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 candidates gets a majority electoral vote
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Democratic-Republic. Prob wrong
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?
Overwhelming victory
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jackson’s popularity with common men
What is suffrage?
Right to vote
What is the spoils system?
PracticWhat is the spoils system?
If replacing government employees with the winning candid ideas supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Break away from the union
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina passed Nullification act declaring that it would would not pay 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 Olkahoma
Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
The 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 the ruling and said, “ John Marshall had 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?
Cheif Osceola
What institution did Jackson try to kill?
The 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?
He was Harrison’s Vice President
