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ANDREW JACKSON ERA
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Canadats for the election of 1824? | John Quincy Adams, current secretary of state and son of John Addams vs Andrew Jackson who fought in the war of 1812, there was also Willian Crawford and Henry Clay |
| What did Adams embody? | The business man of the east, wanted to build canals and roads to improve the nation's transportation system, he also prompted science and education |
| What did Jackson Embody | The farmers of the west, supported state's rights |
| Who received the majority of the votes by the people and won the most electoral votes? | Andrew Jackson |
| how did Adams win | One vote by the house of representatives, and according to the 12 amendments, the duty of choosing president from the three candidates falls to the house. |
| What did Andrew believe Adams did? | Adams and clay had made a deal in Clay persuaded other members of the House to vote for Adams in exchange for the prestigious cabinet position |
| Why couldn't Adams gather much backing for canals and roads | Jackson's supporters in Congress blocked them |
| What two parties arose from the Democratic republicans | The national Republicans, the rich east men, and Democrat,comm on farmers of the west |
| What helped Jackson win the 1828 election? | Voting rights expanded to the common man |
| Who was the first president who did not come from a wealthy Virginia or Massachusetts family? | Andrew Jackson |
| What conditions were Andrew Jackson born in? | Poverty in 1767 in North Carolina |
| What did Jackson serve as in the American revolution | A messenger for the continental army |
| What did Jackson do after his family died? | he became a lawyer in Tennessee |
| Who was Jackson's wife | Rachel Donelson Robards |
| What was Jackson's first political position | Congress |
| HOW did Jackson become a national hero? | He crushed Britian in the battles of new Orleans |
| what did critics claim Jackson did that was corrupt | He replaced Supporters of Adams with his..0 |
| Who did Jackson blame for his wife's death | personal attacks |
| What is the spoils system | The practice of rewarding political backers with government jobs |
| Why did the southeast dislike tariffs | they had an agrarian economy, and most of them had to buy foreign goods |
| Why did the Northeast like tariffs | It increased local business |
| Who passed the tariff of abominations? | Adams-packed congress |
| What is the doctrine of nullification | Called the state's rights doctrine, claims that states could override federal law if it claims it to be un- constitutional. |
| Why did John Calhoun apply the doctrine of nullification | States were talking about withdraw from the union |
| Why was Jackson placed in a dilemma with the doctrine of nullification | he believed in states rights and he picked John Calhoun as vice president, but he also believed that states should not be able to override federal government |
| What was the webster Hayne debate? | When two senator members argued about nullification |
| Who argued for nullification and what was their claim | Robert Y. Hayne from South Carolina said states had the right to nullify and he critized those who stole power from the states |
| Who argued against nullification and what was their claim. | Daniel Webster from Massachusetts argued that it threatened Union and freedom and claimed that Liberty and Freedom are inseparable. |
| What did Jackson and congress do in order to ease the tensions form the tariff? | They reduced the tariff |
| What was South Carolina's representatives' reaction to the reduced Tariff | They rejected it and threated Secession |
| What did Jackon view as treason | Secession |
| What ended the tariff crisis | When congress reduced it in 1833 |
| who did Andrew Jackson battle in Georgia and novitiate with them on behalf of the federal government. | Creek |
| How much land did the Creek give up | 22 million acres of land |
| Who held the largest land in the South | Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw |
| What was the two choices Native Americans were offered by Andrew Jackson | Either assimilate and adopt European ways, or move west to the Mississippi river |
| Which tribe assimilated | Cherokee |
| Which Cherokee developed a writing system and began publishing newspapers | Sequoya |
| What was Cherokee Nation's Constitution modeled by | U.S constitution |
| Why did southern states pass a law that allowed them to take over Native American land | They fold gold in the land the Cherokee tribe owned |
| What was the Indian Removal act | It ended the U.S. governments earlier policy of respecting the rights of Native generations, and forced them to Indian Territory |
| Where was Indian territory | present day Oklahoma and parts of Kanas and Nebraska |
| What parts of the Indian removal act did the government and Jackson ignore and why | The act required government to peacefully negotiate treaties with Native Americans and not force them off their land; they saw natives as conquered subjects; therefore they get to decide where they lived |
| Who opposed the Indian removal act | those against Jackson, religious groups like the Quakers, and those that thought it was immoral |
| Why did Jackson declare war on the Seminoles | They were natives who refused to relocate |
| Where did the Seminoles live? | Near the ever glades, a large wet land region in southern Florida |
| What gave the Seminoles a geological advantage | There were many places to hide in the Everglades |
| How did the Seminoles Leader defend themself | They ambushed the Americans soldiers with their Tomahawks and muskets. They also burned homes of American Settlers |
| Why did the Seminoles tribe surrender | The Americans tricked their leader with a fake truce, and they surrendered five mor years later |
