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BIG TEST
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did Jackson use the spoils system? | Replacing people with loyal party members. |
| How did the Cherokee resist relocation? | With the WORCESTER V. GEORGIA |
| How did democracy expand under Jackson? | He expanded because he was a common person. More people could also vote |
| What are the good and bad contributions of Jackson's presidency? | He was good because he expanded democracy. He was harsh on the native americans. |
| What was the problem at the 1824 election? | Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were attending the election. Jackson didn’t have enough popular vote to win. Then it went down to the House, so everyone thought if Jackson had the most votes he win. John then somehow won. It became a corrupt bargain. |
| What did some of the southern states claim in response to a growing opposition to tariffs? | They violated state rights |
| Explain what was the main reason for the regional tensions. | It was a fight between north and the south. it depended on slavery |
| How do the effects of congressional conflicts and compromises compare? | They all prevented the civil war. |
| Kitchen Cabinet | President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen |
| Nullification | a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution |
| Criteria | Where something could be judged |
| Panic of 1837 | A financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression |
| Sequoya | American Indian scholar and craftsman, he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee. |
| Osceola | Florida Seminole leader, he resisted removal by the U.S. government despite an earlier treaty that Seminole leaders had been forced to sign. He was eventually captured and died in prison. |
| Nominating Conventions | a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate; first held in the 1820s |
| John C. Calhoun | American politician and supporter of slavery and states rights, he served as vice-president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis. |