The Jacksonian Era Flashcards
Election of 1824- Results
Andrew Jackson won popular and electoral, but not a majority. House decided winner, JQA won
Election of 1824- Henry clay
Clay was out since he got the lowest votes, only top 3 went to house, supported JQA
Corrupt bargain
JQA made clay Secretary of State Jackson thought there was a corrupt bargain between the 2
Democratic republicans
Party split after 1824 into national republicans and democrats
Democrats
Jackson supporters
National republicans
JQA supporters
Election of 1828- candidates
JQA
Jackson
Mudslinging
Personal attacks
Difference between caucus and nominating convention
Caucus- meetings of political party leaders
Nominating convention-mass meetings
Suffrage
Right to vote in election
Election of 1828- Results
Jackson won
Old hickory
Jackson’s nickname used as a campaign
Spoils system
Rewarding supporters with jobs
Civil servant
Works for gov’t
Kitchen cabinet
Jackson didn’t rely on cabinet for advice, relied on friends, we’re called kitchen cabinet
Nullify
Amounting to nothing or having no value
Tariff of 1832
Tariff- tax on imported goods
North supported
South didn’t
Secession
South Carolina threatened to secede from us
States rights
Jackson thought tariffs violated states rights
John c Calhoun
Was jackson’s vp in first term, said that South Carolina would secede
Force bill
Jackson was allowed to use army to collect tariffs
Henry Clay Compromise Tariff
Passed a bill that lowered tariffs a lot
Bank of the U.S.
Partly owned by federal gov’t, they had monopoly
Nicholas Biddle
Ran federal bank, Jackson hated him