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8SS_Age Of Jackson
Democracy in the Age of Jackson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were Americans unhappy with? | the rich people's special privleges |
| Who wanted to be treated as equals? | American servants |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Who had to choose the new President? | the House of Representatives |
| Who was chosen as the new President? | John Quincy Adams |
| What did John Q. Adams spend money on? | to improve roads and canals |
| corrupt bargain | when the winner engages in a crooked deal |
| Who had the right to vote? | white men over the age of 21 |
| What were two new parties that emerged after the conflict with Jackson and Adams? | Whigs and Democrats |
| What did the Whig's want? | the government to improve the country's economy |
| Who were the Democrats? | average people, frontier farmers and factory workers |
| What did Jackson do at the age of 13? | refused to clean a British officer's boots |
| What happened to Jackson when he refused to clean the British officer's boots? | he was slashed in the face and hand with a sword |
| What was Andrew Jackson's nickname? | Old Hickory |
| Who did Andrew Jackson defeat in the election of 1832? | Henry Clay |
| Who was unsuccessful in stopping the invasions of the Native Americans? | Pontiac and Tecumseh |
| Trail of Tears | the Cherokee's long sorrowful journey west |
| nominating conventions | where delegates from the states choose the party's candidate for President |
| corrupt bargain | the winner engages in a crooked deal |
| caucus | private meeting to choose their candidates for an office |
| nullification | the idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal |
| Seminoles | they were forced to move off their land after losing the war |
| Indian Removal Act | Native Americans were forced to sign treaties agreeing to move west of the Mississippi |
| abomination | something that is hated |
| Tecumseh | Indian Chief who tried to stop the white men invasions |
| Martin Van Buren | President after Andrew Jackson retired from office |
| Seminole War | war fought between the US Army and the Indians |
| economic depression | a severe and prolonged downturn in economic activity |
| Tariff of Abominations | the southerners had to pay more taxes for imported goods |
| spoils system | the practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs |
| mudslinging | the use of insults to attack an opponent's reputation |
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