Jackson Flashcards
Define tariff
Raised taxes on goods coming from other countries. Great for northerners starting a business
Explain the Nullification Crisis
Southerners threatened to secede due to the Tariff the goods they needed to buy to plant were to expensive
What was the Nullification compromise
The president lowered the cost of the Tariff and the southerners backed down.
Explain how the Democratic Party went
Every type of person was invited to celebrate the democratic party because it was a party for the people
Define the spoil system
Jackson gave his friends government jobs this was called this the spoiled system
What happened at the election of 1824 and 1828
In the election of 1824 and 1828 Jackson lost to Adams
Bank of the united states issues, supreme court
jackson though that the bank bank benefited rich eastern depositors at the expense of farmers and workers, as well as similar state banks.
Indian removal act 1830- supreme court (define)
This law allows the president to make treaties with the American Indians in the east traded their lands for new territories in the great plains
kitchen cabinet (define)
The advisers were said to meet the president in the white house kitchen.
Jackson’s influences
Jackson’s friends influenced his ideas
jacksonian democracy
The idea that common people should control the government.
democracy
The government is governed by the people
What are the “Five Civilized Tribes”
The Five Civilized tribes were Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole. They had Freedmen who were former African American slaves of tribal members or descendants of former slaves living among them.
Explain Trail of tears
The removal of cherokee Indians from georgia to indian territory in 1838 and 1839
What happened during the moving of the Indians
It took months in the cold for the Indians to move one place to another, they had to sleep on the floor, and many along the long journey by horse and foot died because of cold, tiredness, and or old age.
