Chapter 12 Flashcards
Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
When does the House of Representatives determine the President?
When no electoral candidate gets a majority of electoral votes, the HoR elects the president
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
Who won the Election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
Jackson vs. Quincy Adams
What is mudslinging?
Attempts to ruin their opponents reputation with insults
What is a landslide victory?
An overwhelming victory
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
His popularity with common man changed politics in Washington DC
What is suffrage?
Is the right to vote
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing gov’t employees with the winning candidate’s supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Break away from a union
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina declaring that it would not these “illegal taxes”
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian removal act
What does relocation mean?
Move to a new place
Where was the Indian Territory?
Modern day Oklahoma
Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?
Sequoya
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
Seminds
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Worcester vs. Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
John Marshall has made his decision and now let him enforce it
What was the Trail of Tears?
Relocation and movement of Cherokee from Georgia 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?
William Henry Harrison
Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?
William Henry Harrison
How did John Tyler become President?
Harrison died of pneumonia
