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 a candidate doesn’t receive the majority of the electoral votes
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Henry clay and john Adams
Who won the Election of 1824?
John Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
Jackson and john Quincy Adams
What is mudslinging?
Attempts to ruin their opponents relationship with insults
What is a landslide victory?
An overwhelming victory
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname
Old hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jackson popularity
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing the government employees with winning candidates supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Break away
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina’s act that states they would not pay the “illegal” 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?
Seqouyah
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
The Cherokee
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Worechester v Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
Ignored it and made all of the Native Americans leave
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 national bank
What President was inaugurated in 1837?
Martin van buren
Who had the shortest Presidency in US History
William Henry Harris
How did John Tyler become President?
He was Harrison vise president and was elected when WHH died
