Chapter 11 - The Jackson Era Flashcards

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Relocate

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Forced to leave your home and move to another area

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Guerilla tactics

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Making surprise attacks and then retreating back into forests or swamps

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Mudslinging

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Attempts to ruin an opponent’s reputation with insults

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Plurality

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Largest single share

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Tariff

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A fee paid by merchants who imported goods

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Landslide

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An overwhelming electoral victory

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Majority

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More than half of the electoral votes

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Favorite Son

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Receiving the backing of your home state

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Secede

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To break away from the US

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Veto

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To reject a bill

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Election of 1824

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No majority resulting in the house of reps voting for president (corrupt bargain occurs)

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Corrupt bargain

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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

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Election of 1828

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Mudslinging takes place between candidates… Jackson and adams

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Election of 1832

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Won by a man admired by most american’s (AJ) - lost by a man who overvalued the national bank

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Election of 1836

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Economic depression occurs after election due to national bank closing

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Election of 1840

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“Tippecanoe and tyler too”

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Nullification crisis of 1832

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John calhoun wants to be able to nullify acts of congress, jackson crashes his party and denies access of that

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How many cherokee took place in the trail of tears, (indian removal act)

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When and where did the indian removal act take place

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1838, from georgia to the indian territory

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Worcester v. Georgia

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Cherokee can stay in georgia

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Trail of tears

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Path that the indians led on

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Osceola

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Leader of seminals, refuses to leave florida

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JQA

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corrupt bargain, mudslinging against jackson

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John tyler

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Tippecanoes VP, pres when tippecanoe died

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Martin van buren
Andrew jacksons VP, pres during depression
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Andrew jackson
1824 pres
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Henry clay
Leader of whig party, fixes nullification crisis
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Daniel webster
Whig member
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William henry harrison " tippecanoe "
Whig member, first whig elected as pres, died after one month, fake campaign
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Why was jackson a hypocrite?
He didnt allow the south to nullify tarrifs, but he allowed the south to burn mail
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What made jackson a good president?
- he let while males who didnt own property vote | - prevented a civil war from the nullification crisis
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What made jackson a bad president?
-vetoed national bank renewal.. Caused depression -trail of tears/ induan removal act Spoils system