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Jackson Vocab Terms
Unit 8
Term | Definition |
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Election of 1824 | the election between adams. clay, jackson, crawford; house of representatives chose the winner; no canidate recieved a majority of the votes |
election of 1828 | rematch between jackson and adams; jackson elected the 7th president |
electoral vote | number of votes that determines the president; must be a majority or one more than half |
corrupt bargian | agreement between jqa and clay which adams won the election of 1824; clay became secretary of state |
john quincy adams | monroes sectretary of state; 6th president, winner of election of 1824 |
henry clay | jqa's secretary of state; worked out a compromise tariff in 1832; leader of the whig party. |
andrew jackson | represented the common man and considered the people's president. 7th president for TN and winner of the election of 1828; served two terms |
gibbons v. ogden | court case where john marshall ruled only federal gov't has power to regulate interstate commerce |
mcculloch v. maryland | court case where marshall ruled a national bank was considered constitutional and state couldn't tax the bank |
supremacy clause | part of the constitution stating the constitution is the supreme law of the land;makes the federal gov't more powerful than the states |
worcester v. georgia | court case in which the cherokee won the right to stay on their land |
interstate commerce | trade between states |
implied powers | powers not specifically given to congress; part of necessary and proper clause |
federalism | principle in which power shared between national gov't and state gov'ts |
reinforce | to strengthen or support with additional material |
electrol college | group that chose the president of the US |
electors | a member of the electorall college |
supreme court | highest court in the US; 9 justices including chief justice |
house of representatives | part of congress that impeaches the president, passed revenue bills and chooses the president if no candidate gets the majority of the 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 the presidential candiate; doesn't directly choose the president |
tariff | tax on imported goods; favored by north and opposed by south |
nullification crisis | situation in jacksons presidency when south carolina refused to follow the tariff of 1828; resolved by henry clay |
states' rights | the doctrine that states have certain powers not listed in the constitution; nullify; ceced |
tariff of abomination | highest tariff in US history; 1828; caused by the nullification crisis when south carolina refused to pay it |
indian territory | located in modern day oklahoma where the reservations for natives were established |
cherokee | native tribe from TN GA and SC; had an alphabet, newspaper, and sued the gov't 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 mcculloh | clerk of the maryland branch of the bank of the US ; got sued when he refused to pay marylands tax |
sequoya | native american that developed a system of writing for the cherokee |
trail of tears | the forced removal of the cherokee, chickasaw and chocktaw to modern day oklamhoma; nearly 1/4 of them died along the way |
jacksonian democracy | the idea of getting more the common man involved in the gov't whether thro voting or holing office. |
jacksonian deomcrats | political party formed to support the common man and andrew jacksons policies |
whigs | political party that was formed to oppose the policies of andrew jackson and the democrats |
nicholas biddle | president of the second bank of US ; political enemy of andrew jackson |
martin van buren | president jacksons second vice president elected 10th president; organized the democratic party. |
second bank of the US | 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 is selected for candidates for presidency |
spoils system | the process of rewarding political supporters with gov't jobs |
panic of 1837 | economic depression that occurred during martin van burens 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, chocktaw, chickasaw, creek, and seminole to move the indian territory in modern day oklahoma |
nullify | to declare a law passed by congress to be null and void; to cancel out |
nullification | the process of the 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 |