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Jacksons Vocab
Jacksons vocab
Question | Answer |
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Election of 1824 | election between Adams,clay,Jackson--house of Representatives chose a winner; no candidate recieved majority of votes |
Election of 1828 | rematch between Jackson and Adams; Jackson was elected 7th president |
Electoral vote | number of votes that determine president-- must be a majority or one more than half |
Corrupt Bargain | agreement with John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay in which Adams won the Election of 1824--- clay then became his Secretary of State |
John Quincy Adams | Monroe sectary of state-- 6th president-- winner elector of 1824 |
Henry Clay | john Quincy Adams’ Secretary of State ---worked out a compromise tariff in 1832 --leader of the Whig Party |
Andrew Jackson | (peoples president) represent common man |
Andrew Jackson | 7th President; from TN; winner of the Election of 1828; served two terms |
Gibbons v. Ogden | court case in which John Marshall ruled only the federal gov’t has the power to regulate interstate commerce |
McCulloch v.Maryland | court case in which Marshall ruled a national bank was constitutional and that a state could not tax the bank |
Necessary and Proper | clause of the Constitution that says Congress can do anything it needs to 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 States |
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 Congress that impeaches the president, passes revenue bills and chooses the president if no candidate gets a 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 wil 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 right | the doctrine that states 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 that fought removal by fighting a war |
john Marshall | Federalist and presided over McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden |
James McCullough | clerk of the Maryland branch of the Bank of the United States; got sued when he refused to pay Maryland’s tax |
sequoya | Sequoya Native American that developed a system of writing for the Cherokee |
trail of tears | The forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw to modern-day Oklahoma-- nearly ¼ of them died along the way |
Jacksonian Democrats | political party 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 party 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 |
martin van buren | President Jackson’s second vice-president; elected 10th US president- organized the Democratic Party |
second bank of us | granted twenty year charter in 1811- vetoed and “killed” by President Jackson when its funds were removed |
veto | the president’s power to cancel a bill passed by Congress |
dismantle | to take something apart |
suffrage | The right to vote |
cacus 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 |
william henrey harrison | 9th US 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 to move to Indian territory in modern-day oklahoma |
nullify | to declare a law passed by Congress to be null and void-- to cancel out 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 |
supremacy clause | Part of the Constitution that states the Constitution is the Part of the Constitution that states the Constitution is the supreme law of the land-- makes the federal gov’t more powerful than the states |
panic of 1837 | economic depression that happened during Martin Van Buren’s presidency |