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35 Cards in this Set
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What was the corrupt bargin?
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When Adam's won as president because he was hand picked by Clay who was thown out of the election. And since Clay disliked Jackson, he chose Adams.
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What happend to Clay after Adams was elected?
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He was promoted to Speaker of the House.
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Which canidate appear as a "small farmer" and a common man that appealed to the Southern states?
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Jackson
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Who had the lowest number of votes in the election of 1824 and was thus eliminated?
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Clay
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What was unusual about Adams winning?
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That he was one of the least popular canidates and three days after election Adams appointed Clay as Speaker of the Housee.
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Was Adams considered a sucessful president? Why or why not?
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No because he was an "in the closet" thinker and people disliked him and would trust him because of the "corrupt bargin"
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Who's nickname was "Old Hickory?"
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Jackson
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What was it called when the Presidental canidates were speading rumors and talking bad about one and other before the election?
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Mudslinging
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Who was Jackson's wife that thought her divorce was finalized when she married Jackson?
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Rachel Robards
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How did Jackson potray Adams as a bad and untrustworthy person?
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His wife was accussed as an adultress and mother a prostitute. Also Jackson said that he bought "gambling furniture" for the White House
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Why did Jackson appeal to the small land farmers?
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Because he appeared himself as a small land farmer when really he owned a large plantation with hundreds of slaves.
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What was the "inaurgural brawl?"
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When all of the Hickoryites poured into the offices and came to support Jackson
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Why was Jackson the man of the people?
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He came off as the common man, who didn't go to college, worked on a a farm and had traveled West.
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What is the spoils system?
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Rewarding political supporters with pulic office.
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Why did Jackson use the spoils system?
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He tried to diminish the appearence of class and believed that everyone was equal. He also thought that the generations should change with the president.
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Why did the South not like the Tarriff of abominations?
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Because the boom of manufacturing and population was only happening in the North, the South was being hurt from the higher prices of goods.
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Who led the slave the rebellion in the South after the Missouri Compromise was passed?
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Denmark Vesey
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Why did the tariffs of 1828 pass?
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To insure that people still purchased goods from the United States and did not buy imported goods.
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Who were the Nullies?
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They were the people trying to get 2/3 vote for nullification of Tarrifs in South Carolina.
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What was Clay's view of the Nullification?
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Clay wanted to abolish to tariffs, but since he did not want to agree with his enemy Jackson, he voted for compromise.
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What bill claimed the right to use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties if necessary?
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The Force Bill
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Who created their own small community within Georgia and had their own constitution?
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Cherokee Indians
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What was the tariff of 1833?
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The compromise on the Nullification Crisis.
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What were the Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Seminoles called?
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Five Civilized Tribes.
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What was the Indian Removal Act?
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Act that moved all indians living east of the Mississppi into new area called Indian Territory.
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What was the journey called that all Indians had to make because of the Indian Removal Act.
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The trail of tears
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What was Indian Territory?
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Around the Oklahoma area in which Indians were supposedly free from white encroachments.
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What did the Bureau of Indian Affaris do?
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Administer realations with the American's original inhabitants.
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Where did the Seminole indians go?
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They left with the runaway black slaves and headed down into the Everglades.
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What seemed unfair about the Cherokee tribe?
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Jackson denied the courts ruling because he wanted Indian land for the white settlers.
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What was the Bank of the United States?
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A bank that was only a private institution, not for the people that was suppose to, but to money investors.
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Who was Nicholas Biddle?
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President of the Bank of the U.S.
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Why was Nicholas Biddle called "Czar Nicholas I?"
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Because he had way too much power, some illegal, that he held over financial affairs.
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Who were the Anti-Masonics?
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Party that did not like the influence and fearsome secrecy of the masonic party.
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What was unique about the election of 1832?
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There was a thrid party and National Convention was held to find canidates.
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