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Unit 8 Colonies Voca
Unit 8 Colonies Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Election of 1824 | election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, and Crawford; House of Representatives chose the winner since no candidate received 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 Bargain | agreement between 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's Secretary of State; 6th US president, won the election of 1824 |
| Henry Clay | John Quincy Adams' 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" |
| Worcester v. Georgia | court case in which the Cherokee won the right to stay on their land |
| Electoral College | group that chooses the president of the United States |
| Electors | members of the Electoral College |
| 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 |
| 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 states have certain powers not listed in the constitution (like nullification or secession) |
| 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 American tribe from TN, GA, and SC; had an alphabet and newspaper; sued the government to stay on their land |
| Sequoya | Native American who 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 1/4 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 common men 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 |
| Martin Van Buren | President Jackson's second vice-president; elected 10th US president; organized the democratic party |
| Second Bank of the United States | granted 20 year charter in 1811; vetoed and "killed" by President Jackson when its funds were removed |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Caucus System | process by which more of the common men selected candidates for president |
| Spoils System | the process of rewarding political supporters with government jobs |
| Panic of 1837 | economic depression that happened during Martin Van Buren's presidency |
| William Henry Harrison | 9th US president; Whig Party; tried to portray himself as the common man |
| Indian Removal Act | law that required the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, 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 |
| Secede | to withdraw or leave a country |