Final Flashcards
Jacksonian Democracy
America Under the Rule of Andrew Jackson:
More “For The People”
Corrupt Bargin
In the 1824 election, no outright majority was attained and the process required resolution in the House of Representative, whose Speaker and candidate in his own right, Henry Clay, gave his support to John Quincy Adams, and was then selected to be his Secretary of State
Democratic Republicans
The party formed, first as a caucus in the House of Representatives and then in every state to contest elections and oppose the programs of Secretary for the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson needed to have a nationwide party to counteract the Federalists, a nationwide party recently formed by Hamilton. Foreign affairs took a leading role in 1795 as the Republicans opposed the Jay Treaty with Britain, which was then at war with France. Admiring the French revolution, it demanded good relations with France, until Napoleon came to power in 1799. The party denounced many of Hamilton’s measures (especially the national bank) as unconstitutional. The party was strongest in the South and weakest in the Northeast; it favored states’ rights and the primacy of the yeoman farmers and the planters over bankers, industrialists, merchants, and investors
National Republicans
The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams (1825–1829), the president’s supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition. The use of the term “National Republican” dates from 1830.
mudslinging
Attempt to ruin someones chances of winning with insults or bad names
spoils system
In the politics of the United States, a spoil system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party—as opposed to a system of awarding offices on the basis of some measure of merit independent of political activity.
“to the victors belong the spoils”
“To the victor belong the spoils”. In a war or other contest, the winner gets the booty.
caucus
a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy; also : a group of people united to promote an agreed-upon cause
nominating conventions
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Tariff of Abominations
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nullification crisis
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nullification act
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force bill
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five civilized tribes
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indian removal act
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indian territory
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trail of tears
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guerrilla tactics
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Osceola
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Bank of the United States
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Whigs
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Panic of 1837
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Martin Van Buren
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William Henry Harrison
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