Age Of Jackson Flashcards
Mudslinging
Rumors and lies
1828
Jackson won
Spoils system
patronage: when presidents give people that have suported them key positions in their new administrations
Five tribes
seminole chickasaw creek choctaw cherokee
Indian removal act
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.
Native Americans resistance
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
Trail of tears area
Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska
Why called trail of tears
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.
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Regions
Tarrif of abomination
a high tariff that set off a huge debate in congress
south carolina threatened to secede = leave the country
Henry clay
The great compromiser
Calhoun went from nationalism
To worrying about the south
Nullification
nullification (cancel out a federal law) rights - a lawful way to protest
Bank wars
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
Campaigning
by the state legislature
campaigning- presidential candidates now had to conduct national campaigns. large political parties were needed to organize them.
State and local
a larger number of state and local officials were elected rather than appointed
North
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.
South
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
West
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
Winner of 1824
John Quincy Adams
