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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Why Jackson’s supporters would push for the Tariff of 1828? | They wanted to screw over John Quincy Adams, Jackson's presidential opponent, because no matter what he did about it people would be unhappy. weird because democrats are usually anti-tariff, and they ended up screwing Jackson a bit when he won |
| Jackson’s charges against the Bank of the U.S. | Pro-elite, Too much federal power, Favors north over west n south |
| Origins of the Nullification Crisis & what ended it | the tariff of abominations and Jacksons' egging-on of the south started it, Clay's compromise tariff of 1833 solves it - Henry clays 2nd major compromise - Tariff lowered 10% more over the next 8 years - Secession discussions die down |
| White America’s treatment of Native tribes | Bad. Very bad. displacement, murder, trail of tears. very bad. |
| Southern fear of the Missouri Compromise & Tariff of 1828 | South argued both of these helped north at their expense |
| What pushed the general public towards an interest in politics (especially the South) | fear that Jackson's particularly "extreme" beliefs could jepordize north beliefs, as for south, it was Jackson's beliefs itself. at first they supported him, but his hypocritical acts got them conflicted |
| The ‘Spoils System’ (What is the purpose, what did it result in?) | “To the victor belongs the spoils” Supporters, friends should be appointed by elections winner pros: cabinet works together fairly well cons: gov is run by 1 party results: Jeffersonian "gov FOR the people" vs. Jacksonian "gov OF the people" |
| The Election of 1824: The ‘Corrupt Bargain' | John Quincy Adams became president in large part because of Henry Clay's support, then Adams made Clay secretary of state |
| The Election of 1824: The Candidates/How they fared | Jackson Henry clay John quincy adams John c calhoun William h crawford people liked clay but he dropped out in middle, Jackson was next most popular |
| The Election of 1824: What happened in the election & overall significance of the election itself | John Quincy Adams won by garnering more electoral votes through the House of Representatives, even though Jackson originally received more popular and electoral votes. showed Jackson's support and Adam's hate |
| The Tariff Controversy: Tariff of Abominations + Presidential Response | raised taxes on imported manufactures so as to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing. South said this benefitted north manu. at south agri. expense. Jacksons response> Tariff of 1832 |
| The Tariff Controversy: Tariff of 1832+ Presidential Response | Jackson's response to the tariff of abominations, Rates of tariff on imported goods 45% to 35%. South hated it, Vows to bar federal enforcement of tariff + Threatens secession. Jacksons response is the force bill (1833) and doesnt side w state |
| The Tariff Controversy: Ordinance of Nullification + Presidential Response | response to 1832 tariff, Vows to bar federal enforcement of tariff and Threatens secession. Jacksons response? "fuck you, force bill, and if you secede ill send troops after you |
| The Bank Issue: Specie Circular, | Jackson doesnt like rich people's speculation of west territory, makes it so people can only pay for land |
| The Bank Issue: Pet Banks | any of a group of state banks selected as depositories of federal funds removed from the U.S. Bank during the first Jacksonian administration. most failed |
| The Bank Issue: Bank of the U.S. Veto, | Jackson hates the US bank, so when Clay puts the 2nd BUS's charter up Jackson vetoes it as part of his war against federal power. bank died, jackson invested in smaller banks which failed and contributed to panic of 1837. |
| The Bank Issue: Jackson – How did Jackson deal with the bank? | he fucking killed it in other words, he vetoed the 2nd charter of it and then it died out |
| The Bank Issue: Effect on the Panic of 1837 | literally every financial decision Jackson made contributed to this. His specie circular caused overspeculation, which a LARGER bank could handle but cause he killed BUS, the smaller ones failed |
| “King Caucus” | a closed door-door meeting of a political party's leaders in congress. The common people had no opportunity to participate. replaced by nomination conventions in 1830s |
| Rachel Jackson/Peggy Eaton ‘Affairs’ | basically a political scandal in which jacksons wife was heavily insulted by his kitchen cabinets wives and died soon after, jackson goes a-wall at their husbands |
| The ‘Kitchen Cabinet’ | Jackson's unofficial political advisors |
| The ‘New Democracy’ | Jackson's extension of Jefferson's belief led to this |
| Anti-Masonic Party on elections | the first party to have a nomination committee |
| The Whig Party: Origins, Platform | The Whigs emerged in the 1830s in opposition to President Andrew Jackson, pulling together former members of the National Republican Party, the Anti-Masonic Party, and disaffected Democrats. |
| Loco-Focos | supported an independent treasury, Van Buren's antimonopoly, and antispeculative fiscal agenda |
| The Veto of the Maysville Road | would run from Louisville to Maysville, offered new system of transport that would unite two major cities on the Ohio River. Jackson vetoed it, said federal funding of intrastate projects of this nature was unconstitutional. hypocrite (fed for state) |
| ‘Indian Territory’ | Oklahoma, where many southeastern natives were sent so colonizers could use home as farmland |
| The Indian Removal Act of 1830 | authorized Jackson to grant unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. |
| ‘Forced Assimilation’ | when a minority or Indigenous group is forced to give up their cultural identity, language, norms, and customs to fit into the dominant group. jackson used this as an excuse to kill natives but also keep them in US territory |
| The Trail of Tears | (1838)- 5 tribes relocated from southeast so new plantations can be made, mostly Cherokee resistance, very deadly |
| Martin Van Buren | an American lawyer, diplomat, and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. democrat who followed in Jacksons footsteps |
| Panic of 1837 | economy began to crash in large part due to overspeculation. heavily inspired by Jackson's Specie circular and bank fight |
| Sectionalism + contribution to it | loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. the manufacturing vs agriculture practices of north vs south led to those being very diff sections, where tension grew overtime |
| Nationalism + contribution to it | dentification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations. american revolution, war of 1812, mexican american war, and forign fights contributed to it |
| Whigs | believed in federal power less so than federalists, industry and factory, |
| Democrats | believed in state's rights, smaller banks, agriculture |