Chapter 11 - The Jackson Era Flashcards
Relocate
Forced to leave your home and move to another area
Guerilla tactics
Making surprise attacks and then retreating back into forests or swamps
Mudslinging
Attempts to ruin an opponent’s reputation with insults
Plurality
Largest single share
Tariff
A fee paid by merchants who imported goods
Landslide
An overwhelming electoral victory
Majority
More than half of the electoral votes
Favorite Son
Receiving the backing of your home state
Secede
To break away from the US
Veto
To reject a bill
Election of 1824
No majority resulting in the house of reps voting for president (corrupt bargain occurs)
Corrupt bargain
Plurality vote goes to house of reps, clay works at house of reps. Clay agrees to get JQA enough votes to win pres. In return, JQA elects Clay as secretary of state
Election of 1828
Mudslinging takes place between candidates… Jackson and adams
Election of 1832
Won by a man admired by most american’s (AJ) - lost by a man who overvalued the national bank
Election of 1836
Economic depression occurs after election due to national bank closing