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War of 1812/Monroe D
Kristina's Social Studies Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was elected as our 5th president in 1816? | James Monroe |
| What political party was he from? | Democratic Republican |
| What were two reasons why the period after the war of 1812 was called "The Era of Good Feelings"? | No fights,and the Federalist party was dead. |
| What country did the United States get Florida from? | Spain |
| How did the U.S. acquire Florida? | From buying it for 5 million dollers. |
| What happen in Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, and Peru in the early 1800's? | They rebelled and broke away from Spain. |
| Who was the Monroe Doctrine addressed to? | Europe |
| What was the message of the Monroe Doctrine? | Stay out of the U.S. territory and Western Hemisphere. |
| Who received the most popular votes and electoral votes in the election of 1824? | Andrew Jackson |
| Who was elected as our 6th president in the election of 1824? | John Quincy Adams |
| What was the "Corrupt Bargain"? | When Henry Clay encourged hos friends to vote but not the marjority votes. |
| What was an aristocrat? | The upper class. |
| WHy was John Quincy Adams not a very effective president? | He was an aristocrat and he was out of touch |
| What to political parties formed after 1828? | Democrat and Whigs |
| Why was the inauguration party of Andrew Jackson imortant? (what did it show?) | Because he supported the common people |
| What was the Spoils System? | Giving govermont jobs to political supporters. |
| What was Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet? | A group of Unofficial advisers. |
| Why did Andrew Jackson hate the bank of the United Sates? | He saw it as only benefiting the wealthiest americans. |
| What did Jackson do more times than all six previous presidents combined? | He vetoed 12 bills. |
| WHy did Jackson's enemies call him "King Andrew"? | They thought he was acting like a dictator. |
| What was nullafication? | Was the idea that any state could cancel out a law passed by the national Goverment that did not support. |
| Who was Jackson's vice president and promoted the idea of nullification? | John C. Calhoun |
| What does it mean to secede? | To withdraw from the union |
| What was the Indian removal Act of 1830? | All of the Native American people had to move west of the Mississippi river and they moved them out of Oklahoma |
| What was the trail of tears? | It was the name for the trail that they were forced to walk |
| What was universal manhood sufferage? | Any white man over 21 could vote. |
| Who became our 8th president, right after Andrew Jackson? | Martin VanBeurn |
| What political party was he from? | Democrat |
| What caused the Panic of 1837 | There wasnt enough gold to trade in for paper money. |
| WHy did William H. Harrison claim he was born in a log cabin when he really wasn't? | So he would get more votes and people would think of him as a democrat |
| What distinction does William Henry Harrison hold in presidential hostory? | served the shortest term. (30 days) |
| What distinction does John Tyler hold as president? | He was the First Vice president to take over. |
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