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17 Cards in this Set
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Election of 1824
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4 candidates
Jackson, Quincy Adams, Clay, Crawford no majority => House of reps |
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Corrupt Bargain
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As Speaker, Clay gave election to Quincy Adams, though Jackson had plurarity
Adams named Clay Sec. of State |
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Quincy Adams
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obnoxious
suspicious Federalist Activity blocked by Congress |
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Election of 1828
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Jackson won.
Beginning of the modern political party system. Mudslinging! |
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Jackson won
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First from the West
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"Spoils system"
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Jackson did not start it, but was criticized
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Jacksonian democracy now replaced Jeffersonian democracy
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Jeffersonian: middle/upper class educated property holders
Jacksonian: universal manhood suffrage |
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Indian Removal program
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Supreme Court protected NA in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worchester v. Georgia
Jackson ignored |
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Jackson killed the Second Bank of the US
and halted American system. |
Abused the veto
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Nullification
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Adams passed the Tariff of 1828. South hated it and used nullification. Jackson was all for states rights, but thought nullification was extreme
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Tariff of 1832
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South Carolina nullified it
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Specie Circular
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ended policy of selling land on credit: (must pay in gold/silver)
caused money shortage and economic hardship |
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Slavery controversy
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North: abolitionist on the right
South: slave revolts |
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Nat Turner's Rebellion
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Rallied a gang of blacks to kill whites
=> impact : slave codes |
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Election of 1836 - Martin Van Buren
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Whigs: anti-Jackson (government activism)
Democrats: Jackson |
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Panic of 1837
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van Buren favored hard (nonpaper) currency, exacerbating the situation
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Election of 1840 - Tippecanoe and Tyler too
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First Whig presidents
-Tyler was very states-righty, annoying people "president without a party" |
