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?
If there is no majority in electoral votes
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
Who won the Election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
What is mudslinging?
Trying to ruin and opponents reputation with insults
What is a landslide victory?
When one candidate wins by a large margin
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jackson’s Victory
What is suffrage?
How many people vote
What is the spoils system?
When a president puts his supporters in the cabinet.
What does it mean to secede?
Leave and form another government.
What was the Nullification Crisis?
When South Carolina threatened to secede over tariffs.
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian removal act
What does relocation mean?
To move somewhere else
Where was the Indian Territory?
Oklahoma
Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee Nation
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Worchester vs Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
He removed them anyway.
What was the Trail of Tears?
The relocation of The 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?
Osceola
What institution did Jackson try to kill?
National 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?
Due to William Henry Harrison’s death.
