History - Jackson Age Flashcards
What did Henry Clay do for John Q. Adams during the voting process
He realized that he was not going to win so he throws all of his support at Adams so he became secretary of state
corrupt bargain
Jackson calls it the corrupt bargain because he thinks that he should have won
what happened after the first John Q. Adams vs Andrew Jackson vote
partisan politics return
end of the era of good feelings
who was president during the war of 1812
james madison
what was james madison
democratic republican
macon’s bill #2
said that America could trade with anyone but only 1 france or england and Napoleon gets it first
what were democratic republicans
they lived in the south and they wanted to go to war
wanted small independent farms
more got elected in congress and they wanted to go to war with Britian
what were the reasons the war hawks wanted to go to war
impressments
dishonored our flag
britian didn’t respect the treaty
native americans
canada
joint actions
president and congress get together to create policies and acts that may be passed
what were the acts that were passed in the joint action process
outfit the navy
anything that they needed would be recieved
increase taxes
90 day embargo
what was the 90 day embargo
allowed them to get all of their ships back and they wouldn’t trade for 90 days
war with britian benifts
if they win they can reopen trading
stop impressments
get canada
war with britian drawbacks
not everyone wanted to go to war
small military
small nave
britian is the strongest in the world
how did the war with great britian start
invasion of canada
battle of york
burned down buildings to drive out britian, candadians did not want to help americans, britian retreated
battle of lake erie
us used privateers to defeat british navy, british sailed down chesapeake and burned down the white house
battle of fort mchenry
baltimore
militia prepared
how he got the national anthem
treaty of Ghent
signed in beligum
stalemate
impressments are not mentioned in the treaty
battle of new orleans
fought after the treaty
andrew jackson
british lost by a lot
legacy of the war
nationalism
economic
expansion
andrew jackson
political alliances
era of good feelings
monroe precedence
no political partys
strong federal government
economic nationalism
stronger federal control
improved infrastructure
made another national bank
how did they grow the american industry
large tax on imports and large tariffs
panic of 1819
people were panicing because loans were sent out and they couldn’t get them back so a lot of people lost money
westerward expansion
not fun for the native americans
general eli whitney
interchangable parts
growth of slavery (cotton gin)
eli whitney
created a cotton gin to get more cotton seeds easier
adams vs jackson (the rematch)
jackson - democrats
adams - national republicans
jackson was a frontier lawyer, self made man, war hero
tariffs of abominations
they needed american buisness to grow
huge tariff on british goods
hurting southern trade
john calhoun quits his job as vice president to go back to south carolina to create a nullification paper
so adams get the right to the military and says that he will go to north carolica and choke the first person to talk about it
second national bank
second bank was chartered
jackson hates bank
maryland tries to tax national bank because it was on their land
national bank wins
wanted to expand but jackson wouldn’t let them
how does jackson weaken the bank
he created pet banks, he took the big bank is seperated it, they used gold and silver when they are selling off government land, tried to stabalize the economy that way
indian removal act of 1830
cherokee, choctaw, chickasaw, creek, seminole all fived civilized tribes adopted white culture so they wouldn’t be prosicuted
treaty of dancing rabbit creek
with the choctaw
takes 11 million acres from the choctaw in lousiana in return to government gives them 15 million ancers in oklahoma, but it wasn’t really optional
worchester vs georgia
said that the cherokee is a distinct civilization, andrew jackson didn’t take that well, john marshell has made his decision not let him enforce it, they ignored jackson and didn’t listen to the supreme court - led to trail of tears
trail of tears
led by general winfeild scott
take his troops down to georgia and enforces that they leave
takes 16000 cherokee
goes to oklahohoma (800 miles away)
they had to travel through winter
4000 died
