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18 Cards in this Set
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1828 Presidential Election was between who? |
Andrew Jackson & John Q. Adams |
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What do Jacksonians calls themselves? |
Democrats |
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What do Adams group calls themselves ? |
National Republican |
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Who won the 1828 Presidential Election? |
Andrew Jackson |
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What were the reforms made by Andrew Jackson? |
1. Administration Reform 2. Bank / financial reform |
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Administration Reform |
- Dismissed senior dmfederal official - Appointed Friends - Spoils System : newly elected officials appoints loyal members of their own party to public office |
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Bank / financial Reform |
- Jackson destroyed Bank of the U.S - felt the bank helped few rich in the East at the expense of ppl in the west. - Bank applied for New Charter to replace old - Congress passed a bill granting the charter - Jackson vetoed & stop depositing government money in the Bank of the U.S (deposits instead in a few state banks) - Closure of Bank of the U.S |
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Why did the Whites coveted the land in Mississippi ? |
The land was suitable for growing cotton. |
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What happened to the Indians when Jackson passed "Indian Removal Act" of 1830? |
-Indians were transported to reservations - Indians gave 100million acres of good land, but received 30 million acres of bad land. - Some Indians resisted. |
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How did the Cherokee Indians resistated? |
-Drafted a constitution - Established a state within a state (Georgia) - Georgia did not recognize Cherokee Nation. - Jackson backed Georgia - Cherokee were forced to leave Georgia for Olkahama |
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What are the problems faced by Southerners? |
1. Competition of New fertile cotton land in the West. 2. Northerns criticism of slavery 3. Slavery problem - slaves bought freedom - slaves rebellion |
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How did the Southerners react when the new tariff law passed? |
(lower than desired by them) - view it as tyranny South Carolina - wanted to abolish the new traffis law. - wanted to secede from the Union (US) |
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What did South Carolina do when are warned by Jackson? |
Ignored the warning - passed a law to nullify the new tariff law. -authoritized the raising of an army. |
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How did Jackson respond with South Carolina's action? |
-threatened to use force on South Carolina |
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Why did South Carolina finally backed off? |
Did not get support from other Southern States |
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Jackson received support from who? |
Poor & Rich Esterners & Westerners Abolitionist & Slaveholders Minority Groups - Catholic , immigrant |
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What are Jackson's Opposition known as. |
Whigs |
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What happened in the 1840 Presidential Election? |
General WH Harrison (Whigs) won. Van Buren (Democrats) lost |
