a person who believes in the equality of all people | ||
The transition to a more democratic political regime. | ||
French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859) | ||
a political order resting on the emergence of mass political parties | ||
a radical group endeavouring to contribute to worldwide proletarian social revolution | ||
United States politician and orator (1782-1817) | ||
Former peoples party | ||
Leaders of political machines that bribed citizens in order to receive votes | ||
8th President of the United States (1782-1862) | ||
War that was fought in 1832 in the Midwestern United States. | ||
The Suprem Court under Chief Justice John Marshall | ||
the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole | ||
an Indian nation that developed their own written language,converted to Christianity, developed their own system of government, and considered agriculture their career. | ||
Path followed by Cherokees when they were forced off their lands | ||
An act to provide for an exchange of lands with lands further west; the Indians were forced to | ||
The region that covers what is now Oklahoma and parts of kansas and Nebraska. | ||
Elegation of Cherokee led by Chief John Ross selected William Wirt, attorney general in the Monroe and Adams administrations, on the urging of Senators Daniel Webster and Theodore Frelinghuysen to defend Cherokee rights before the U.S. Supreme Court | ||
Supreme Court case against Georgia | ||
conflict that began in Florida in 1817 when the Seminoles resisted removal | ||
a war chief of the Seminole in Florida. | ||
Jackson was determined to destroy the Bank of the United States because he thought it was too powerful. He felt the Bank was unconstitutional and only benefited the rich. | ||
Opposition party to Jackson and Democrats, led by Clay and Webster | ||
President Andrew Jackson vetoed a bill which would allow the Federal government to purchase stock in the Maysville, Washington, Paris, and Lexington Turnpike Road Company | ||
Banker who originally won the charter from Monroe but then lost it to Jackson's attacks | ||
Paper money/ Gold | ||
the twelfth United States Attorney General. He also was the fifth Chief Justice of the United States, holding that office from 1836 until his death in 1864, and was the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. | ||
The case settled a dispute over the constitutional clause regarding obligation of contract. | ||
any of various card games based on whist for four players | ||
the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power | ||
A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. | ||
a meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates | ||
political philosopher from south carolina. Advocate for states rights, limited gvt and nullification. 1st vp that was a US citizen, 7th vp under adams and jackson. served as a house of rep secretary of war and state. | ||
the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress | ||
a government tax on imports or exports | ||
Tariif that southern detractors hated because of the effects it had on the Antebellum Southern economy. | ||
Wanted to succeed | ||
Arguing about moving west | ||
Also the "Petticoat affair", polarizes white house women and moves Calhoun out of Jackson's favor | ||
"Old Bullion" a U.S. Seanator from Missouri | ||
The Great Compromiser | ||
uncorrupted by the influences of civilization/ Someone who is | ||
Nickname for Andrew Jackson | ||
Political party formed in 1834 to oppose policies of Andrew Jackson | ||
The people and interest that political officers represent. | ||
These opponents came together to form a political party after the Morgan affair convinced them the Masons were murdering their opponents. | ||
Henry Clay from Kentucky (represented the west), John C. Calhoun from South Carolina (represented the south), Daniel Webster from Massachusetts (represented the north). Guided Congress for almost 50 years. Were all in the Senate. | ||
9th President of the United States | ||
United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American history (1861-1951) | ||
Major economic depression lasting about six years; touched off by a British financial crisis and made worse by falling cotton prices, credit and currency problems, and speculation in land, canals, and railroads | ||
State banks often run by Jackson supporters | ||
an executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver.[1] | ||
name given to William Henry Harrison's campaign for the presidency in 1840, from the Whigs use of a log cabin as their symbol | ||
William Henry Harrison's Nickname | ||
elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the United States when Harrison died (1790-1862) | ||
A group of Canadian malcontents determined to free Canada from British rule | ||
an undeclared (and ultimately bloodless) confrontation in 1838-39 between the United States and Great Britain over the international boundary between British North America (Canada) and Maine | ||
signed August 9, 1842 a treaty resolving several border issues between the United States and the British North American colonies, particularly a dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border. | ||
an American statesman and diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. | ||
Treaty that extended to the United States trading privileges equal to those enjoyed by Britain. In particular, this agreement opened certain Chinese "treaty ports" and provided "extraterritorial status" to Americans in China. | ||
debate in the U.S. between Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Senator Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina that took place on January 19-27, 1830 regarding protectionist tariffs. |
Chapter 9-Jacksonian America
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