test 4 Flashcards
plan to strengthen and unify the nation by reestablishing the us bank, protective tariff of 24%, state pays for their own expense; unsuccessful
clay’s american system
spain gives US all of florida, US gives up part of TX
adams deonis treaty
Missouri wants to become slave state, maine becomes free state; line at 36’30-anything below is slave state
missouri compromise
upheld use of elastic clause; states cannot tax federal property or institutions
mcculloch vs. maryland
western hemisphere no longer open for colonization; any west affairs would be considered threat; europe won’t bother us
monroe doctrine
henry clay makes john q. adams president if clay is secretary of state
corrupt bargain
same as jeffersons
jackson’s political philosophy
reward political supporters with jobs; winning party rewards its campaign workers by appointment to gov. posts
spoils system
states had the right to nullify federal laws if they were deemed unconstitutional
nullification
margaret oneill slept with eaton before here ex died; scandalized by vice president calhoun’s wife; jackson defended eaton and calhoun resigned
eaton affair
case filed by cherokee to be excluded from georgia’s hateful laws; us supreme court ruled no original jurisdiction
cherokee nation vs. georgia
andrew jackson moved all indians westward; trail of tears to oklahoma; went from 12000 indians to 8000
indian removal act 1830
president of bank of US; he wanted to get jackson out by rechartering the bank but didn’t work
nicholas biddle
third party developed on the federal level; attempt to take down masons; formed when william morgan disappeared after writing book about mason secrets
anti-masonic party
andrew jackson pulled out all funds from the second bank of US and distributed it to state banks; money wasted,first national debt
pet banks
made up of anti-jacksons, anti-masons, state rights advocate, and supporters of clays american system; wanted to recharter bank; unsuccessful
whig party
god given right to move west to pacific ocean
manifest destiny
you must adopt catholicism & swear allegiance to crown
immigration to texas
under 200 texas soldiers between 4000-5000 mexican soldiers; sam houston didn’t send troops, all got slaughtered
alamo
birthplace of texas liberty; 18 minute battle complete victory for texas; secured independence
victory of san jacinto
field hens (lowest); 2nd tier(craftmen); top tier(cooks/house)
slavery in the south
4.5 million slaves in 1860; cotton more than half of US exports; south provided 3/4 of worlds cotton
cotton & southern economy
a slave that organized a slave insurrection; fellow slaves told on him; hung him
denmark vesey