Jacksonian Era

Question 1

How many Democratic Republicans ran for president in 1824?

Answer 1

4

Question 2

Who had the popular vote, and who ended up winning the presidency (Election of 1824)?

Answer 2

No one

Question 3

How did Andrew Jackson feel about the election?

Answer 3

He felt it was stolen from him.

Question 4

What two things did John Quincy Adams propose?

Answer 4

National Universtity & observatory

Question 5

What did Clay’s American System call for?

Answer 5

Higher tariffs & 2nd nat bank

Question 6

Which one of the things in the American System did not happen?

Answer 6

Building roads and canals

Question 7

What new political parties came out of the election of 1824?

Answer 7

Democrats and national republicans

Question 8

Who won the re-match between Adams & Jackson?

Answer 8

Jackson

Question 9

Who were John Quincy Adams’ parents?

Answer 9

John and Abagail Adams

Question 10

What did Adams do with his father?

Answer 10

Went to war with his father in France.

Question 11

What nations would Adams negotiate treaties with as an ambassador?

Answer 11

Britain and Spain

Question 12

What did Adams do after his time in the White House?

Answer 12

Become a Congressman, and moved against slavery and defended Africans.

Question 13

Who were Jackson’s parents (they aren’t named - say ethnicity)?

Answer 13

Scot Irish immigrants

Question 14

What did Jackson do after the War of 1812?

Answer 14

Fights natives in FL

Question 15

Why did Rachel Jackson die?

Answer 15

Accused of bigamy; caused stress that ledto a heart attack. (the act of going through a marriage ceremony while already married to another person.)

Question 16

Before Jackson, where did most government officials come from?

Answer 16

Same people in different positions

Question 17

Who did Jackson replace old government officials with?

Answer 17

Newer men from less wealthy families

Question 18

What was the spoils system?

Answer 18

Politicians rewarded supporters with gov jobs

Question 19

Who were the “Five Civilized Tribes”?

Answer 19

Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Chickasaw

Question 20

Why did white settlers want to kick the tribes off their lands?

Answer 20

They wanted all of the cotton and gold on the land

Question 21

What did the Indian Removal Act do?

Answer 21

Gave the gov money and the power to make treaties with native tribes

Question 22

Who did the Supreme Court agree with, and what did Jackson do after the court case(Worcester v. Georgia [1832])?

Answer 22

The natives; He ignored the decision and proceeded to remove them

Question 23

Where were the Cherokee forced to move to on the Trail of Tears?

Answer 23

OK, KS, NE

Question 24

How many natives died along the way?

Answer 24

¼ of the natives

Question 25

What was South Carolina’s reason for not paying the Tariff?

Answer 25

They disagreed with it

Question 26

What did John C. Calhoun do in response to the Tariff?

Answer 26

Nullified it so the south could ignore

Question 27

What does South Carolina threaten to do?

Answer 27

Secede from the U.S. because of the tariff price

Question 28

How does Jackson respond to SC’s threat to secede from the U.S.?

Answer 28

Pass the force act that said the government would use military force against anyone who resisted tariffs

Question 29

What does the compromise Clay makes do?

Answer 29

Lowers amount due (of the tariff)

Question 30

Why did the North want the government to build infrastructure?

Answer 30

So that food and natural resources would be imported.

Question 31

Why did the North want land prices in the west to be expensive?

Answer 31

So that workers would stay in the city

Question 32

Why did the South oppose tariffs?

Answer 32

They sold lots of cotton.

Question 33

What did Southerners want to do with Western land?

Answer 33

They wanted it to be cheap so that they could grow cotton and find gold to make money (they believed that these were the only things that could keep the economy afloat).

Question 34

Why did the West want the government to spend money on infrastructure?

Answer 34

So that goods could be shipped.

Question 35

What region of the U.S. did Clay represent?

Answer 35

West

Question 36

What region of the U.S. did John C. Calhoun fight for?

Answer 36

South

Question 37

What two traits did Daniel Webster have?

Answer 37

Fervent nationalist, gifted speaker

Question 38

Who was Peggy Eaton?

Answer 38

Daughter of DC Innkeeper; Her husband was at sea so she married John Eaton and was shunned by Jackson’s people and their wives.

Question 39

How did the wives of the other Cabinet members treat Peggy Eaton?

Answer 39

They refused to dine with or talk with her

Question 40

How did Jackson feel about the wives actions against Peggy?

Answer 40

He was angry about their coldness

Question 41

Why did Andrew Jackson not like the National Bank?

Answer 41

He thought that it was to powerful.

Question 42

Why were people upset with Jackson regarding the Bank’s charter?

Answer 42

Jackson vetoed it; It would have allowed people to become rich (stockholders).

Question 43

What did the National Republicans change their name to?

Answer 43

Whig party/The Whigs

Question 44

How would Jackson prove his critics wrong about the bank?

Answer 44

He proved them wrong by removing the national bank. The bank then became useless since everyone used state banks.

Question 45

How did Jackson put the Bank out of business?

Answer 45

He took all of the money and put it in state banks

Question 46

What was a side effect of getting rid of the National Bank?

Answer 46

No one went to the national bank so it was finished

Question 47

Who would the Whigs nominate to go against Martin Van Buren?

Answer 47

William Henry Harrison

Question 48

What was Harrison’s campaign slogan?

Answer 48

“Tippecanoe & Tyler Too”

Question 49

What would happen at Harrison’s inauguration?

Answer 49

The cold rain caused him to get sick and die.