Chap 7: Section 4 Flashcards

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1
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What was the USA’s most divisive (alienating) issue?

A

Whether slavery should expand westward

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2
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What state applying for statehood made tensions rise?

A

Missouri (1819)

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3
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What states did the Union consist of in 1819?

A

11 free and 11 enslaved states

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4
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Missouri Compromise

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This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation

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What problem developed after the implementation of the Missouri Compromise?

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Members of the Missouri constitutional convention said that free African Americans could not enter Missouri

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What did the Missouri controversy threaten?

A

Missouri’s admission to the Union

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7
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How many candidates ran for president in 1824?

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4

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8
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What did all 4 candidates have in common?

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They were all Republicans and they were all “favorite sons”

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“Favorite Sons”

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A politician whose electoral appeal comes from their native state, rather than their political views

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What 2 candidates represented the West?

A

Andrew Jackson from Tennessee and Henry Clay from Kentucky

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11
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What candidate represented the South?

A

William Crawford from Georgia

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12
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What candidate represented New England?

A

John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts

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How did Crawford run?

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Based on TJeff’s principles (strict constructionist)

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How did Clay run?

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Favored national bank (AHam) and other things that together were the American System (internal improvements, bank, tariffs, etc)

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How did Adams run?

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Similar to Clay but didn’t show as much enthusiasm for tariffs as Clay did (American System)

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16
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How did Jackson run?

A

Campaign focused on his heroic ways during the battle of New Orleans; didn’t focus on specific issues

17
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Which two of the candidates were rivals and why?

A

Clay and Jackson (disliked each other, and been rivals for political leadership)

18
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Who won the election of 1824?

A

John Quincy Adams

19
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Corrupt Bargain of 1824

A

Jackson argued that Henry Clay (Speaker of the House) convinced members of the House to vote for Adams.

20
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What was the party of JQA now called?

A

National Republicans

21
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What were the JQA opps called?

A

Democratic-Republicans

22
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How did JQA win the election of 1824?

A

Clay threw his political weight behind Adams and helped him win the House election easily

23
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What was Adams’ first message to Congress?

A

That along with internal improvements, Adams urged that federal revenue also be used to build a national university and astronomical observatories, and to fund scientific research

24
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What were JQA’s proposals similar to?

A

His father’s Federalist principles

25
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What did Congress end up granting funds for?

A

Improving rivers and harbors and extending the National Road westward

26
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What set the stage for Adams’ loss in 1828?

A

The repeated rebuffs (rejections)

27
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Who were the two candidates pitted against each other in the 1828 presidential election?

A

JQA and Andrew Jackson

28
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Mudslinging

A

The use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent

29
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What did Jackson revive?

A

The alleged “corrupt bargain” between Adams and Clay as evidence that the president was untrustworthy.

30
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Who won the election of 1828 and who was the main supporter of the winner?

A

Jackson; Western and southern men (rural and smalltown men who felt Jackson was most likely to represent their interests)