Chapter 10: Democracy in the Age of Jackson Flashcards
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Jackson as President
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- “Age of Jackson”
- 1829-1837
2
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Spoils System/Patronage System
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- replaced many of the formed employees of fed. govt. that had served since Jefferson
- rotation of office was necessary to prevent corruption
- “to the victor belong the spoils”
3
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The Kitchen Cabinet
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- deferred to his own set of advisors rather than the official Cabinet
4
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Jackson’s Agenda
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- activist president
- president(not Congress) = center of govt.
- vetoed more bills than all previous 6 presidents combined
- remove Indians from SW
- Kill the bank and preserve the Union
5
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The Five Civilized Tribes
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- Cherokees, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek & Seminole
- occupied fertile land in SW that Jacksonians wished to occupy
- Cherokee had assimilated and had peace since Revolution!!
6
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Sequoyah
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- first to create a written language alone without being literate in any other language
- creator of Cherokee syllabary
7
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The Cherokee Constitution
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- designed to create a Cherokee civil body politic to solidify the tribe’s sovereignty and resist white encroachment and removal
8
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Indian Removal Act
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- tells Natives to move west (Oklahoma) to Indian territories or submit to George law (no citizenship/rights)
9
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Tariff of Abominations
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- modified foreign tax (reduced rates), but wasn’t enough to satisfy neither the North nor the South
- tariffs fit the political agenda of the Whigs
10
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Trail of Tears
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- 12,000 Natives forced to depart for Oklahoma
- 1838-1839
- Jackson had already left, so Van Buren oversaw
11
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South Carolina: 1832
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- voted to nullify the tariff and raised militia of 25,000
12
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The Second National Bank of the United States
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13
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Henry Clay
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- runs against Jackson in the Whig party in the Election of 1832
- pro-bank platform, encourages Biddle to submit Bank recharter to Congress before next election to a. get it passed or b. use as a political weapon
14
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John C. Calhoun
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15
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Lyman Beecher
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