Defining America: 1820s-1850s Flashcards
Adams-Onis Treaty
Jackson invades Florida and takes it from Spain
Monroe Doctrine
a warning to European powers to end colonization in the New World
1824 Election
4 candidates from the Democratic-Republican Party
Candidates of the 1824 election
-Andrew Jackson
-John Quincy Adams
-Henry Clay
-William Crawford
Who won 1824 election?
Jackson won the popular vote BUT Adams won the electoral college
who founded the Democratic party
Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Burren
Who won 1828 elections?
Jackson
Spoils System
while Jackson was president, government offices would be rewarded to loyal party members and would change hands based on the party in charge
John Marshal
in charge of supreme court at the time of Jackson’s presidency (he does not like Jackson)
McCulloch v. Maryland
states cannot tax federal institutions; the constitution gave federal government “implied power”
Cohens v. Virginia
the court can review a state court’s decision involving any of the powers of the federal government
Gibbons v. Ogden
establishes that the federal government had broad control of interstate commerce
Andrew Jackson hates Native Americans. What does he do as a result?
He signs an act which forces Native Americans in the south to move west
Cherokee Nation v. Gerogia
established that the Cherokee could sue in federal court
Worcester v. Georgia
laws of Georgia had no force within Cherokee territory- Cherokee did not have to move west
What does Jackson do as a result of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia AND Worcester v. Georgia
he allows the state of Georgia to being forcing the Cherokee West and leads to the Trail of Tears
Tariffs
taxes on goods imported to the US. (this benefited the everyone but the South)
Tariff of Abominations
higher tariff passed (affected the South because they love their cotton)
John C. Calhoun author of “the South Carolina Exposition” writes…
states can ignore laws they disagree with
result of the Nullification Crisis of 1832
Sourth Carolina nearly secedes from the Union over tariff
Compromise Tariff
saves South Carolina from secedes
does Jackson like the Bank of the US?
no
Bank War
Congress tries to pass a new charter for the Bank but is vetoed by Jackson
Result of Bank War
-Jackson withdraws federal funds from the BUS
-Jackson puts federal in “pet banks”
-no central bank means no organized economics
