apush, chapter 13
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| 238417200 | corrupt bargain | alleged deal between presidential candidates John Quincy Adams and Henry clay to throw the election, to be decided by the House of Representatives, in Adam's favor | |
| 238417201 | spoils system | policy of rewarding political supporters with public office, ANDREW JACKSON, helped cement party loyalty | |
| 238417202 | Tariff of Abominations (1828) | High duties on imports- Southerners opposed, forced to pay higher prices for manufactures- meant to protect | |
| 238417203 | Nullification Crisis | South Carolina legislature declared 1832 tariff null and void and threatened secession if federal government tried to collect duties. Resolved by compromise negotiated by Henry Clay. | |
| 238417204 | compromise Tariff of 1833 | to resolve nullification crisis- tariffs be lowered gradually over a period of ten years | |
| 238417205 | Force Bill (1833) | Passed with Compromise Tariff- president can use military to collect federal tariff duties | |
| 238417206 | Indian Removal Act (1830) | Jackson ordered removal of Indian Tribes east of the Mississippi to new Indian Territory werst of Arkansas and Missouri. Tribes that resisted were met with military force. | |
| 238417207 | Trail of Tears | forced march of 15,000 Cherokee Indians from Georgia and Alabama to Indian Territory. Over 4,000 died. | |
| 238417208 | Bank War (1832) | Jackson v. Bank of United States over bank's renewal. Jackson vetoed Bank Bill, arguing the bank favored moneyed interests at the expense of western farmers | |
| 238417209 | Anti-Masonic party | Party against the politically influential Masonic order- secret society. Opposed Andrew Jackson | |
| 238417210 | pet banks | pro-Jackson state banks that received the bulk of federal deposits when Jackson moved to dismantle the Bank of the United States | |
| 238417211 | Specie Circular | U.S. Treasury decree requiring that all public lands be purchased with "hard" currency- all small state banks had previously flooded market with unreliable paper currency | |
| 238417212 | panic of 1837 | economic crisis triggered by bank failures, elevated grain prices, and Jackson's efforts to curb overspeculation on western lands and transportation improvements---- Buren made "Divorce Bill" that pulled treasury funds out of banking system | |
| 238417213 | Alamo | Fortress in Texas where four hundred American colunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836 | |
| 238417214 | Goliad | Texas outpost where American surrenderes were massacred by Mexian forces in 1836 | |
| 238417215 | Battle of San Jacinto | resulted in capture of Santa Anna, who was forced to withdraw his troops from Texas and recognize the Rio Grande as TExas's Southwestern border | |
| 238417216 | Black Hawk War | series of clashes in Illinois and Wisconsin between American forces and Indian chief Black Hawk who tried to reclaim territory they lost under the Indian Removal Act |
