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Unit 8 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Election of 1824 | Election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, 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 | 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 | 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 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, GA, and SC; 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 Chocktaw 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 where through voting or holding office. |
Whigs | Political party that was formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and the Democrats. |
Martin Van Buren | 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 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, Chocktaw, 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. |