Chapter 12-The Jefferson Era

Question 1

Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824?

Answer 1

Andrew Jackson

Question 2

When does the House of Representatives determine the President?

Answer 2

Due to the 12th Amendment, when no electoral candidate gets a majority of electoral votes, the House of Representatives selects the President

Question 3

Who was involved in the Corrupt Bargain?

Answer 3

The Speaker of the House, Henry Clay, meets with the Adams and agrees to use his influence to help get Adams the vote in the HoR

Question 4

Who won the Election of 1824?

Answer 4

John Quincy Adams-6th President

Question 5

Who were the candidates of the Election of 1828?

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson vs John Quincy Adams

Question 6

What is mudslinging?

Answer 6

Attempts to ruin their opponent’s reputation with insults

Question 7

What is a landslide victory?

Answer 7

An overwhelming victory

Question 8

What was Andrew Jackson’s nickname?

Answer 8

“Old Hickory” because he was “as tough as a hickory stick”

Question 9

What changed politics in Washington DC?

Answer 9

Andrew Jackson’s popularity with the common men changed politics in Washington D.C.

Question 10

What is suffrage?

Answer 10

The right to vote

Question 11

What is the spoils system?

Answer 11

The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate’s supporters

Question 12

What does it mean to secede?

Answer 12

To break away from the Union

Question 13

What was the Nullification Crisis?

Answer 13

Many states in the south felt tariffs raised prices and threatened to secede. South Carolina passed with the Nullification Act, declaring that they would not pay these “illegal” taxes. Jackson supported a compromise that appeased the state government that would gradually lower the tariffs, which South Carolina accepted.

Question 14

What was the act passed by Congress to relocate Native Americans?

Answer 14

The Indian Removal Act of 1830-An act passed by congress in order to relocate Native Americans

Question 15

What does relocation mean?

Answer 15

Move to a new place

Question 16

Where was the Indian Territory?

Answer 16

Modern day Oklahoma

Question 17

Who is most famous for creating the written Cherokee language?

Answer 17

Sequoyah

Question 18

What group did not comply with the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 18

The Cherokee Confederation

Question 19

What court case held that the Cherokee were entitled to federal protection?

Answer 19

Worcester v Georgia

Question 20

What was Jackson’s response to that court case?

Answer 20

President Jackson ignored the ruling and said “John Marshall had made his decision and now let him enforce it”

Question 21

What was the Trail of Tears?

Answer 21

The relocation and movement of the Cherokee from Georgia to Oklahoma

Question 22

Who led federal troops in moving the Cherokee?

Answer 22

In 1838, General Winfield Scott and an army of 7,000 federal troops came to remove the Cherokee from their homes

Question 23

What leader went to war with federal troops and resisted removal?

Answer 23

Chief Osceola, the Seminole Chief, decided to go to war against the US, instead of signing a treaty

Question 24

What institution did Jackson try to kill?

Answer 24

Jackson tried to kill the bank by withdrawing all federal funds from the national bank and placing them in smaller state banks

Question 25

What President was inaugurated in 1837?

Answer 25

Martin Van Buren-8th President

Question 26

Who had the shortest Presidency in US History?

Answer 26

William Henry Harrison-9th President

Died from pneumonia on April 1, 1841, a presidency of 32 days

Question 27

How did John Tyler become President?

Answer 27

John Tyler was the Vice President and after the death of William Henry Harrison, he becomes the president