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Which political party got its start in 1828 (even though it is not formally created until the 1830s)? |
Democratic |
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Which party was equally vigorous in opposition to the political party discussed in #1? |
Whigs |
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Why did the political party in #2 name themselves that particular name? |
After the nickname for the rebels during the American Revolution |
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Name the four presidential candidates which ran for the presidency in 1824? |
John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, Andrew Jackson |
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What was unique about the vice-presidential candidate for both John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson? |
John C. Calhoun switch from being JQA to Andrew Jackson’s VP |
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Which amendment created in 1804 established the policy of placing the VP and President on the same ballot (means that electors vote for both Pres/VP at the same time)? |
12th amendment |
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Why was Henry Clay eliminated as a Presidential hopeful when the election of 1824 went to the House of Representatives? What position did Henry Clay hold in 1824? |
He was fourth runner up (top three); speaker of the house (home field advantage) |
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Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824, but failed to receive the majority needed to win the presidency? |
Andrew Jackson |
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Which two people were involved in the “Corrupt Bargain”? |
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay |
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What position concerning the “corrupt bargain” was supposedly traded in exchange for the presidency? Why was it important? |
Secretary of state; seen as the stepping stone to the presidency |
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What problem did John Quincy Adams’s close friends have with his type of Presidential administration? |
He only removed twelve public servants from the federal payroll and failed to promote party workers to political offices (didn’t take advantage of the patronage system that Andrew Jackson will do in the next election). |
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In the 1820s much of the nation was turning away from Ghent nationalism to what type of ideology? |
States’ rights and sectionalism (caused by tariffs and slavery) |
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What was meant by the term Ghent nationalism? |
How the treaty from the War of 1812 caused the US to think of its self as a great nation |
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What did John Quincy Adams accomplish in his one term as US President? |
Not much, he favored Henry Clay’s American System, but Congress blocked most of his ideas. He did reduce the debt of the US from 16 million to 5 million which was paid off during Jackson’s Presidency. |
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Who will win the Presidency overwhelmingly in the Election of 1828? |
Andrew Jackson |
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Who was known as “The Hero” in the early and mid 19th Century? Why? |
Andrew Jackson; Battle of New Orleans |
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Which state had the most electoral votes in the 1828 Presidential election? What does that say about that State’s population? |
New York; largest population in 1828 |
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What event will lead Andrew Jackson to distrust and mostly ignore the press during his two-terms as president? (not in book) |
The printing of news articles saying his wife was an bigamist (she married Andrew Jackson before divorcing her first husband – but she didn’t think she was still married). Rachel Jackson then dies before Andrew Jackson is sworn in as President and he holds a grudge like no other against the press. |
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Who was Jackson’s VP candidate in the 1828 election? |
John C. Calhoun |
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What event will convince Jackson to distrust his Vice President so much that he chose Martin Van Buren to run with him in the Presidential election of 1832? (Not in book) |
Peggy Eaton Affair (Petticoat affair)—John C. Calhoun (VP) and other cabinet members would not invite Peggy Eaton to White House affairs because of her scandalous marriage to John Easton (Sec. of War). She didn’t give enough morning time after the passing of her 1st husband before marrying John Eaton. Jackson hated this and Martin Van Buren was the only cabinet member to side with Jackson (reason he’ll become VP in 1832). |
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In what year was the first formal party convention to nominate a President? Who was the candidate? |
1832; Andrew Jackson |
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What was the nickname of Jackson’s mansion near Nashville, Tennessee? |
The Hermitage |
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What was the name of Andrew Jackson’s unofficial cabinet (made up of his friends)? Why did he feel the need to have this cabinet? |
Kitchen cabinet; He knew that the US Senate would not confirm who he wanted as his “official” appointments, so he went around the system by meeting with his friends in the White House Kitchen. |
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What is political patronage? |
Appointing your friends to governmental positions of power. |
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What president will end political patronage in 1883 with the Pendleton Act? (late 1800s—after an assassination) |
Chester A. Arthur |
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What were some of the negative consequences caused by American tariffs? |
Drove up prices for all Americans and invited retaliatory tariffs on American agricultural exports |
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This tariff will be considered the “Tariff of Abominations”. |
Tariff of 1828 |
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Why did the South call the tariff the “Yankee tariff”? |
The tariff helped to bolster New England manufacturing industries and caused other nations to implement higher tariffs against agriculture—especially cotton. |
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Whose former plantation is now the site of Clemson University? |
John C. Calhoun's |
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What aborted slave rebellion took place in Charleston in 1822 (slaves last name)? |
Denmark Vesey rebellion |
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What were the “Nullies” attempting to do? |
Try and nullify federal acts (tariffs) |
