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Jackson Vocab
Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Election of 1824 | Election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, and Crawford. House of Rep chose the President. |
Election of 1828 | Rematch between Jackson and Adams, Jackson won president. |
Electoral vote | Number of votes that determines the president. Has to be Majority+1 |
Corrupt Bargain | Agreement between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay. Henry Clay chose Adams as President, and Quincy would do the same. |
John Quincy Adams | Monroe's secretary of state, 6th president, winner of 1824. |
Henry Clay | John Quincy Adam's secretary of state, worked on tariffs in 1832, leader of the Whig party. |
Andrew Jackson | Represented the common man and considered the People's President. |
Gibbons v. Ogden | Court case, John Marshall ruled federal gov't power to regulate interstate commerce. |
McCulloch v. Maryland | Court case in which Marshall ruled a national bank was constitutional and that state could not tax the bank. |
Supremacy Clause | Part of Constitution that states the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, makes the Federal gov't more powerful over states. |
Necessary and Proper | In the Constitution that says congress can do anything it needs to carry out its powers. |
Worcester v. Georgia | Court case in which the Cherokee won the right to stay on their land. |
Interstate commerce | Trade between the states. |
Implied powers | powers not specifically given to Congress; part of the necessary and proper clause. |
Federalism | Principle in which power is shared between a national government and state governments. |
Reinforce | To strengthen or support with additional material. |
Electoral college | Group that chooses the president of the United Sates. |
Electors | A member of the Electoral College. |
Supreme Court | Highest court in the United States; 9 Justices including a Chief Justice. |
House of Representatives | part of t Congress that impeaches the president, passes revenue bills and chooses the president if no candidate gets majority of electoral votes. |
John C. Calhoun | Jackson's first Vice President but resigned, argued in favor of states' rights from South Carolina. |
Ensure | To make certain that something will happen. |
Popular vote | the number of people that vote for a presidential candidate, doesn't directly choose the president. |
Tariff | Tax on imported goods, favored by the North, Opposed by the south. |
Nullification Crisis | situation in Jackson's presidency when South Carolina refused to follow the Tariff of 1828 resolved by Henry Clay. |
States’ rights | The doctrine that sates have certain powers not listed in the Constitution. |
Tariff of Abominations | Highest tariff in US history 1828 caused the nullification Crisis when South Carolina refused to pay it. |
Indian Territory | Located in modern day Oklahoma where reservations for natives were established. |
Cherokee | Native tribe from TN, GA, and SC. Had an alphabet, newspaper and sued the government to stay on their land. |
Seminole | Native tribe from Florida, fought removal by fighting a war. |
John Marshall | Federalist and presided over McCulloch v Maryland. Gibbons v Ogden. |
James McCulloch | Clerk of Maryland branch of the Bank of the United States. Got sued when he refused to pay Maryland's Tax. |
Sequoya | Native American that developed a system of writing for the Cherokee. |
Trail of Tears | The forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw ad Chocktaw to modern day Oklahoma nearly 1/4 of them died along the way. |
Jacksonian Democrats | Political part formed to support the common man and Andrew Jackson's policies. |
Jacksonian Democracy | The idea of getting more of the common man involved in the government whether through voting or holding office. |
Whigs | Political part that was formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and the Democrats. |
Nicholas Biddle | President of the Second Bank of the United States, political enemy of Andrew Jackson when its funds were removed. |
Martin Van Buren | President Jackson's second Vice President, elected 10th US president organized the Democratic Party. |
Second Bank of the United State | Granted twenty year charter in 1811 vetoed and killed by President Jackson when its funds were removed. |
Veto | The Presidents power to cancel a bill passed by congress. |
Dismantle | To take something apart. |
Suffrage | The Right to Vote. |
Caucus System | Process by which more of the common man select candidates for president. |
Spoils system | The process of rewarding political supporters with gov't jobs. |
Panic of 1837 | Economic depression that happend during Martin Van Buren's presidency. |
William Henry Harrison | 9th President Whig Party tried to portray himself as the common man. |
Repeal | To remove or take away a law that has been passed. |
Indian Removal Act | Law that required the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Seminole. Move to Indian Territory in Modern-day Oklahoma |
Nullify | To declare a law passed by congress to be null and void; cancel out. |
Nullification | The process of a state declaring a law to be void. |
Secede | To withdraw or leave a country. |
Adams-Onis Treaty | An agreement between the US and Spain that gave Florida to the US |
Appeal | To make a serious request, usually to the public. |
Andrew Jackson | 7th President, from Tennessee, winner of 1828, served two terms. |