AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 10 The Age of Jackson, 1824-1844
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| 5447646421 | Indian Removal Act | In 1830, this act forced the resettlement of thousands of Native Americans west of the Mississippi. (p. 195) |  | 0 |
| 5447646422 | Cherokee Nation v. Georgia | The Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokees were not a foreign nation with the right to sue in a federal court. (p. 195) |  | 1 |
| 5447646423 | Worcester v. Georgia | High court ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force within the boundaries of Cherokee territory. However Jackson sided with Georgia and the decision was not enforced. (p 196) |  | 2 |
| 5447646424 | Cherokee trail of tears | In 1838 the U.S. Army forced 15,000 Cherokees to leave Georgia and move to Oklahoma. 4,000 Cherokees died on the march. (p. 196) |  | 3 |
| 5447646425 | Bank of the United States | President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bank-recharter bill, denouncing the bank as a private monopoly that enriched the wealthy and foreigners. (p. 197) |  | 4 |
| 5447646426 | Nicholas Biddle | President of the Bank of the United States. (p. 197) |  | 5 |
| 5447646427 | Roger Taney | Secretary of Treasury, he transferred funds from the Bank of the United States to various state banks. (p. 198) |  | 6 |
| 5447646429 | Specie Circular | To check inflationary Jackson issued a presidential order that required all future purchases of federal lands be made with gold or silver rather than in paper bank notes. (p. 198) |  | 7 |
| 5447646430 | Panic of 1837 | Just as Martin Van Buren became the president the country suffered a financial panic as many banks closed their doors. (p. 199) |  | 8 |
| 5447646431 | Martin Van Buren | He won the 1836 presidential election as a Democratic. He had been Andrew Jackson's vice president. (p. 198) |  | 9 |
| 5447646432 | common man | A self-made man | 10 | |
| 5447646433 | universal white male sufferage | New western states adopted state constitutions that allowed all white males to vote and hold office. (p. 192) |  | 11 |
| 5447646434 | party nominating convention | In the 1830 caucuses were replaced by this public process of nominating candidates in a large hall. (p. 192) |  | 12 |
| 5447646435 | King Caucus | A closed door meeting of political party's leaders in Congress that nominated candidates. (p. 192) |  | 13 |
| 5447646436 | popular election of president | In the 1832 presidential election all states except South Carolina allowed voters to choose their state's slate of presidential electors. (p. 192) | 14 | |
| 5447646437 | Anti-Masonic Party | A political party that attacked the secret societies of Masons and accused them of belonging to a privileged, anti democratic elite. (p. 192) |  | 15 |
| 5447646438 | Workingmen's Party | A political party that was not as large as the Democrat or Whig party. (p. 192) | 16 | |
| 5447646439 | popular campaigning | Campaigns of the 1830s and 1840s featured parades and large rallies with free food and drink. (p. 193) | 17 | |
| 5447646440 | spoils system | Andrew Jackson appointed people to federal jobs strictly according to whether they had campaigned for the Demo. Previous office holders were fired and replaced with a loyal Democrat. (p. 193) | 18 | |
| 5447646441 | rotation in office | Andrew Jackson's policy of limiting a person to one term in office so he could then appoint a Democrat to replace them. (p. 193) | 19 | |
| 5447646442 | John Quincy Adams | In the 1824 he was elected president. Henry Clay used his influence in the House to provide him with enough votes to win the election. Clay was made Secretary of State. (p. 194) |  | 20 |
| 5447646443 | Henry Clay | He was Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams. He was Andrew Jackson's chief opponent. In 1832 he challenged Jackson by persuading Congress to pass a bank-recharter bill. (p. 197) |  | 21 |
| 5447646444 | corrupt bargain | The term that Andrew Jackson and followers called the Adams and Clay deal of the 1824 election. The House of Representatives had to choose the president and Henry Clay used his influence have John Quincy Adams elected. (p. 194) |  | 22 |
| 5447646445 | Tariff of 1828; Tariff of Abominations | In 1828, during Adams' term, Congress created a new tariff law which made northern manufacturers happy, but alienated southern planters. (p. 194) |  | 23 |
| 5447646446 | Revolution of 1828 | Andrew Jackson became president after a mudslinging campaign. Jackson was a champion of the working class and middle class (common man). p. 195) |  | 24 |
| 5447646447 | Andrew Jackson | In the Revolution of 1828 he won the presidential election handily, winning every state west of the Appalachians. He was know as "Old Hickory" and presented himself as a comman man. (p. 195) |  | 25 |
| 5447646451 | nullification crisis | In 1832 South Carolina passed a resolution forbidding the collection of tariffs in the state, which was nullifying a federal law at the state level. President Jackson threatened use of federal troops and a compromise was reached. (p. 197) |  | 26 |
| 5447646452 | Webster-Hayne Debate | In 1830 Daniel Webster of Massachusetts debated Robert Hayne of South Carolina on the nature of the federal union. Webster declared that a state could not defy or leave the union. (p. 196) |  | 27 |
| 5447646453 | John C. Calhoun | Andrew Jackson's vice president. He advanced the nullification theory, each state had the right to declare a federal law null and void. (p. 196) |  | 28 |
| 5447646454 | Proclamation to the People of South Carolina | President Jackson's edict stating nullification and disunion were treason. (p. 197) | 29 | |
| 5447646455 | two-party system | Supporters of Andrew Jackson were Democrats, while supporters of Henry Clay were Whigs. (p. 197) | 30 | |
| 5447646456 | Democrats | This party were supporters of Andrew Jackson and similar to old Republican party of Thomas Jefferson. (p. 197) |  | 31 |
| 5447646457 | Whigs | This party were supporters of Henry Clay and similar to old Federalist party of Hamilton. (p. 197) |  | 32 |
| 5447646458 | log Cabin and hard cider campaign | In 1840 presidential election the Whigs with popular war hero William Henry Harrison as their candidate used log cabins and hard cider to portray his down-home heritage. They attacked Martin Van Buren as an aristocrat. Harrison and John Tyler, the vice president won the elction. (p. 199) |  | 33 |
