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Age of Jackson

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Common Man self-made man
Universal Male Suffrage allowed all free white males to vote and hold office without having to own land or belong to a particular religious group
Party Nominating Convention where party politicians and voters would gather in a large meeting hall to nominate the party's candidates (Anti-Masonic Party was the first to do such a thing)
"King Caucus" when there was a closed-door meeting of a political party's leaders in Congress
Popular election of president allowed votes to choose a state's slate of presidential electors
Anti-Masonic party attacked the secret societies of Masons and accused them of belonging to a privileged, antidemocratic elite
Workingman's Party another 3rd party (one of the first ones)
spoils system appointing people to federal jobs strictly according to whether they had actively participated/campaigned for the Democratic party; previous office holders were fired and replaced with a Democrat; giving jobs in return for party loyalty
John Quincy Adams Henry Clay in the election of 1824 used his influence in the House to provide Adams with enough votes to win the election; Clay made secretary of state
corrupt bargain what Jackson and followers called the Clay/Adams deal that kept him from election
tariff of 1828 towards end of Adams' presidency, Congress created a new tariff law which made northern manufacturers happy but alienated southern planters, causing the south to call it a "tariff of abominations"
role of the President representative of people and protector of the common man against abuses of power by the rich and the privileged
Indian Removal Act (1830) forced the resettlement of many thousands of Native Americans
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia said that Cherokees were not a foreign nation with the right to sue in a federal court
Worchester v. Georgia said that Cherokees were not a foreign nation with the right to sue in a federal court
Trail of Tears forced 15000 Cherokees to leave Georgia; 4000 died
State's rights Jackson favored these
Nullification crisis John C. Calhoun of SC (Jackson's first VP) believed that each state had the right to decide whether to obey a federal law or to declare it null and void
Webster-Hayne debate Daniel Webster of Mass debated Robert Hayne of SC on the nature of the federal Union; Webster attacked the idea that any state could defy or leave the Union
John C. Calhoun 1832, had a convention in SC to nullify the tariff of 1828 but also a new tariff law in 1832; passed a resolution forbidding the collection of tariffs within the state
Proclamation to the People of South Carolina Jackson's edict stating nullification and disunion were treason
Bank of the U.S. bank and branches, although privately owned, received federal deposits and attempted to serve a public purpose by cushioning the ups and downs of the national economy
Two-party system; Democrats; Whigs Supporters of Jackson are Democrats (Jeffersonian Republican Party); Henry Clay supporters were Whigs (Federalist Party of Hamilton)
Roger Taney secretary of the Treasury who transferred the funds to various state banks
Panic of 1837 when all banknotes began to lose value and land sales plummeted, the financial crisis that plunged the nation's economy into depression
Martin v. Buren nominated for president by Democratic party in 1838 at Jackson's urging (VP under Jackson)
Henry Clay United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
Andrew Jackson 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845)
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