Question 1

Andrew Jackson

Accepted Answer

War hero turned politician who treated Native Americans terribly, championed the idea of the common man and expanded the powers of the presidency as the 7th president.

Question 2

John Quincy Adams

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Politician and diplomat from Massachusetts who won the controversial presidential election of 1824 and favored the American System, but faced steep opposition from an unfriendly Congress.

Question 3

Henry Clay

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Politician from Kentucky who came in fourth in the popular vote of the presidential election of 1824, but helped secure John Quincy Adams victory and was later appointed Secretary of State.

Question 4

Corrupt Bargain

Accepted Answer

Claim made by Andrew Jackson and his supporters that Henry Clay used his position as Speaker of the House to get John Quincy Adams elected in exchange for being appointed Secretary of State.

Question 5

Revolution of 1828

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Rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson for the presidency that was known for the brutal mudslinging tactics used by both campaigns that resulted in a Jackson victory.

Question 6

The Frontier

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Name for the western edge of the United States that was characterized for being rough and not as civilized as the eastern part of the country, but was growing rapidly in population and political power.

Question 7

Role of the President

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Question of the authority, powers and duties of the highest government office in relation to many different aspects and entities including the people, the economy, Congress and the military.

Question 8

“Kitchen Cabinet”

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President Jackson’s closest advisors made up mostly of his friends and were not members of the official presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed cabinet of advisors.

Question 9

Peggy Eaton Affair

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Refusal of the official cabinet’s wives to listen to President Jackson’s order to socially accept the wife of Jackson’s Secretary of War, which resulted in the resignation of most of the cabinet.

Question 10

John C. Calhoun

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Vice president to President Jackson who resigned over the Peggy Eaton Affair and the Tariff of Abominations and returned as a thorn in President Jackson’s side as a Senator from South Carolina.

Question 11

Martin Van Buren

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Politician who remained loyal to President Jackson during the Peggy Eaton Affair and became President Jackson’s vice president during his second term.

Question 12

Indian Removal Act (1830)

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Law passed by Congress and enforced by President Jackson that resulted in the forced relocation of Native Americans out of their traditional homelands to west of the Mississippi River.

Question 13

the West

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Name originally applied to whatever land was at the western border of the United States, but is most commonly applied to land west of the Mississippi River.

Question 14

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

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Landmark SCOTUS case in which the Supreme Court threw out the case by ruling the Cherokees were not a foreign nation with the right to sue in court.

Question 15

Worcester v. Georgia (1832)

Accepted Answer

Landmark SCOTUS case in which the Supreme Court ruled that state laws had no force within Native American territory, however, President Jackson did not enforce the decision.

Question 16

Trail of Tears

Accepted Answer

Enforcement of the Indian Removal Act that resulted in the deadly forced removal and march of the Cherokee by the U.S. Army to land west of the Mississippi River.

Question 17

Nullification Crisis

Accepted Answer

South Carolina denounced the Tariff of Abominations as unconstitutional and refused to collect the tax, which led to threats of violent enforcement from President Jackson, but ended in compromise.

Question 18

States’ Rights

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Emphasis on promoting and protecting the powers and authority of local governments, primarily against the authority and powers of the federal government.

Question 19

Tariff of Abominations

Accepted Answer

Increased tax on foreign imports passed in 1828 that greatly angered southern states due to their reliance on foreign manufactured goods, which led to the Nullification Crisis.

Question 20

Webster-Hayne Debate

Accepted Answer

Famous exchange of speeches in the Senate over nullification with a Senator from Massachusetts making a plea for unity and a Senator from South Carolina arguing in favor of states’ rights.

Question 21

Proclamation to the People of South Carolina

Accepted Answer

Official statement from President Jackson declaring that nullification and disunion were treason and would be dealt with violently if necessary.

Question 22

Bank of the United States

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Privately owned national bank that received federal deposits and attempted to serve a public purpose by keeping the national economy stable, but faced opposition from President Jackson.

Question 23

Nicholas Biddle

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President of the Bank of the United States who clashed with President Jackson over the constitutionality of a national bank and ultimately lost after Congress failed to recharter the bank.

Question 24

Two-Party System

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Dominance of two main political parties, which returned after the split of the Democratic-Republican Party into the Democrats led by Andrew Jackson and the Whigs led by Henry Clay.

Question 25

Democrats

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Reminiscent of the Democratic-Republicans of Jefferson, Jackson created this party with an emphasis on the common man and protecting states’ rights.

Question 26

Whigs

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Reminiscent of the Federalists, Henry Clay created this party with an emphasis on federal power and supporting the American System through support of a national bank and funding internal improvements.

Question 27

Pet Banks

Accepted Answer

President Jackson transferred federal funds to these state run financial institutions in order to hurt Nicholas Biddle and the Bank of the United States.

Question 28

Roger Taney

Accepted Answer

Secretary of the Treasury for President Jackson who helped transfer federal funds from the Bank of the United States to various state banks in order to hurt the Bank of the United States.

Question 29

Specie Circular

Accepted Answer

Presidential order by President Jackson requiring all purchases of federal land to be paid in gold or silver in an attempt to control land speculation, but instead led to the Panic of 1837.

Question 30

Panic of 1837

Accepted Answer

Major economic downturn at the start of Martin Van Buren’s presidency that was partially caused by President Jackson’s refusal to recharter the national bank and the Specie Circular.

Question 31

“Log Cabin and Hard Cider” Campaign

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Successful presidential candidacy of Whig William Henry Harrison in 1840, who campaigned on his legacy as a war hero and a man of humble origins.

Question 32

Great Plains

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Area known for wide open prairies and where many tribes of Native Americans were forced to relocate as the United States expanded westward, where their lifestyle was revolutionized by horses.

Question 33

White Settlers

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Caucasian Americans who pushed into the western frontier of the United States and faced many similar survival challenges as the early colonists.

Question 34

Environmental Damage

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Harm caused to surrounding nature by American settlers moving into the western frontier in large numbers and clearing vital forests and overfarming the soil.

Question 35

Extinction

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Elimination of a species from existence, which almost happened to the American beaver and bison due to overhunting by American trappers and hunters.

Reading 4.8

Jackson and Federal Power

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