Chapter 11 Extra Flashcards

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Who wanted to be president after Jackson

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VP Calhoun (south)
Secretary of State Van Buren (NY)
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Jacksonians

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Want to democratize economic opportunity
Political participation
Equal opportunity =\ equal outcomes

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Maysville Road Bill

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Jackson vetoed
Road entirely in KY
Didn’t believe in spending fed $
Precedent to limit spending fed $ on local projects

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Calhoun’s beliefs

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Changed from war hawk nationalist to states rights sectionalist
States can challenge unconstitutional federal laws

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Foot resolution

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Federal govt should restrict western land sales

Sale of public land for revenue would endanger union

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Webster Hayne debate

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Webster believed in the union, rope of sand speech,
Hayne believed in nullification, liberty>union,
1830

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Jefferson’s day dinner event

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Jackson announced that he was for the union

Found out that his own VP had written SC Expo and Protest

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Tariff of 1832

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John Quincy Adams cut rates to take wind out of nullificationists sails

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South Carolina ordinance

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Forbade collection of duties and rejected previous tariffs of 1828 and 1832
If property seized for failure to pay duties, state of SC would get back 2xs value

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Jackson’s response to SC ordinance

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Announced intention to enforce tariff but wanted to lower it
Nullification proclamation
Sent fed soldiers to enforce law

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Nullification Proclamation

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Jackson’s response to SC ordinance

Insulted doctrine of nullification as absurd

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Clays compromise tariff

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Proposed to gradually reduce tariff till 1842

SC gave up resistance

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Force bill

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Jackson’s request for permission from congress to send troops for laws re enforcement

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Cherokee Nation v GA

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GA wanted land to themselves
Claimed land given to Cherokees in previous treaty
Marshall ruled that Cherokees deserve their land

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Worcester v GA

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Missionaries living w Cherokees forced to obey GA law
Marshall rules in favor of Cherokees
Jackson doesn’t enforce however

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1835 Cherokee Treaty

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Cherokees given land W of Arkansas, $5 million and transportation costs in exchange for their E land

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Nicholas Biddle

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President of BUS
Facilitated business expansion
Promoted national currency

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Recharter effort of BUS

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Henry Clay candidate for pres natl Republican Party
Proposed bank as election issue
Knew Jackson opposed but if he vetoed would lose his votes for re election
Both houses passed but vetoed by Jackson

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Reasons for Jackson’s veto of BUS recharger

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Foreign stockholders too much influence

Unconstitutional

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Anti Masonic Party

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First 3rd party to enter election
Held national nominating convention
Platform
William Wirt 1831

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Election of 1831

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Jackson w van buren running for democrats
Wirt for anti Masonic
Clay for national republicans
John Floyd for sc

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Pet banks

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Sec of treasury Taney invested in state pet banks instead of natl bank

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Biddle Contraction Policy

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Stop loans and demand exchanging notes for species

Land prices, state debt, #banks, #canals all increase bc states have easy access to fed money

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Distribution Act

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Give govt surplus to states as loans

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Specie Circular

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Land had to be paid for in specie
Increased # speculators
Stressed state banks specie supply

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1830 boom and bust

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Caused by specie coming in from England France and Mexico

Britain and China start accepting notes of credit

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Financial Panic of 1837

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Caused by decrease in cotton demand and prices

Oversupply lead to depression

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Jackson’s followers 1836

Opponents

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Tories

Whigs

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Whig Coalition

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Whig party gains support of urban banking interests, slave owners and W farmers

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Election of 1836

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Jacksonian democrats nominate van Buren
Whigs nominate Webster
Van Buren wins, 8th president, little magician of Dutch decendantry

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Van Burens term

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Inherits economic depression

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An independent treasury

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Govt decides to create independent treasury and withdraw from state banks

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Election of 1840 Whig

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Whigs nominate William Henry Harrison, John Tyler VP
Didn’t have platform, running off of hatred of democrats
“Log Cabin and hard cider”