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1
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the Presidential administrations of __________________ are often referred to as the Age of Jackson or Jacksonian Era

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Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren

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tariff that called for higher rates on imported goods and raw materials that the Democrats put into motion to discredit Adams but backfired

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Tariff of 1828

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another name for Tariff of 1828

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Tariff of Abominations

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the most important Southern protest came from

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Vice President John C Calhoun

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what was Calhoun afraid that the Tariff of 1828 would do to the South?

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destroy Southern economy

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Calhoun’s famous essay in which he charged that the tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional and oppressive

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“The South Carolina Exposition and Protest”

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won the election of 1828

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Andrew Jackson

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this campaign marked the beginning of modern American politics

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Presidential election of 1828

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what are some things that Jackson did in his Presidential campaign that began what politics are today?

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open-air speeches
parades
rallies
cookouts
campaign posters
slogans

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Jackson’s secretary of state

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Martin Van Buren

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because most of Jackson’s Cabinet members were not qualified for their positions, he decided to ask advice from few old and trusted political friends who held only minor federal offices which were later dubbed the __________________ by his critics

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‘kitchen Cabinet”

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senator of South Carolina that delivered a series of brilliant orations in which he condemned the growth of federal power as the “worst of all evils”

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Robert Hayne

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Hayne defended the principle of states’ rights and supported the doctrine of nullification as expressed in the

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South Carolina Exposition and Protest

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rebutted Hayne’s arguments

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Senator Daniel Webster

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Webster’s impassioned plea for the defense of the Union against the rising tide of sectionalism is considered

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greatest oration heard in Congress in the 19th century

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16
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Jackson supported ____________

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nationalism

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what did Webster argue in his impassioned speech?

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  1. Constitution was compact of American people not just the states
  2. Union was perpetual and indissoluble
  3. nullification would only lead to civil war
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supported Congress’s appropriation of $500,000 to help transfer Indians who were willing to exchange their eastern lands for lands farther west

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President Andrew Jackson

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18
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group of people that Jackson helped more legally obtain land in the West

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squatters

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Indian groups that didn’t want to give up their land to the white people

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Chief Black Hawke’s Sauk and Fox tribes in IL
Osceola’s Seminoles in FL

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Indian nation that farmed their land, raised cattle, developed written language, drafted a constitution, and attempted to establish a state within a state in northwestern Georgia

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Cherokee

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after a series of court battles, Cherokees were moved west along with others in a long trip to Oklahoma that was dubbed the

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“Trail of Tears”

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22
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on what grounds did President Jackson veto the bill to appropriate federal money to aid the building of the Maysville Road in Kentucky and tie it to the national road?

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it was “of purely local character”

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Jackson followed the example of ___________ when he vetoed the Maysville Road bill

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Madison

24
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year Congress adopted a new tariff to lower the Tariff of 1828

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1832

25
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why does Calhoun resign from Vice Presidency?

A

issue of Tariff of 1832

26
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took the lead in working out a compromise tariff in Congress about the tariffs f 1828 and 1832

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Henry Clay

27
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the tariff that provided for the gradual lowering of rates over a 10-year period

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Tariff of 1833

28
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gave the President authority to ise the army and navy to enforce revenue laws if necessary

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Force Bill

29
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one important issue in which President Jackson fully sided with the westerners

A

distrust in the Bank of the United States

30
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Henry Clay and other National republicans convinced the president of the bank ______________ to apply for a new charter in 1832

A

Nicholas Biddle

31
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what did the National Republicans use to try to damage Jackson’s political reputations?

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recharter of the Bank of the United States

32
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won the election of 1832

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Jackson

33
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ran against Jackson in 1832

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Clay

34
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because of Jackson’s interpretation of his landslide reelection, Jackson attacked the bank by

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removing all government funds from the Bank of the US and has it deposited in specially chosen state banks

35
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was appointed by Jackson to be secretary of the treasury

deposited all incoming government funds in specially chosen state banks

A

Roger Taney

36
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issued by Jackson and said that land could only be bought with gold and silver

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Specie Circular

37
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one of Jackson’s most important accomplishments

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opening American trade with the British West Indies

38
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who did Jackson try to get money from for damages from the Napoleonic Wars?

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France

39
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Jackson’s enemies said that the attempted assassination of Jackson was

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staged to draw sympathy for the President

40
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Jackson’s nickname

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“Old Hickory”

41
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new political party made up of former National Republicans and members of other political groups and was formed for the purpose of opposing “King Andrew (Jackson) the First”

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Whig Party

42
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appointed by Jackson to take his place

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Van Burne

43
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President during the Panic of 1837

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Van Buren

44
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establishment in which funds held by federal government would be stored in the Treasury at Washington in the vaults of the US mint, or in subtreasuries to be built in major cities

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independent treasury system

45
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the Constitution let _______ determine who should be able to vote

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states

46
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means right to vote

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suffrage or franchise

47
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parties became so refined and ran so smoothly they became known as

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machines

48
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introduced during the Jacksonian Era

appointing faithful party workers to public office

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spoils system

49
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the common system of choosing party candidates in the early days

legislators met in secret sessions and chose candidates to represent the party

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caucus

50
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when local parties send delegates to county conventions so that they could nominate candidates for county office

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nominating convention

51
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the Whigs candidate for 1840 election

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William Henry Harrison

52
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Whigs VP candidate for the 1840 election

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John Tyler

53
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Whigs’ favorite slogan

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“Tippecanoe and Tyler too”

54
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first President to die in office

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Harrison

55
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Tyler’s only Cabinet member that did not resign almost immediately

his secretary of state

A

Danial Webster

56
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one of America’s best-known orators

A

Daniel Webster

57
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boat the Canadian set fire to for the Crown

A

Caroline

58
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new English minister to the US who married an American woman

A

Lord Ashburton

59
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unofficial war between Canadian and American lumberjacks in Northern Maine

A

Aroostook War

60
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Webster’s negotiations with Lord Ashburton resulted in ____________________

gave the US more than half of the disputed territory between Maine and Canada

A

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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