Chapter12 Flashcards

1
Q

Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?

A

When no electoral camdidate get a majority of electoral votes

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2
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Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?

A

Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams

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3
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Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?

A

Jackson and Quincy Adams

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4
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What is mudslinging?

A

Attempts to ruin their opponents repuatation with insults

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5
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What is a landslide victory?

A

A overwhelming victory

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6
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What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?

A

Old Hickory

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7
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What changed politics in Washington DC?

A

Jacksons popualarity with the common man

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8
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What is suffrage?

A

Right to vote

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9
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What is the spoils system?

A

The practice of replacing gov’t employees with with winning candidates suppoters

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10
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What does it mean to secede?

A

Break far away from the union

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11
Q

What was the Nullification Crisis?

A

Soth carolina would not pay illegal taxes

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12
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What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?

A

Indian Removal Act

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13
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What does relocation mean?

A

Move to a new place

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14
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Where was the Indian Territory?

A

Modern day oklahoma

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15
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Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?

A

Sequoyah

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16
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What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?

A

Cherokee

17
Q

What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?

A

Worcester v. Georgia

18
Q

What was Jackson’s response to that court case?

A

He ignored it saying “john marshall has made hid devision and now let us enforce it

19
Q

What was the Trail of Tears?

A

Relocation of the cherokee from georgia to oklahoma

20
Q

Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?

A

General Winfield

21
Q

What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?

A

Chief Osceola

22
Q

What institution did Jackson try to kill?

A

The bank

23
Q

What President was inaugurated in 1837?

A

Martin Van Buren

24
Q

Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?

A

William henry harrison

25
Q

How did John Tyler become President?

A

Due to death of henry harrison

26
Q

Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?

A

John Quincy Adams