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APush Chapter 13
Flashcards
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| New, circus-like method of nominating presidential candidates that involved wider participation but usually left effective control in the hands of party bosses | National Conventions |
| Small, short-lived third political party that originated a new method of nominating presidential candidates in the election campaign of 1831-32 | Anti-masonic Party |
| Contemptuous Jacksonian term for the alleged political deal by which Clay threw his support to Adams in exchange for a high cabinet office | Corrupt Bargain |
| Andrew Jackson's popular nickname signaling his toughness and strength | Old Hickory |
| The arrangement under which public offices were handed out on the basis of political support rather than qualifications | Spoils System |
| Scornful southern term for the high Tariff of 1828 | Tariff of Abominations |
| Theory promoted by John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians that said states had the right to disregard federal laws to which they objected | Nullification |
| The "money monster" that Clay tried to preserve and that Jackson killed with his veto in 1832 | Bank of the US |
| Ritualistic secret societies that became the target of a momentarily powerful third party in 1832 | Masons |
| Religious believers, originally attracted to the Anti-Masonic party and then to the Whigs, who sought to use political power for moral and religious form | Evangelical protestants |
| Any two of the southeastern Indian peoples who were removed to Oklahoma | Cherokee, Seminole |
| The sorrowful path along which thousands of southeastern Indians were removed to Oklahoma | Trail of Tears |
| Economic crisis that precipitated an economic depression and doomed the presidency of Martin Van Buren | Panic of 1819 |
| Popular symbols of the flamboyant but effective campaign the Whigs used to elect "ppo boy" William Henry Harrison over Martin Van Buren in 1840 | Log cabin, hard cider |