ss Flashcards
suffrage
The right to vote.
majority
A group making up more than half of a larger group.
Whig Party
A political party organized by Henry Clay; they believed the federal government should help the economy and promote business.
Democratic Party
A U.S political party dating from the 1820s to present that at first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years.
spoils system
The practice of giving supporters government jobs.
states rights
The rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Consitution
Nullification Act
An act passed by South Carolina that declared that the tariff of 1812 was unconstitutional
depression
A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises
frontier
A border; especially the border of an area of settlement; a line past which land is not settled
Worcester v Georgia
An 1832 Supreme Court ruling that proclaimed state laws do not apply within Native American territory
Indian Removal Act
A law passed by Congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where Native Americans living in existing states could be relocated
what and where was indian territory during the indian removal
A region set aside for the relocation of Native Americans, beginning with the Indian Removal Act, much of which later became part of the state Olkahoma
Trail of Tears
The forced migration of the Cherokee and other Native American groups from their southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River
why did jackson win the presidency
Jackson was voted because white men without property would be able to vote
He caused a spread of political power to more people known as the Jackson democracy
Effects of Jacksonian Democracy
His election marked a shift of political power to the west
Political parties grew
Ways Suffrage Increased under Jackson
-The regions grew more alike in their eagerness to expand voting rights to nearly all white men
- first states to give voting privileges to white males who did not own property were in West.
-In these states, any white man over 21 could vote.
-By 1840, voter turnout was nearly 80 percent.
limits on suffrage
Few states kept the requirement that only white male property owners were eligible to vote.
Majority of Native American’s women, African Americans, did not have the right to vote
canidates in 1824
John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford, Henry Clay
1824 outcome
Jackson won popular vote
There was no clear election outcome due to none of the candidates winning the majority vote (more than half the electoral votes)
House chose JQ Adams
corrupt bargain 1824
The House of Representation had to pick the President from the top 3 candidates.
Even though Clay was out of the running, he played an important role in influencing the results, urging the House to vote for Adams. Adams then won the Presidency and named Clay his secretary of states.
Jackson and the other candidate accused Adams and Clay of making a corrupt bargain.
causes of panic of 1837
Banked issued too many loans and investments
British pulled back on lending to the us due to their own economy
Speculators were borrowing more and more money to borrow and drove land prices up
Speculators rushed to banks to exchange paper money for gold and silver but banks did not have enough, leaving people to go broke
effects of panic of 1837
Led to a great depression that lasted 5 years
90% of American factories closed
Unemployment was widespread
Jackson’s opinion on the bank
Jackson believed the bank was a ploy for the rich and elite to control the country
Biddle’s opinion on the bank
The bank is necessary, without the bank everything would be chaos. (he was the president of the second bank)
