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
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?
Worcester v. Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
He ignored it
What was the Trail of Tears?
Relocation of Cherokee to Oklahoma
Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?
General Winfield Scott
What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?
The Seminole
What institution did Jackson try to kill?
The federal 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?
William Henry Harrison died
