US History 5.7 and 6.1 Flashcards
Corrupt Bargain
Andrew Jackson received the most popular votes and the most electoral votes in the election of 1824 but He did not become president.
Andrew Jackson
- Served in: house of reps, senate , 7th US president
- vetoed the charter of the bank
- opposed the nullification issue in SC
- initiated spoils system
Panic of 1837
1.the worst Depression suffered by americans
2. many buisineses became bankrupt
Spoils system
- practice of the political party in power
- giving jobs and appointments to its supporters
- instead of people based on their qualifications
Nullification
a theory that states could nullify or void any federal law they deemed unconstitutional
Trail of tears
a forced march of the cherekee indians to move west of the mississippi
Indian removal Act
- allowed the federal government to negotiate land exchanges with the American indians in the southest
Tarriff of abominations
protective tarriff so names by its southern opponents
whigs
members of nationalist political party in opposition to the democrats
Caucus
closed meeting of party members for the purpose of choosing a candidate
Jacksonian Democracy
- AJ and his followers political philosophy
- Concerned with the interests of the common people and limiting the role of the federal government
John C. Calhoun
1.major American politition
2. served as VP and both houses of congress
3.secretary of state and war
4. established the second bank, permanent road system
Juniperro serra
Spanish Franciscan priest who helped establish 9 missions in the present-day state of California.
expansionist
people who favored territorial growth
manifest destiny
to refer to the belief that God wanted the United States to own all of North America
Santa Fe Trail
Welcomed by the Mexican officials, the traders launched a growing commerce
bank war
political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States
Martin Vari Buren
- 8th president
2.was innefective, currupt, and an aristocrat who threatened the republic
mountain men
The daring young American trappers who hunted for beaver pelts in the Rockies were called
oregon trail
A branch of this trail turned northwest at South Pass to reach Oregon Country.
brigham young
1.a brilliant organizer with a powerful will. 2.Convinced that the Mormons could not survive among hostile neighbors,
3. he organized an exodus
treaty of fort larame
bound the American Indians to territories away from the major trails
difficulties of oregon trail
-starvation
-long journey that was 2000 miles
-had to get across two mountain ranges (rockies and sierra nevada)
-had to overcome a dessert and dry plains
-disease: needed clean water for journey (cholera)
what did donner party do?
went off train, thought it was a shortcut, snow drifts, hundreds of feet- stuck there for the winter -lack of food-starvations /illnness-cannibalism
