Chapter 14: Andrew Jackson & the Growth of American Democracy
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| Old Hickory | Andrew Jackson's nickname
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| John Quincy Adams | won the election of 1824 by a House of Representatives vote
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| Democratic Party | political party started by Jackson and his supporters; represented ordinary farmers, workers, and the poor
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| Election of 1828 | Andrew Jackson's supporters campaign around the country and help him win the presidential election
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| Jacksonian Democracy | the idea that common people should control the government
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| people eligible to vote before 1820s | white men who owned property
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| spoils system | the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs
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| tariff | a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country
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| secede | to withdraw from an organization or alliance
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| South Carolina | state that was furious about the new law that raised tariffs and threatened to secede from the Union
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| Jackson's opinion of the national bank | believed it benefited only the rich and stood in the way of opportunity for capitalists in the west
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| Jackson's actions against the national bank | vetoes its renewal charter and starves it to death by ordering the removal of all federal deposits & has them put into state banks
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| Jackson's opinion of the spoils system | rotating people in office was more democratic than lifetime service because it gave more people a chance to serve their government
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| Jackson's policy regarding Native Americans | had zero sympathy for them and forcibly removed them from their tribal lands through the Indian Removal Act
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| Five Civilized Tribes | Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole
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| Indian Removal Act | law that allowed the president to make treaties in which Natives in the East traded their lands for new territory in the Great Plaines
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| Trail of Tears | the removal of Cherokee from Georgia to Native Territory in 1838-1839
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| Battle of New Orleans | event during War of 1812 that propelled Jackson into the national spotlight as a war hero
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| candidates for President during the Election of 1824 | Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, William Crawford, and John Q. Adams
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| white men with property | until the 1820s, only this group of people were allowed to vote
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