Chapter 12 Flashcards
Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?
Jackson
When does the House of Representatives determine the President?
When no electoral candidate gets a majority
Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?
Henry Clay and Quincy Adams
Who won the Election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?
Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson
What is mudslinging?
Giving insults to make another candidate look bad
What is a landslide victory?
an overwhelming majority
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old Hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
The spoils system
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing gov’t employees with the candidates majority
What does it mean to secede?
To break away from the gov’t
What was the Nullification Crisis?
The south passed the nullification act saying that they would not pay tariffs
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
The Indian Removal Act
What does relocation mean?
To move to a new place
