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
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?
Andrew 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 the “common man” changed politics
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing gov’t employees with the winning candidates supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Break away from the union
What was the Nullification Crisis?
Declaring that it would pay the “illegal” taxes
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian removal Act
What does relocation mean?
To move to a new place
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?
The Cherokee
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Supreme Court
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
He ignores the ruling and was enforcing the removal
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 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?
Becomes president due to death of WHH
