Veritas Academy, part 1
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| 541660311 | corrupt bargain of 1824 | Clay makes a supposed deal with Adams. Adams would be president if Clay would drop out; Clay garners support in the House of Representatives for Adams, when Adams wins he gives Clay the position of Secretary of State. | |
| 541660312 | Henry Clay | Senator who persuaded Congress to accept the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Maine into the Union as a free state, and Missouri as a slave state | |
| 541660313 | Andrew Jackson | A distinguished war hero from the Battle of New Orleans and the 7th president of the US | |
| 541660314 | John C. Calhoun | vice president under both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson; he wrote Exposition and Protest and led the nullification fight in 1832 and 1833. As senator and vice president, he was the leading voice for southern states' rights from 1828 to 1850. | |
| 541660315 | John Q. Adams | The 6th president of the U.S.. He was not well liked because of the Corrupt Bargain of 1824. During his term, he mainly focused on the economy. | |
| 541660316 | Election of 1828 | Andrew Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams, 178 electoral college votes to 83 electoral college votes; marks the first success of the new national party system | |
| 541660317 | Spoils System | A system under Andrew Jackson in which political supporters would be rewarded with public office. | |
| 541660318 | Tariff of abominations | Name given to the 1828 tariff because of its serious negative impact on the South's economy, while benefiting Northern and Western industrial interests. Led to the nullification crisis. | |
| 541660319 | Nullification Crisis | Showdown between President Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature, which declared the 1832 tariff null and void in the state and threatened secession if the federal gov. tried to collect duties. It was resolved by a compromise negotiated by Henry Clay in 1833. | |
| 541660320 | Compromise tariff of 1833 | Passed as a measure to resolve the nullification crisis, it provided that tariffs be lowered gradually, over a period of ten years, to 1816 levels. | |
| 541660321 | Force Bill | Passed by Congress alongside the Compromise Tariff, it authorized the president to use the military to collect federal tariff duties. | |
| 541660322 | Indian removal act | Ordered the removal of Indian Tribes still residing east of the Mississippi to newly established Indian territory west of Arkansas and Missouri. Tribes resisting eviction were forcibly removed by American forces, often after prolonged legal or military battles. | |
| 541660323 | Trail of Tears | The tragic journey of the cherokee people from their home land to indian territory between 1838 and 1839, thousands of cherokees died. | |
| 541660324 | Black hawk war | Series of clashes in Illinois and Wisconsin between American forces and Indian chief Black Hawk of the Sauk and Fox tribes, who unsuccessfully tried to reclaim territory lost under the 1830 Indian Removal Act. |