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What did the “Nullies” wear in support of South Carolina? |
Palmetto ribbons—Palmetto State |
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What was Andrew Jackson’s response to South Carolina’s nullification policy? |
He said that he would lead forces to invade the state and have the nullifiers hanged. Including hanging John C. Calhoun from the first tree he finds. |
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It was in this year that a mildly protective tariff was implemented. |
1816 |
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What did the compromise tariff of 1833 do for tariffs? Who was the father of the compromise? |
Reduced gradually tariffs by about 10 percent over a period of eight years; Henry Clay |
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These two Indian cases came before the Supreme Court concerning the Cherokees? |
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worchester v Georgia |
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What was unique about the removing of the “savage” Cherokee people? |
They were possibly the most civilized of the 5 most “civilized” tribes. |
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What is Jackson’s reaction to the Supreme Court agreeing that the Cherokees should not be removed from their land? |
“John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it.” |
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Why did Andrew Jackson want the Indians removed from Georgia? What Bureau was established in 1836 to administer relations with America’s original inhabitants? |
He did not want a nation to live independent within another nation; Bureau of Indian Affairs |
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Where will the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles be moved to, in order to be “permanently” free from white encroachment? What is the name of the famous trail that the American Indians were moved along? |
Oklahoma territory; Trail of Tears (4,000 est. of 16K died) |
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What Indian war of 1832 will Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln be together involved in? |
Black Hawk War |
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During this Indian war lasted for seven years with Indians and runaway black slaves used guerrilla war tactics in the swampy Everglades of Florida? |
Seminole War |
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This war involving Andrew Jackson was “fought” with Nicholas Biddle? |
The Bank War |
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Why did Andrew Jackson feel that the National bank was a threat? |
Held too much power and ability to control funds |
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What will Jackson do more than any president up to that point in American history—including the rechartering of the Bank of the US bill? |
Veto legislation |
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What will be the first third party in US presidential history? |
Anti-masonic |
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Who did Andrew Jackson defeat in the Presidential election of 1832 by a landslide? |
Henry Clay (3X loser as a presidential candidate) |
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What did Andrew Jackson do in 1833 trying to bury the Bank of the US for good? |
Removed the federal deposits from its vaults and placed them in his “pet banks” |
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What happens to the buying power of paper money when a “wildcat” bank prints off a large amount of currency? |
Causes inflation and a devaluation of the paper money |
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How did Jackson try and counteract the inflationary problems caused by “wildcat” banks? |
Issued the Specie Circular—a decree that required all public lands to be purchases with “hard”, or metallic money. BIG MISTAKE |
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What opposition party will be given rise during the Jacksonian period? |
Whigs |
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What hand-picked candidate will run on the Democratic ticket of 1836—and win? |
Martin Van Buren |
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What were the causes of the Panic of 1837? What nickname will be given to the President because of the Panic of 1837? |
Rampant speculation prompted by a mania of get-rich quick schemes. Gamblers in western lands. Fight over the bank war and crop failures; Martin Van Ruin |
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What current system controls the US money supply and interest rates? |
Federal Reserve System |
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What two things must new families moving to Texas in 1823 do to make Mexico happy? |
Accept the Roman Catholic Church and become properly a citizen of Mexico. |
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These two famous setters of Texas will be killed at the Alamo by Santa Anna’s forces? |
Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie |
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What man became the chief leader and hero of Texas rebels and will defeat Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto? |
Sam Houston |
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What is the name given to Mexican residents of Texas? |
Tejanos |
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This presidential candidate was known as the “Farmer of North Bend” who had been called from his cabin and his plow to drive the corrupt Jackson spoilsmen from the “presidential palace” in 1840. |
William Henry Harrison |
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What was unique about Harrison’s presidential tenure? |
Shortest at 1 month (died of pneumonia after giving the longest inaugural speech in US History) |
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What was the campaign slogan of 1840 for the Whig party? |
“Tippecanoe, and Tyler too.” |
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What two parties made up the “two-party” system in the Presidential election of 1840? |
Democrats and Whigs |
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William Henry Harrison was from the FFV’s. What was the FFV’s? |
First Families of Virginia |
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This author saw the conquering of the western frontier as a great democratic virtue and he hailed Jackson as a true hero. |
Frederick Jackson Turner |
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Place the following in Chronological Order: Cherokee “Trail of Tears”, Indian Removal Act, Bank of the US expires, Tariff of Abominations, Vesey slave conspiracy, Jackson defeats Clay, House elects John Quincy Adams |
Vesey slave conspiracy, House elects John Quincy Adams, Tariff of Abominations, Indian Removal Act, Jackson defeats Clay, Bank of the United States expires, Cherokee Indians removed on “Trail of Tears” |
