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Age of Jackson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nullification | Refuse to do or act on/ a state gov’t can make a federal law not apply to their state |
| sectionalism | Regional division/ each has own goals and interests |
| migration | To move |
| suffrage | Right to vote |
| commerce | Trading, most often through shipping |
| secede | To leave the union |
| Democratic Party | New political party in the presidential election of 1824 after a split in the DemoReps party. |
| Whig Party | 1834/ political opponents of President Andrew Jackson organized a new party/ Henry Clay leader/ party lasted a short time |
| John Quincy Adams | 6th President/ Federalist Party candidate election 1824/ historically famous parents |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th Pres. / Demo Party candidate 1824/ president 1828/ favorite son of Tenn./ Old Hickory/ democracy for common man/ election represents shift of power from wealthy to the common people/ suffrage rights to all white males - not just property owners |
| American System | Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun main supporters/ sense of economic nationalism (pride) /spend money on roads and canals - “infrastructure”/ enforced tariffs to protect U.S. factories/ establishment of 2nd National Bank because the 1st Bank had closed. |
| Henry Clay | Warhawk/ Democratic Party candidate election 1824/ liked the “American System” / will to compromise with Calhoun with Tariff of 1833 |
| Northern States | Favored foreign tariffs because they increased the demand for manufactured goods from the factories |
| Southern States | Opposed tariffs because they raised prices on their raw materials needing to be shipped out of the country |
| Nullification Crisis | Southern states refused to pay the federal taxes on imports (Tariffs of 1828 and 1832)/ states found them to be unconstitutional/ Henry Clay proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833/ Gov’t lowers tariffs/ constitutional principle of Federalism challenged |
| Worcester vs. Georgia | 1832/ Cherokees plead case in court/ Supreme Court declares forcing Indians off land unconstitutional/ court ruled in favor of Worcester/ Jackson responded by enforcing the Indian Removal Act and sided with Georgia/ Jackson ignores Supreme Court |
| Indian Removal Act | 1830/ Cherokees given 2 years to migrate to Ok / white settlers pressured fed. gov’t to acquire Indian Terr./president has power to negotiate treaties with tribes living east of the Miss./Congress passed act to avoid conflict with settlers and tribes |
| Trail of Tears | 1836/ Cherokees forced to move to Oklahoma/ 4000 die from cold and hunger |
| Second National Bank | Jackson against financial institution bc it favored wealthy/ too much power/ controversial bc Const. does not give power to Congress to create this inst./ Demo support Jackson bc he rejected it/ vetos charter (agreement) this leads to eco. depression |
| McCulloch vs. Maryland | 1819/ Supreme Court rules the states have no right to tax the federal government |
| Gibbons vs. Ogden | 1824/ Supreme Court rules the federal government can regulate interstate commerce (trade) |
| Missouri Compromise | Slavery banned above the 36-30 line/ political balance/ Missouri enters as slave/ Maine enters as free state |
| Spoils System | handing out of gov’t jobs to supporters/replacing gov’t employees with the winning candidate’s supporters. |
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