Chapter 13 Flashcards

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canidates for the election of 1824

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JQA, henry clay, william h. crawford, AJ

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election of 1824

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AJ won pop vote and most of electoral votes
House had to choose among top 3 canidates (adams, AJ, Crawford)
adams won
corrupt bargain

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corrupt bargain

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alleged deal made b/w clay and adams
Clay was speaker and had position to throw the vote
no crawford: stroke
no AJ: hated him
Adams: had much in common
Clay became secretary of state

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unpopularity of JQA

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stubborn
nationalistic views against growing sectionalism
1st minority president
tried to deal w/ NAI fairly
tariff of abominations

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political parties

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republicans split into 2 parties: national republicans vs jacksonian democrats

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campaigning for jackson in 1828

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used hickory poles (tough hero)
presented as a champion of the common man
denounced JQA as a corrupt aristocrat

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campaigning for jqa in 1828

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used oak (independence)
described AJ’s mom as a prostitute and wife as a cheater

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election of 1828

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hyperboles
mudslinging
large voter turnout
aj support from W and S
JQA from N eng
Aj won 178-83

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ajs life

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moved to tennesse where he became a judge and congressmen
involved in brawls, duels, and stabbings
war hero
frontier aristocrat: owned slaves. owned a mansion
1st pres from W

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the spoils system

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rewarding political supporters w/ public office
party vs country
bought posts for caimpaign contribution
unqualiied and corrupt took office

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tariff of abominations (tariff of 1828)

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needed to protect A industry
s believed it discriminated against them
-everywhere else was growing
nervous abt sectional balance
s caro lwd protests

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the south carolina exposition

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newspaper that called to nullify the tariff in the states

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nullification crisis

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s caro got 2/3 vote in state legislature to declare the tariffs null and void
threatened to secede from the union
aj dispatched navy and military to s caro

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end of the nullification crisis

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clay proposed a compromise bill
reduced the tariff of 1832 by 10% over 8 yrs
force bill

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force bill

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authorized the pres to use army and navy to collect federal tariffs

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aj and the nai

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expansion = confrontation
1828: georgia declared cherokee triabal council illegal and asserted its juristdiction
Supreme court overturned this decision but aj wouldn’t enforce it
proposed the removal of tribes beyond the mississippi
uprooted more than 1000000 nai

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indian removal act of 1830

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transplantatoin of nai e of mississippi r

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trail of tears

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trail the nai trabeled to get to oklahoma

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five civilized tribes

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creek, Chickasaw, cherokee, seminole, Choctaw
had legal codes, schools, setteled socities, alphabet

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blackhawk war

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sauk and fox from illinois and wisconsin resisted eviction
lost

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nicholas biddle

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president of BUS
called ‘czar nicholar” due to his unconstitutional powerq

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bank war (1832)

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daniel webster and clay presented congress w/ bill to renew BUS charter
clay’s plan: of Aj signed, hw would lose his followers, if he didint, he would lose support from the wealthy (failed)
aj vetoed BUS and declared it unconst

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election of 1832

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for the 1st time, a 3rd party entered: anti-masonic party
national nominating conventions to name canidate

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anti-masonic party

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opposed influence of Masonic order
anti-jackson
became popular in NY, N eng, and mid atlantic
appealed ti A suspicions of secret socities
support from evangelical protestsnts

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wnding the BUS
aj decided to end bus before its expiration date proposed no nore depoisiting and shrinking existing deposits
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death of BUS
left vacuum in economy surplus funds were fed into pet banks flooded USA w/ paper money specie circular
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pet banks
banks chosen for pro-aj views
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specie circular
required all public lands to be purchased w/ metal money
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birth of the whigs
former national republican party hated aj formed when clay, calhoun, and webster got together to censure aj for his removal of the BUS
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election of 1836
aj wanted his vp (martin van buren) to take over and sstill rule through him rigged nominating convention whigs nominated several in the hopes no one would win and vote would go to house buren still won
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panic of 1837 causes
rampet speculation galmblers in w borrowed capital aj's finance (specie circular and bank war) failure of wheat crops financial stingency in eng
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effects of the panic of 1837
banks collapsed commodity prices dropped factories closed van buren tried to create an indpendent treasury
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texas
1823: land to moses austin to bring 300 a families to become catholic and mexicanized (ignored stipulations) friction b/w mexicans and texans over slavery, local rights, and immigration 1830: prohibited further importations of slaves and further colonization of As texans refused to honor the decrees -dacy crokket, davy bowies, and sam houston
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lone star rebellion
1836: texans declared their independence santa anna invaded texas the alamo houston beat santa anna santa withdrew troops and recongnized texas a wouldn't have texas due to slavery issue independent nation
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election of 1840
van buren renominated by dems whigs nominanted william henry harrison log cabins and hard cider as symbols Harrison won
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democrats
liberty of the individual against "privlege" into gov states' rights federal restraint in the economy working class expansionism pro-slavery S and W AJ, Van buren
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whigs
value of community against leaders that appealed to self-interest, classes, or sections American System strong federal gov mixed on slavery N eng and N schools, moral reforms upper and middle class professionals henry clay, daniel webster
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"Old hickory" in office
rise of "common man" = opportunity of white men universal white male suffrage vetoed more bills than all predecessors "kitchen cabinet"
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liberty party
abolitionist party
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free soil pary
prevent expansion of slavery
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