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 candidate gets the majority of 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?
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams
What is mudslinging?
Hurling insults at opponent
What is a landslide victory?
A blowout
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Andrew Jacksons popularity w/ the common man
What is suffrage?
Right to vote
What is the spoils system?
Practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters
What does it mean to secede?
To leave or break away
What was the Nullification Crisis?
Government agreed to gradually lower taxes so SC wouldn’t leave Union
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?
Modern Day 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?
He still forced Cherokee out. “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?
The federal bank
What President was inaugurated in 1837?
Martian Van Buren
Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?
William Henry Harrison
How did John Tyler become President?
He was VP of WHH. WHH died.
