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Unit 8 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Election of 1824 | election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, Crawford; House of Representatives chose the winner; nobody received a majority of the vote. |
Election of 1828 | rematch between Jackson and Adams; Jackson elected the 7th President of US. |
Electoral Vote | Number of votes that determines the president; must be a majority or more than 1/2 of votes. |
Corrupt Bargain | agreement between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay in which Adams won the Election of 1824; Clay then became Secretary of State. |
John Quincy Adams | Monroe's Secretary of State; 6th US president, winner of 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 US |
Electors | a member 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 the 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 presidental candidate; doesn't directly choose the president. |
Tariff | tax on imported goods; Favored by the North, and 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 (i.g nullification, secede) |
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, SC, and GA; had an alphabet, newspaper and sued the government 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 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 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. |
Martin Van Buren | President Jackson's second vice president; elected 8th US President; organized by the Democratic Party. |
Second Bank of the United States | granted twenty 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 man select candidates for president |
Spoils System | the process of rewarding political supporters with gov't jobs. |
Panic of 1837 | economic depression that happened during 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. |