Chapter 12 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
John q Adams
When does the House of Representatives determine the President?
If there is not a majority in the electoral votes
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Henry clay. John Quincy Adams.
Who won the Election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
What is mudslinging?
When candidates say bed things about each other to give them a bad rep.
What is a landslide victory?
When an election is not even close
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jacksons popularity with the common man
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What is the spoils system
Giving jobs to whoever you want
What does it mean to secede?
Leave a country
What was the Nullification Crisis?
When South Carolina threatened to secede
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian removal act 1830
What does relocation mean?
Moving something somewhere else
Where was the Indian Territory?
Oklahoma
Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Worcester v. Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
He ignored it
What was the Trail of Tears?
The relocation part of Indian removal act
Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?
Windfield Scott
What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?
Osceola
What institution did Jackson try to kill?
National bank