| Who made the painting of the unknown man, that was probably a treaty gift | Homer Henderson |
| Which tribes rebelled after they relocated | Sauk and Fox |
| Why did the Sauk and Fox tribe rebel | They struggled to grow food for their people in the new land |
| Who was the leader that led Sauk and Fox back to Illinois | Black Hawk |
| Who fought against Black Hawk and their tribes | Abraham Lincoln, and other Native tribes |
| What was the aftermath of Black Hawk's rebellion | 600 native deaths, and 70 American |
| What inspired the Cherokee to go to the supreme court for legal protection for their land | The Johnson v. McIntosh offered some protection for Native American Lands |
| What decision did Georgia and Jackson oppose from the Supreme court | The Indian removal act was unconstitutional |
| How many Cherokees rejected the signing of the treaty and stayed on their land | 17,000 people |
| Who tried to negotiate a better treaty for the cherokee | John Ross, principal chief of the Cherokee |
| How did Andrew Jackson try to force the Cherokee off their land | He sent General Winfield Scott and 7,000 troops to get them off Georgia and Alabama |
| Why did 4,000 people die from the march in the Trail of tears | They weren't given enough food, shelter, or clothing |
| In the trail of tears, what did Soldiers make the Cherokee do | pay settlers for passing through their farms, and boatmen for transferring them across |
| Who did the Cherokee fight after re-locating | Osage |
| Who did the Cherokee resent | Those of their tribe who signed the treaty |
| Why did the economy prosper during Jacksons era | The country's second national bank |
| Why the did county's national bank help the economy | It regulated the nation's money supply and prevented inflation |
| Why did Jackson dislike the national bank | He didn't trust paper currency or any form of money other than gold and silver, and that it's policies favored the wealthy over the working people. It gave loans to Congress, so it might grant Biddle an unfair advantage |
| who led the second national bank | Nicholas Biddle |
| Which bill did Jackson Veto | the one to renew the national bank |
| What was the purpose of the six-cent note | it was a political cartoon that commented on the extent to which money decreased in value after 1837 |
| what was the purpose of 5,000-dollar bank notes | it's for customers taking out loans. |
| What did Jackson do against banks | he had his treasury withdraw government funds and put them into state banks |
| What did Biddle do in retaliation to Jackson | He withheld bank loans to customers |
| What led to inflation | state banks made it easier to take loans |
| What did Jackson do to combat inflation | he made people pay with gold of silver to buy land |
| Who became president after Jackson | His vice president, Martin Van Buren |
| What was the Panic of 1837 | Widespread far for the nation's economy |
| What caused the economic depression | panicked people withdrawing their gold from banks that soon ran out leading to the banks and businesses closing |
| What made Van Buren unpopular | he did nothing to combat the depression |
| Why did Martin not combat the economic depression | He believed that the government should not interfere with the economy |
| How did clay and Daneil help the economic situation | he called for a new national bank, he imposed tariffs, he wanted the federal government to fund infrastructure development |
| What did clay call his economic program | American system |
| Which party did Clay and webster create | the whig party |
| What was the Whig party's positions | They believed that Jackson had overstepped the limitations of being president and promoted Business and the expanse of industry |
| Who did the whigs nominate for the 1840 election | William Henry for president, John Tyler for vice |
| Why was Harrison a national hero | He was a hero in the War of 1812; he led Army troops against the Shawnee in the Battle of Tippecanoe |
| Why did Harrison gain the title "common man" | He lived on a farm |
| How did Harrison die | He caught pneumonia while writing his inaugural address |
| Why did Tyler receive little support from his party after he took office. | His views were more in line with the democrats and the Whigs only chose him to attract the southerners. |
| What did Tyler focus on during his presidency | Strengthening the country by expanding to the west |
| what are slogans? | slogans or sayings made to build excitement for a candidate |
| What did Jackson contract after his encounter with the British | small pox |
| what did Jackson do after he made a successful run for the congress in 1804 | purchased a 425 acre farm, hermitage, where he built a plantation |
| Where did the spoils system come from? | The phrase "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" |
| Who was Jackson's vice president? | John C. Calhoun |
| what was the man's coat made out of? | deer hide |
| who painted Blackhawk's portrait | Charles bird king |
| which tribe relocated the most | creek |
| which tribe was relocated the least | Seminole |
| why did Martin Van Buren win the election after andrew jackson? | The economy is still in good shape |
| what was the result of the economic depression | the east had to let their workers go and many were on the streets |
| what did the whig party use as Harrison propaganda | his victory over the Shawnee in the battle of Tippecanoe |
| who were clay and webster when they made the whig party | senators |
| despite how the whig party framed Harrison as, how did he actually grow up | in a rich family |
| What was martin van Buren's nickname and why | Old Kinderhook for his Hometown Kinderhook |
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