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 a candidate doesn’t get the 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?
Jackson and Quincy Adams
What is mudslinging?
Telling lies to make your opponent look bad
What is a landslide victory?
Winning by many electoral votes
What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?
Old hickory
What changed politics in Washington DC?
Jacksons popularity with the common man
What is suffrage?
Right to vote
What is the spoils system?
Practice of replacing govt employees with candidate supporters
What does it mean to secede?
Leave
What was the Nullification Crisis?
South Carolina would not pay illegal taxes
What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?
Indian removal act
What does relocation mean?
Move to a new place
Where was the Indian Territory?
Modern Oklahoma
Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?
Sequoyah
What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee
What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?
Worcester vs Georgia
What was Jackson’s response to that court case?
John Marshall has made his decision and let him enforce it
What was the Trail of Tears?
Movement of native Americans 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?
Seminole people
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?
Harrison dies and he was Vice President
