unit 8 vocab Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
election of 1824	election between Adams, Clay, Jackson, Crawford; House of Representatives chose the winner; no candidate received a majority of the votes
election of 1828	rematch between Jackson and Adams; Jackson elected the 7th president
electoral vote	Number of votes that determines the president; must be a majority or one more than half
corrupt bargain	agreement between John Quincy Adans and Henry Clay in which Adams won the Election of 1824; Clay then became his Secretary of State
john quincy adams	Monroe’s Secretary of State; 6th US president, winner of the Election of 1824
henry clay	John Quincy Adams’ Secretary of State; worked out a compromise tariff in 1832; leader of the Whig Party
andrew jackson	represented the common man and considered the “People’s President”
worcester vs. georgia	court case in which the Cherokee won the right to stay on their land
electoral college	group that chooses the president of the United States
electors	member of electoralcollage
house of representitives	part of Congress that impeaches the president, passes revenue bills and chooses the president if no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes
john c calhoun	Jackson’s first vice-president but resigned; argued in favor of states’ rights; from South Carolina
popular vote	the number of people that vote for a presidential candidate; doesn’t directly choose the president
tarriff	tax on imported goods; favored by the North; opposed by the South
nullification crisis	Situation in Jackson’s presidency when South Carolina refused to follow the Tariff of 1828; resolved by Henry Clay
states rights	the doctrine that states have certain powers not listed in the Constitution (i.g. Nullify, secede)
tarriff of abomination	highest tariff in US history; 1828; caused the Nullification Crisis when South Carolina refused to pay it
indian territory	located in modern-day Oklahoma, where reservations for natives were established
cherokee	native tribe from TN, GA and SC; had an alphabet, newspaper and sued the government to stay on their land
seqoya	Native American that developed a system of writing for the Cherokee
trail of tears	The forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Chocktaw to modern-day Oklahoma; nearly ¼ of them died along the way
jacksonian democrats	political party formed to support the common man and Andrew Jackson’s policies
jacksonian democracy	the idea of getting more of the common man involved in the government whether through voting or holding office
whigs	political party that was formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and the Democrats
martin van bearau	President Jackson’s second vice-president; elected 10th US president; organized the Democratic Party
second bank of the United States	granted twenty year charter in 1811; vetoed and “killed” by President Jackson when its funds were removed
suffrage	the right to vote
caucus system	Process by which more of the common man select candidates for president
spoils system	the process of rewarding political supporters with gov’t jobs
panic of 1837	economic depression that happened during Martin Van Buren’s presidency
william henry harrison	9th US president; Whig Party; tried to portray himself as the common man
indian removal act	Law that required the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole to move to Indian Territory in modern-day Oklahoma
nullify	to declare a law passed by Congress to be null and void; to cancel out
secede	to withdraw or leave a country

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