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US - Jackson Notes
Study Guide for Andrew Jackson Notes Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the names of the four candidates for President in the 1824 Election? | Henry Clay William Crawford Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams |
| Who won the popular vote in the Election of 1824? | Andrew Jackson |
| Who decided the winner of the 1824 election? | House of Representatives |
| Who was the Speaker of the House of Representatives who threw his support to one of the candidates and was then named Secretary of State? | Henry Clay |
| Who was chosen as President after the 1824 election? | John Quincy Adams |
| What did Andrew Jackson call this deal between Clay and Adams? | corrupt bargain |
| Who were the candidates in the 1828 Election? | John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson |
| Who were the "common people" who were getting to vote for the first time in most states? | Frontier settlers Poor people |
| Who did the "common people" support in the Election of 1828? | Andrew Jackson |
| Andrew Jackson won the Election of 1828 in a... | landslide |
| Who was Vice-President under Andrew Jackson? | John C. Calhoun |
| Vice-President Calhoun believed that states had a right to... | nullify any federal law they disagreed with |
| Which state legislature declared the 1828 tariff and 1832 tariffs "null and void"? | South Carolina |
| What did President Jackson threaten South Carolina with when the nullified these federal laws? | to send troops to the state |
| How did South Carolina react to President Jackson's threat? | they reached a compromise |
| What were the three reasons why President Jackson hated the Second Bank of the United States? | Favored the rich It had too much power and was a threat to the Republic Took power away from the state banks |
| Who was the Director of the Second Bank of the United States who made the bank an issue in the 1832 election? | Nicholas Biddle |
| Who campaigned against the Second Bank of the United States in the 1832 Election? | Andrew Jackson |
| How did President Jackson "kill" the Second Bank of the United States? | He pulled most of the money out of the bank early |
| What law did Congress pass in 1830? | Indian Removal |
| What two things did the Indian Removal Act do? | Authorized the removal of all Indians who lived east of the Mississippi River Established Indian Territory as a new homeland for the tribes |
| What were the two reasons for the Indian removal policy? | Americans wanted the Indians land Americans believed it would protect the Indians from more clashes with settlers |
| Which two tribes signed treaties under the Indian Removal Act and were removed? | Choctaw Chickasaw |
| Which Indian tribe resisted the Indian Removal Act and were forcibly removed? | Creek |
| Which Indian tribe adopted the "white man's ways" and then sued to keep their lands? | Cherokee |
| Which tribe won their case before the Supreme Court? | Cherokee |
| Who refused to enforce the Supreme Court's decision in favor of the Cherokee and against the United States government? | President Jackson |
| What was the name of the 800-mile forced march of 18,000 Cherokee to Indian Territory? | Trail of Tears |
| How many of the Cherokee died on the forced march from disease, hunger, and bad weather? | one-fourth, or 25% |
| Which was the only tribe to successfully fight against removal and defeat the U.S. Government? | Seminole |
| What did President James Monroe issue in 1823? | Monroe Doctrine |
| What did the Monroe Doctrine declare? | The Western Hemisphere, North and South America, were off limits to foreign colonization |
| What two things did the U.S. government declare about any colonization attempts? | We would consider colonization attempts a "hostile act" We would not ignore them. |