Chap 7: Section 4 Flashcards
What was the USA’s most divisive (alienating) issue?
Whether slavery should expand westward
What state applying for statehood made tensions rise?
Missouri (1819)
What states did the Union consist of in 1819?
11 free and 11 enslaved states
Missouri Compromise
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
What problem developed after the implementation of the Missouri Compromise?
Members of the Missouri constitutional convention said that free African Americans could not enter Missouri
What did the Missouri controversy threaten?
Missouri’s admission to the Union
How many candidates ran for president in 1824?
4
What did all 4 candidates have in common?
They were all Republicans and they were all “favorite sons”
“Favorite Sons”
A politician whose electoral appeal comes from their native state, rather than their political views
What 2 candidates represented the West?
Andrew Jackson from Tennessee and Henry Clay from Kentucky
What candidate represented the South?
William Crawford from Georgia
What candidate represented New England?
John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts
How did Crawford run?
Based on TJeff’s principles (strict constructionist)
How did Clay run?
Favored national bank (AHam) and other things that together were the American System (internal improvements, bank, tariffs, etc)
How did Adams run?
Similar to Clay but didn’t show as much enthusiasm for tariffs as Clay did (American System)
How did Jackson run?
Campaign focused on his heroic ways during the battle of New Orleans; didn’t focus on specific issues
Which two of the candidates were rivals and why?
Clay and Jackson (disliked each other, and been rivals for political leadership)
Who won the election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Corrupt Bargain of 1824
Jackson argued that Henry Clay (Speaker of the House) convinced members of the House to vote for Adams.
What was the party of JQA now called?
National Republicans
What were the JQA opps called?
Democratic-Republicans
How did JQA win the election of 1824?
Clay threw his political weight behind Adams and helped him win the House election easily
What was Adams’ first message to Congress?
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
What were JQA’s proposals similar to?
His father’s Federalist principles
What did Congress end up granting funds for?
Improving rivers and harbors and extending the National Road westward
What set the stage for Adams’ loss in 1828?
The repeated rebuffs (rejections)
Who were the two candidates pitted against each other in the 1828 presidential election?
JQA and Andrew Jackson
Mudslinging
The use of insults and accusations, especially unjust ones, with the aim of damaging the reputation of an opponent
What did Jackson revive?
The alleged “corrupt bargain” between Adams and Clay as evidence that the president was untrustworthy.
Who won the election of 1828 and who was the main supporter of the winner?
Jackson; Western and southern men (rural and smalltown men who felt Jackson was most likely to represent their interests)
