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Unit 8 Vocab Jackson
Question | Answer |
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Election of 1824 | Election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, and Crawford; House of Representatives chose the winner; 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, winner of 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 | Represent 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 | 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 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 (i.g Nullify, secede) |
Tariff on 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, GA, and SC; had an alphabet, newspaper and sued the government to stay off their land |
Sequoyah | 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 vice-president; elected 10th US president; organized 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 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, Choctaw, Chickasaw, 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 |