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Unit 8 Vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Election of 1824 | election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, Crawford; House of Rep. chose the winner' no candidate received a majority of the votes |
| Election of 1828 | rematch between Jackson and Adams; Jackson was elected 7th president |
| Electoral Vote | Number of votes that determines the president; must be majority |
| Corrupt Bargain | agreement between John Q. Adams and Henry Clay that Adams won the Election of 1824 |
| John Quincy Adams | Monroe's Sect. of State, 6th president |
| Henry Clay | John Q. Adams' Sect. of State; worked out a compromise tariff in 1832 |
| Andrew Jackson | represented the common man and considered the "People's President |
| Worcester v. Georgia | court case in which the Cherokee won the right to stay on their land |
| Electoral College | group that chooses the president |
| Electors | a person in the electoral college |
| House of Representatives | part of congress based on population |
| John C. Calhoun | Jackson's first Vice President |
| Popular vote | the number of people that vote for a president |
| Tariff | tax on imported goods |
| Nullification Crisis | situation in Jackson's presidency when South Carolina refused to follow the tariff of 1828 |
| States' Rights | the doctrine that states that States have certain powers |
| Tariff of Abominations | highest tariff in US history; 1828 |
| Indian Territory | located in modern day Oklahoma |
| Cherokee | native tribe from TN, GA, and SC; sued the gov't to stay on their land |
| Sequoya | Native American that developed a system of writing for the Cherokee |
| Trail of Tears | the forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw tribes to the West |
| Jacksonian Democrats | political party formed to support the common man |
| Jacksonian Democracy | the idea to get more common men involved in the gov't |
| Whigs | political party formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson's and Democrats |
| Martin Van Buren | Jackson's second vice president and 10th president |
| Second Bank of the United States | granted twenty years in 1811, vetoed by Jackson when he became President |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Caucus System | process by which more of the common men select candidates for president |
| Spoils System | the process of rewarding political followers with jobs in the gov't |
| Panic of 1837 | economic depression during Martin Van Buren's Presidency |
| William Henry Harrison | 9th President; Whig Party |
| Indian Removal Act | Law that required the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminoles to leave their lands and move west to OK |
| Nullify | to declare a law passed by Congress to be null and void; to cancel out |
| Secede | to withdraw or leave a country |
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