Period 4: Chapter 13

Question 1

Changing politics

Answer 1

Voter turnout increased significantly from 1824-1828

Candidate campaigning emerged

Question 2

Corrupt Bargain (1824)

Answer 2

Candidates: Jackson, Clay, Q. Adams, and Crawford
- No electoral majority

House of Representatives decided between the top 3 candidates (12th amendment)
- Clay was eliminated

Quincy Adams was elected
- Jackson supporters were infuriated

Question 3

John Quincy Adams presidency

Answer 3

Not a strong president
- Contributed to sectionalism

D-R split into two camps
- Adams’ National Republicans
- Jackson’s Democrats

Jackson supporters remained angry and sabotaged Adams
- Election of 1828 was very dirty

Question 4

Jackson’s upbringing

Answer 4

From the “West”

Born poor, orphaned at 14, no college, served in the military

Became a wealthy plantation owner

Question 5

Large scale spoils system

Answer 5

Argued D.C. needed new blood

Opened rampant corruption

Question 6

Tariff of Abominations (1828)

Answer 6

Jackson supported the higher tariff because he thought it would make Adams look bad

Tariff passed making southerners infuriated
- They had to import manufactured goods whereas the North did not

Question 7

Nullification Crisis

Answer 7

South Carolina and other states opposed tariffs and South Carolina tried to nullify them

They threatened to secede if Jackson collected by force

They also feared MO Comp. debate and slavery loss

The tariff was lowered but they still voted to nullify it

Question 8

Force Bill

Answer 8

Authorized military force to collect the tariff

Question 9

Cherokee vs. Georgia

Answer 9

At first, the Supreme Court would not let the trial be heard because the Cherokee were not seen as a nation
- Jackson: “Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it”

Then one person went up against GA and won

Question 10

Indian Removal Act (1830)

Answer 10

Native Americans east of the Mississippi River were forced to relocate to Oklahoma

Question 11

Trail of Tears (1831)

Answer 11

Native Americans were pushed further and further west in miserable conditions

Question 12

Bank of the United States turmoil

Answer 12

BUS was important in stabilizing currency and the economy

Jackson opposed connection to private wealthy elites (like Jefferson)
- Vetoed charter and removed federal deposits

Question 13

Whig Party

Answer 13

Anti-jackson party

Pro American System

Fell apart because the only thing they had in common was that they were against Jackson and when he was no longer president, there was nothing holding them together

Question 14

Martin Van Buren’s Presidency

Answer 14

1st American Born President

Panic of 1837
Mexican Independence
Texas Revolution

Question 15

Panic of 1837

Answer 15

Many were making high-risk investments in hopes of getting a large return and when that didn’t happen, they were in debt

Question 16

Texas Revolution (1836)

Answer 16

Fought between Texas and Mexico and Texas won

The north didn’t want Texas to be admitted because it would disrupt the balance of slave and free states

Question 17

William Harrison’s presidency

Answer 17

Defeated Van Buren (running for second term)

Slogan: Tippecanoe and Tyler too

First Whig president

Election of 1840 solidified America’s two party system

Question 18

Tippecanoe and Tyler too

Answer 18

Before Harrison was president he led the Battle of Tippecanoe and was deemed a national hero because of it

He had John Tyler selected as his VP running with him who would later finish Harrison’s term

Question 19

Log cabin campaign

Answer 19

Used by the Whig party to make Harrison seem like a man of the people even though he was part of a wealthy VA dynasty
- Similar to Jackson’s strategy

Demonstrated a shift in interests of the masses