Chapter 13

Question 1

Alleged deal between presidential candidates John Quincy Adam’s/Henry clay to throw election in Adam’s favor. Never proven. Rallying cry for Andrew Jackson.

Answer 1

Corrupt bargain

Question 2

Policy of rewarding political supporters with public office. First employed by Andrew Jackson. Abused by office seekers, helped cement party loyalty in 2-party system

Answer 2

Spoils system

Question 3

1828. South opposed saying it hurt southern farmers who didn’t like protection of tariffs but were forced to pay higher prices for manufactures

Answer 3

Tariff of abominations

Question 4

1832-1833. Showdown between president andrew Jackson and South Carolina legislature which said 1823 tariff null and void/threatened succession if the federal gov tried to collect duties

Answer 4

Nullification crisis

Question 5

Passed as a measure to resolve the nullification crisis. Provided tariffs be lowered gradually

Answer 5

Compromise tariff of 1833

Question 6

1833 passed by congress alongside compromise tariff. Authorized the president to use military to collect federal tariff duties.

Answer 6

Force bill

Question 7

1830, ordered removal of Indian tribes still residing east of Mississippi to new Indian territory west of Arkansas and Missouri. Tribes resisting eviction were forcibly removed.

Answer 7

Indian removal act

Question 8

1838-1839, forced march of 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their Georgia/Alabama homes to Indian territory. Lots of Cherokee died on journey

Answer 8

Trial of tears

Question 9

1832- battle between president Andrew Jackson and congressional supporters of the bank of the US over banks renewal in 1832. Jackson vetoed bill- saying bank favored moneyed interests at the expense of western farmers

Answer 9

Bank war

Question 10

Term for pro-Jackson state banks that received bank of federal deposits when Andrew Jackson moved to dismantle the bank of US in 1835

Answer 10

Pet Banks

Question 11

1836, US treasury decree requiring that all public lands be purchased with metallic/hard currency. Issued after small state banks flooded the market with un reliable paper currency

Answer 11

Specie circular

Question 12

Economic crisis triggered by bank failures, elevated grain prices and Andrew Jackson efforts to curb oversreuction on western lands and transportation improvements

Answer 12

Panic of 1837

Question 13

Fortress in Texas. 400 American volunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836. “Remember the Alamo” (battle cry for Texas independence)

Answer 13

Alamo