Chapter 12 Flashcards
When does the House of Representatives determine the President?
When none ofmthe canidates receives a majority of the votes
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
John Quincy Adams and henry clay
Who won the Election of 1824?
Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
Jackson and Adams
What is mudslinging?
Use of insults to ruin opponents reputation
What is a landslide victory?
Overwhelming victory
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jackson popular with the common man
What is suffrage?
Right to vote
What is the spoils system?
Practice of replacing gov’t employees with winning canidate supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Break away
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina declares they would not pay taxes
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian Removal Act
What does relocation mean?
Move to a new location
Where was the Indian Territory?
Oklahoma
Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Worcester v. Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
Ignored it
What was the Trail of Tears?
Relocation and movement of cherokee to oklahoma
Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?
General Winfield Scott
What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?
Chief Osceola
What institution did Jackson try to kill?
National Bank
What President was inaugurated in 1837?
Martin Van Buren
Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?
William Henry Harrison
How did John Tyler become President?
Harrison’s Vice President , Harrison dies
Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
