History - Jackson Age

Question 1

What did Henry Clay do for John Q. Adams during the voting process

Answer 1

He realized that he was not going to win so he throws all of his support at Adams so he became secretary of state

Question 2

corrupt bargain

Answer 2

Jackson calls it the corrupt bargain because he thinks that he should have won

Question 3

what happened after the first John Q. Adams vs Andrew Jackson vote

Answer 3

partisan politics return
end of the era of good feelings

Question 4

who was president during the war of 1812

Answer 4

james madison

Question 5

what was james madison

Answer 5

democratic republican

Question 6

macon’s bill #2

Answer 6

said that America could trade with anyone but only 1 france or england and Napoleon gets it first

Question 7

what were democratic republicans

Answer 7

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

Question 8

what were the reasons the war hawks wanted to go to war

Answer 8

impressments
dishonored our flag
britian didn’t respect the treaty
native americans
canada

Question 9

joint actions

Answer 9

president and congress get together to create policies and acts that may be passed

Question 10

what were the acts that were passed in the joint action process

Answer 10

outfit the navy
anything that they needed would be recieved
increase taxes
90 day embargo

Question 11

what was the 90 day embargo

Answer 11

allowed them to get all of their ships back and they wouldn’t trade for 90 days

Question 12

war with britian benifts

Answer 12

if they win they can reopen trading
stop impressments
get canada

Question 13

war with britian drawbacks

Answer 13

not everyone wanted to go to war
small military
small nave
britian is the strongest in the world

Question 14

how did the war with great britian start

Answer 14

invasion of canada

Question 15

battle of york

Answer 15

burned down buildings to drive out britian, candadians did not want to help americans, britian retreated

Question 16

battle of lake erie

Answer 16

us used privateers to defeat british navy, british sailed down chesapeake and burned down the white house

Question 17

battle of fort mchenry

Answer 17

baltimore
militia prepared
how he got the national anthem

Question 18

treaty of Ghent

Answer 18

signed in beligum
stalemate
impressments are not mentioned in the treaty

Question 19

battle of new orleans

Answer 19

fought after the treaty
andrew jackson
british lost by a lot

Question 20

legacy of the war

Answer 20

nationalism
economic
expansion
andrew jackson
political alliances

Question 21

era of good feelings

Answer 21

monroe precedence
no political partys
strong federal government

Question 22

economic nationalism

Answer 22

stronger federal control
improved infrastructure
made another national bank

Question 23

how did they grow the american industry

Answer 23

large tax on imports and large tariffs

Question 24

panic of 1819

Answer 24

people were panicing because loans were sent out and they couldn’t get them back so a lot of people lost money

Question 25

westerward expansion

Answer 25

not fun for the native americans
general eli whitney
interchangable parts

Question 26

growth of slavery (cotton gin)

Answer 26

eli whitney
created a cotton gin to get more cotton seeds easier

Question 27

adams vs jackson (the rematch)

Answer 27

jackson - democrats
adams - national republicans
jackson was a frontier lawyer, self made man, war hero

Question 28

tariffs of abominations

Answer 28

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

Question 29

second national bank

Answer 29

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

Question 30

how does jackson weaken the bank

Answer 30

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

Question 31

indian removal act of 1830

Answer 31

cherokee, choctaw, chickasaw, creek, seminole all fived civilized tribes adopted white culture so they wouldn’t be prosicuted

Question 32

treaty of dancing rabbit creek

Answer 32

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

Question 33

worchester vs georgia

Answer 33

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

Question 34

trail of tears

Answer 34

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