Chapter12 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
When no electoral camdidate get a majority of electoral votes
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
Jackson and Quincy Adams
What is mudslinging?
Attempts to ruin their opponents repuatation with insults
What is a landslide victory?
A overwhelming victory
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jacksons popualarity with the common man
What is suffrage?
Right to vote
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing gov’t employees with with winning candidates suppoters
What does it mean to secede?
Break far away from the union
What was the Nullification Crisis?
Soth carolina would not pay illegal taxes
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian Removal Act
What does relocation mean?
Move to a new place
Where was the Indian Territory?
Modern day 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 saying “john marshall has made hid devision and now let us enforce it
What was the Trail of Tears?
Relocation of the cherokee from georgia to oklahoma
Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?
General Winfield
What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?
Chief Osceola
What institution did Jackson try to kill?
The bank
What President was inaugurated in 1837?
Martin Van Buren
Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?
William henry harrison
