Age Of Jackson

Question 1

Mudslinging

Answer 1

Rumors and lies

Question 2

1828

Answer 2

Jackson won

Question 3

Spoils system

Answer 3

patronage: when presidents give people that have suported them key positions in their new administrations

Question 4

Five tribes

Answer 4

seminole
chickasaw
creek
choctaw
cherokee

Question 5

Indian removal act

Answer 5

gave andy jackson the power to negotiate resettlement treaties with the native americans and allowed the states to make laws governing their territory. if they were willing to follow state laws they wouldn’t have to move.

Question 6

Native Americans resistance

Answer 6

cherokee farmer tsali was killed after he surrendered to US army in exchange for letting the other cherokees to stay
second seminole war
- osceola led a group who defeated US army in many battles

Question 7

Trail of tears area

Answer 7

Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska

Question 8

Why called trail of tears

Answer 8

natives forced by military to leave their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs. the march lasted for months and took place during the winter
one fourth of the natives died on the trail because of starvation, the cold, and disease.

Question 9

Don’t forget to study

Answer 9

Regions

Question 10

Tarrif of abomination

Answer 10

a high tariff that set off a huge debate in congress

south carolina threatened to secede = leave the country

Question 11

Henry clay

Answer 11

The great compromiser

Question 12

Calhoun went from nationalism

Answer 12

To worrying about the south

Question 13

Nullification

Answer 13

nullification (cancel out a federal law) rights - a lawful way to protest

Question 14

Bank wars

Answer 14

election of 1832- jackson wins easily and the common man agrees with him the bank only helps the rich and is corrupt
pet banks- jackson pulls federal money out of the US bank and transfers to state
withdrew federal money from national banks and put them into small banks. he vetoed the extension of the bank to win.
leads to collapse in credit, inflation, then depression

Question 15

Campaigning

Answer 15

by the state legislature
campaigning- presidential candidates now had to conduct national campaigns. large political parties were needed to organize them.

Question 16

State and local

Answer 16

a larger number of state and local officials were elected rather than appointed

Question 17

North

Answer 17

NORTH wanted tariffs and were very involved in manufacturing.
they also wanted the government to spend money on transportation like new roads and canals to help bring food and raw materials and to help with shipping goods out to other parts of the nation.

Question 18

South

Answer 18

SOUTH opposed tariffs because most of their cotton was sold to international buyers - they would not make as much from their cotton.
opposed federally funded improvements in transportation because the government used tariffs to pay for the improvements

Question 19

West

Answer 19

WEST wanted western land to be sold cheap so that more people would settle there; increasing the political power of the west
wanted the government to spend money on transportation so that goods could be easily shipped west to them

Question 20

Winner of 1824

Answer 20

John Quincy Adams