Chapter 9 Flashcards
- Democracy in America
a study (1835) by Alexis de Tocqueville of American political institutions.
- King ‘Mob”
refers to the allowance of all types of people into the White house for Jackson’s inaugural ball
- Dorr Rebellion
a failed attempt to force broader democracy on the U.S. state of Rhode Island
- Jacksonian Democracy
the political movement toward greater democracy for the common man by Andrew Jackson and his supporters.
- Spoils System
the practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters
- Calhoun’s theory of nullification
Calhoun argued that the South should not have to pay taxes that hurt their economy
- Martin Van Buren
the eighth president of the United States and the vice president of Andrew Jackson
- Peggy Eaton Affair
a scandal in Jackson’s cabinet when Peggy Eaton married her husband and Calhoun’s wife refused to acknowledge her
- Webster-Hayne Debate
Senator Daniel Webster and Senator Robert Y. Hayne on the topic of protectionist tariffs.
- Nullification Crisis
during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina’s 1832 Ordinance of Nullification.
- Black Hawk War
a conflict between the United States and the Sauk Native Americans
- Removal Act
issued by Georgia, Alabama, Florida , and Mississippi to remove the Native Americans
- Trail of Tears
thousands of Natives were forced to walk in the middle of winter to Oklahoma
- Seminole War
the Seminole Indians refused to leave their lands in Florida so the US was all like lets battle then
- Second Bank of the United States
took the place of the First Bank of the United State when its charter expired