Flashcards in Chapter 11 Deck (48)
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What do you know about the election of 1824?
-from 1816-1824 - one major political party
-in 1824, Monroe declined to run for 3rd term
-4 different candidates decided to run (all had differing viewpoints)
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Who were the candidates for election in the election of 1824?
-John Quincy Adams
-William H Crawford
-Andrew Jackson
-Henry Clay
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What do you know about John Quincy Adams?
-Son of John Adams
-popular w/merchants in NE
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What do you know about Andrew Jackson?
-hero of war of 1812
-born into poverty
-claimed to represent average americans
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What do you know about Henry Clay?
-speaker of the house
-leader of War Hawks
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Who won the election?
Jackson - he received most of the votes - no majority
-he ran w/ Calhoun against Adams and won
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What is the "corrupt bargain"?
-Henry Clay met w/John Quincy Adams and set up a plan
-proposed to use his influence to ensure Jackson would not be elected
-Clay would be secretary of state
-Adams won and Clay became secretary of state
-THIS WAS NEVER PROVEN
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What do you know about the Adams Presidency?
-worked to make his mark
-set forth legislation for improving roads and waterways
-also he requested funds for a Nat University and set up astronomical observatories and other scientific research
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How did people feel about the Adams presidency?
-the plan enraged many
-most wanted to limit power
-Adams wanted to expand power
congress approved the money for roads, rivers & harbors but nothing else
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What is plurity?
the largest share but not the majority
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By 1828 the republicans split into what two groups?
-democratic republicans
-national republicans
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Who were the democratic republicans?
Jackson
-small government
-more states rights
-supporters were immigrants, fronter, city workers
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Who were the National republicans?
Adams
-central government
-government projects
-supporters: merhants, farmers
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What did people think about John Quincy Adams?
-elitist who didn't care about the common man
-accused -government funds (billard?)
-refused to attend inauguration
-joined in the mudslinging
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what is mudslinging?
insults in politics
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What did people think about Jackson?
-bad temper and violence
-accused of murdering 6 men
accused of stealing another man's wife
-refused to meet with Adams
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What is propaganda?
-campaign slogans
-rallies
-buttons
-events like barbecues
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What happened at Jackson's inauguration?
-thousands of "common folk" came to hear his speech
-crowd went to White House - trashed
-everyone was able to shake his hand
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What is Old Hickory?
-given to Jackson
-grew up in a log cabin
-tough, hickory stick
-relatable guy
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By 1828 how many states out of 24 allowed the people to choose presidential electors rather than state electors.
22 out or 24
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What is the spoils system?
Jackson fired many of the federal workers and replaced them with his supporters.
the practice of replacing government employees w/the winner
supporters.
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what is the electoral system?
-caucus system - candidates were chosen by members of congress
-they established nominating convention delegates to from states choose the party's presidential candidate
-allowed more people to be involved in the choses.
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What is a tariff and who liked them?
a fee paid on imported goods
the North liked tariffs-encouraged americans to buy their goods
south didn't like tariffs
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what did Calhoun and Jackson say about tariffs?
Calhoun: argued that states have the right to nullify a federal law that hurts that state since states created the federal gov
Jackson: country should remain united
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What did South Carolina do about tariffs?
SC passed the Nullification which said it would not pay the "illegal" tariffs of 1828 and 1832
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What was the bill that Jackson proposed regarding tariffs?
Jackson proposed a ill that gradually reduced the tariffs cost and had congress pass the "force bill" which gave him the power to use the military to enforce the acts of Congress.
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What was the conflict over land?
We expanded into Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chicksaw & Choctaw
-had advanced farming societies
-land was Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida
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Why moving?
-land west of the Mississippi was dry and seemed unsuitable for farming
-asked to relocate NA
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What was Jackson's view regarding the NA
-supported the removal of NA
-promised it in the Inaugural Adress
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