Chapter 12 Flashcards
When does the House of Representatives determine the President?
When no electoral candidate gets a majority of electoral votes
Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Henry Clay,
John Quincy Adams
Who won the Election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
Jackson .vs. John Quincy Adams
What was mudslinging?
Attempts to ruin their opponents reputation with insults
What was Andrew Jacksons nick name
Old Hickory
What is a landslide victory?
An over whelming victory
What changed politics in Washington DC
Andrew Jacksons popularity with common man
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Break away from the union
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina passed it declaring that it would not pay these “illegal taxes”
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian remover act
What does relocation mean?
Move to a new place