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Unit 8 Jackson 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 baragain | agreement between John Quincy Adans and Henry Clay in which Adams won the Election of 1824; Clay then became his Secretary of State |
john q. 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 vs 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 reps | 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 | Situation in Jackson’s presidency when South Carolina refused to follow the Tariff of 1828; resolved by Henry Clay |
nullification crisis | 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 |
sequoyah | 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 ¼ of them died along the way |
jcksonian 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 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 | 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 |
states rights | the doctrine that states have certain powers not listed in the Constitution (i.g. Nullify, secede) |