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Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?

A

Jackson

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When does the House of Representatives determine the President?

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When neither candidate gets a majority of electoral votes

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Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?

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Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams

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4
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Who won the Election of 1824?

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John Quincy Adams

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Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?

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Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams

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What is mudslinging?

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Attempts to ruin their opponents reputation with insults

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What is a landslide victory?

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An overwhelming victory

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What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?

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Old Hickory

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What changed politics in Washington DC?

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Jackson’s popularity with the common man

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What is suffrage?

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The right to vote

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What is the spoils system?

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The practice of replacing gov’t employees with the wining candidates supporters

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What does it mean to secede?

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Break away from

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What was the Nullification Crisis?

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When South Carolina declared that they would not pay the “illegal” tariffs that the government enforced

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What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?

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Indian Removal Act

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What does relocation mean?

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Move to a new place

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16
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Where was the Indian Territory?

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In modern day Oklahoma

17
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Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?

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Sequeyah

18
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What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?

A

Cherokee

19
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What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?

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Worcester vs. Georgia

20
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What was Jackson’s response to that court case?

A

He ignored the official ruling made by the Supreme Court

21
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What was the Trail of Tears?

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The relocation of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma

22
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Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?

A

General Winfield Scott

23
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What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?

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Chief Osceola

24
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What institution did Jackson try to kill?

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The National Bank

25
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What President was inaugurated in 1837?

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Martin Van Buren

26
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Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?

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William Henry Harrison

27
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How did John Tyler become President?

A

William Henry Harrison died and John Tyler was his VP so he got the position of President

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