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| Who were the candidates in teh 1824 election? | Adams, Clay,Jackson, and Crawford |
| Who won the popular election in 1824? | Jackson |
| Which two candidates were from the West? | Jackson and Clay |
| When no one wins the election, who choses the President? | House of Representatives |
| What was the corrupt bargain? | Clay, who was speaker of the house, got the House to vote for Adams and then Adams made him Secretary of State |
| What does suffrage mean? | the right to vote |
| People who supported Adams and his programs became known as what? | Whigs or National Republicans |
| People who supported Jackson became known as _____. | Democrats |
| Today's Democratic Party traces its roots to which President? | Andrew Jackson |
| A political meeting that is used to pick political candidates is known as a _________. | Caucus |
| What new method was introduced to elect presidential candidates? | nominating convention |
| What was the Spoils System? | When Jackson gave government jobs to people who had supported his campaign and helped him get elected. |
| The cabinet that Jackson relied on was called the ______ cabinet. | kitchen |
| How did the Whigs try and win the election of 1832? | They made the National Bank an issue- even thought the charter was not up for another 4 years. |
| How did the Whigs think they would gain votes? | Jackson disliked the band and the Whigs believed most Americans supported the bank. If Jackson vetoed it, it would upset many Americans. |
| How did the Bank issue come out? | Jackson did veto it and became a hero and won re-election. He said it was uncontitutional and only the states could set up a bank. |
| Banks that Jackson put government money into were called ______. | pet banks |
| What is a tariff? | a tax on foreign goods entering the United States. |
| What was the Nullification Act? | South Carolina declared the tariff illegal and said they could nullify a law within their borders. |
| What was the Compromise tariff? | when the government loweed the tariff to try and get South Carolina to pay it. |
| To withdraw from the Union is called ______. | Secede |
| Congress passed the Force Bill, what was it? | It said the government would use force to get South Carolina to pay the tariff. |
| How did the Nullification Crisis end? | South Carolina repealed the Nullification Act, but nullified the Force Bill. |
| Who won the case of Worcester vs. Georgia? | The Cherokee Nation |
| What did Andrew Jackson say about the decision? | John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it. |
| What was the Act passed by Jackson that forced Native Americans off their land? | Indian Removal Act. |
| What was the Trail of Tears? | When the Seminole Indians were moved from Georgia to Oklahoma. |
| What was the Seminole War? | When the Sminole Indians, led by Chief Oseola, were defeated and foced to leave Florida. |
| What caused the Panic of 1837? | Man banks loaned out too much money to speculators to buy land. |
| How did Jackson try and control how much money banks loaned out? | He made the banks pay for it in gold or silver. |
| What is an economic depression? | A period of economic decline when many businesses fail and people lose their jobs. |
| What is laissez faire? | The economic belief that government should stay out of politics. |
| Which President took most of the blame for this economic depression? | Martin Van Buren |
| Who was the Whig candidate in 1840? | William Henry Harrison |
| Why was the election of 1840 different from previous elections? | Use of campaign slogans, parades, candidates traveled the country greeting voters and making speeches, they also engaged in mudslinging. |
| What was unusual about Harrison's inauguration? | He didn't wear a coat, caught pneumonia, and died just after a few weeks in office. |
| Who became President when Harrison died? | John Tyler |
