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Jackson engaged in numerous quarrels which

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Often ended in duels

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After the Revolution, Jackson learned

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Enough about the law to become an attorney in backwoods Tennessee

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Jackson appealed to the hard pressed

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Farming and working people who were ripe for political rebellion

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Jackson wanted to

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Lower taxes, reduce government spending, shrink the federal bureaucracy, pay off a federal debt, and destroy the Second Back of United States

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According to Jackson, people who stayed in office grew

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Corrupt and therefore, need to be removed (spoils system)

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Jackson VP and SOS?

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John C. Calhoun and Martin Van Buren

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Why did Jackson lean on Van Buren for advice?

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More skill at backroom politics than Calhoun and certainly more freedom to move around to maneuver because of his base in New York

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Calhoun was determined to

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Defend southern rights

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Why did the cabinet snub Peggy Eaton?

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Supposed had an affair, and as a result, her husband committed suicide

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As a result of the snobs, Eaton

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Resigned from cabinet

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The only way to restore harmony in the cabinet was to

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Disband and start over

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Why was the Maysville Road vetoed?

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Called it unconstitutional and shocked Clay.

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Why did people label Jackson as a tyrant?

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Because he vetoed many bills. Jackson was determined to strenghten the executive branch and stick to his principles

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Why did SC face a depression?

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The high tariffs. This worsened because of low cotton prices and infertile soil

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Tariff of 1828?

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Pushed rates up to almost 50% of the value of imported goods. Led Calhoun to write South Carolina Exposition and Protest

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What was the tariff designed to do?

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Protect northern manufacturers

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Hayne argued that

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The government endangered the Union by imposing any policy that would cause a hardship in one section and benefit of another

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What was the Web-Hayne debate about?

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Government owned western lands

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Daniel Webster denied that

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The East showed restrictive policy towards the west

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Hayne said that it was the state’s job to see when federal government has stepped over the lines? Webster responded that

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We are a Union. If one state could nullify, that would put the Union as a rope of sand

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This debate made the

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National Republicans a household name

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Calhoun responded to Jackson’s provoke to

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“The union, next to liberty most dear

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How did the rift begin?

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When Calhoun wanted Jackson disciplined for invading Florida

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The acidic rift caused

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All Calhoun partisans to be removed

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Calhoun openly opposed Jackson by

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Assuming public leadership of the South Carolina nullificationists

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Tariff of 1832, pushed through by JQA,

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Reduced duties on many items, but iron and cloth tariffs were still high

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What did SC fear!

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That federal authority to impose tariffs might eventually to end slavery

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The state legislature proposed that if any citizen

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Lost land to federal authorites, the state will recover twice its value

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The legislator chose

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Hayne as governor snd Calhoun to succeed him as senator

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What was a force bill?

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Basically forcing Congress to agree

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What dod Clay compromise?

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That tariff would gradually go down until 1842

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The civilized tribes surrounded by whites merged

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In with white soceity

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Most of the northern tribes were

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Too weak to resist the officers and often used alcohol or bribery

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On the whole, there was

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Remarkably low resistance

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Black Hawk War?

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Illinois militia mobilized to expel the Sauk and Fox tribes, and chased them into Wisconsin territory

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When was Seminole resistance out down?

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When their lesser Osceola was seized, imprisoned and left to die at Fort Moultrie

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In 1827 the Cherokees

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Adopted a constitution in which they were declared not subject to the laws of any other nation

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After mid 1830’state law in Georgia would extend

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To the Cherokees loving within the boundaries of the state

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What caused whites to be hungry for Cherokee land?

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Discovery of gold

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In Cherokee v. Georgia John Marshall ruled that the

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Court lacked jurisdiction because the Cherokees were a domestic independent nation

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What did the bank do?

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Served as the depository for all federal funds but also issued currency and made loans

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The huge size enabled it to

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Determine the amount of credit available for the nation

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The South and the West feared the

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Scope and power of the monopolistic national bank. Southerners claimed that the North used it for their own benefit

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Jackson believed that

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Hard money was the only legitimate exchange

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How did SBOUS supply a stable currency?

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To keep enough golf and silver in their vaults to back their paper currency

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When did dislike for the Masonic order start showing up?

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When william morgan disappeared. Fear they were some sort of tyrannical group

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The common purpose of the Anti-Masonic party was to

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Stamp out an organization that was contaminating the heart of the republic

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Anti Masonic had three important firsts

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First third party, first party to hold a national nominating convention, and first to announce a platform

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Roger B Taney adhered to

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Jackson’s requests of the removal of the bank

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Taney deposited all new receipts in

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State banks, or pet banks. Senate voted to censure Jackson because of it

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Biddle, in response,

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Order it to curtail loans and demand the redemption of state banknotes in gold or silver as quickly as possible. Sought to bring economy to halt to demonstrate importance of national bank

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The supreme irony of Jackson’s war with the bank is that it

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Created the mania he most feared

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The Specie Circular

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The government would only accept gold and silver coins in the payment of land. Settlers had very few of it and relied on speculators

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The core whigs supported

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Economic nationalism

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They also favored

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Internal improvements, national banks, and high tariffs

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In the South, the Whigs

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Enjoyed the support of the urban banking and commercial interests. In the West, farmers who valued government funded stuff

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Van buren was

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The Little Magician

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What caused the Panic of 1837?

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Depression in England, which resulted in a drop in price of American cotton

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Also, there was a failire

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In the wheat crop, the export of which in good years helped offset the drain of payments

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The working class

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Was hit hard. Many were jobless and wages were cut

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Independent Treasury

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Funds in its own vaults and do business entirely in hard money

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