Chapter 11

Question 0

Who were the candidates for election in the election of 1824?

Answer 0

• John Quincy Adams
• William H Crawford
• Andrew Jackson
• Henry Clay

Question 1

What do you know about the election of 1824?

Answer 1

• from 1816-1824 - one major political party
• in 1824, Monroe declined to run for 3rd term
• 4 different candidates decided to run (all had differing viewpoints)

Question 2

What do you know about John Quincy Adams?

Answer 2

• Son of John Adams

- popular w/merchants in NE

Question 3

What do you know about Andrew Jackson?

Answer 3

• hero of war of 1812
• born into poverty
• claimed to represent average americans

Question 4

What do you know about Henry Clay?

Answer 4

• speaker of the house

- leader of War Hawks

Question 5

Who won the election?

Answer 5

Jackson - he received most of the votes - no majority

-he ran w/ Calhoun against Adams and won

Question 6

What is the “corrupt bargain”?

Answer 6

• Henry Clay met w/John Quincy Adams and set up a plan
• proposed to use his influence to ensure Jackson would not be elected
• Clay would be secretary of state
• Adams won and Clay became secretary of state
• THIS WAS NEVER PROVEN

Question 7

What do you know about the Adams Presidency?

Answer 7

• worked to make his mark
• set forth legislation for improving roads and waterways
• also he requested funds for a Nat University and set up astronomical observatories and other scientific research

Question 8

How did people feel about the Adams presidency?

Answer 8

-the plan enraged many
-most wanted to limit power
-Adams wanted to expand power
congress approved the money for roads, rivers & harbors but nothing else

Question 9

What is plurity?

Answer 9

the largest share but not the majority

Question 10

By 1828 the republicans split into what two groups?

Answer 10

• democratic republicans

- national republicans

Question 11

Who were the democratic republicans?

Answer 11

Jackson

• small government
• more states rights
• supporters were immigrants, fronter, city workers

Question 12

Who were the National republicans?

Answer 12

Adams

• central government
• government projects
• supporters: merhants, farmers

Question 13

What did people think about John Quincy Adams?

Answer 13

• elitist who didn’t care about the common man
• accused -government funds (billard?)
• refused to attend inauguration
• joined in the mudslinging

Question 14

what is mudslinging?

Answer 14

insults in politics

Question 15

What did people think about Jackson?

Answer 15

-bad temper and violence
-accused of murdering 6 men
accused of stealing another man’s wife
-refused to meet with Adams

Question 16

What is propaganda?

Answer 16

• campaign slogans
• rallies
• buttons
• events like barbecues

Question 17

What happened at Jackson’s inauguration?

Answer 17

• thousands of “common folk” came to hear his speech
• crowd went to White House - trashed
• everyone was able to shake his hand

Question 18

What is Old Hickory?

Answer 18

• given to Jackson
• grew up in a log cabin
• tough, hickory stick
• relatable guy

Question 19

By 1828 how many states out of 24 allowed the people to choose presidential electors rather than state electors.

Answer 19

22 out or 24

Question 20

What is the spoils system?

Answer 20

Jackson fired many of the federal workers and replaced them with his supporters.
the practice of replacing government employees w/the winner
supporters.

Question 21

what is the electoral system?

Answer 21

• caucus system - candidates were chosen by members of congress
• they established nominating convention delegates to from states choose the party’s presidential candidate
• allowed more people to be involved in the choses.

Question 22

What is a tariff and who liked them?

Answer 22

a fee paid on imported goods
the North liked tariffs-encouraged americans to buy their goods
south didn’t like tariffs

Question 23

what did Calhoun and Jackson say about tariffs?

Answer 23

Calhoun: argued that states have the right to nullify a federal law that hurts that state since states created the federal gov
Jackson: country should remain united

Question 24

What did South Carolina do about tariffs?

Answer 24

SC passed the Nullification which said it would not pay the "illegal" tariffs of 1828 and 1832

Question 25

What was the bill that Jackson proposed regarding tariffs?

Answer 25

Jackson proposed a ill that gradually reduced the tariffs cost and had congress pass the "force bill" which gave him the power to use the military to enforce the acts of Congress.

Question 26

What was the conflict over land?

Answer 26

We expanded into Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chicksaw & Choctaw - had advanced farming societies - land was Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida

Question 27

Why moving?

Answer 27

- land west of the Mississippi was dry and seemed unsuitable for farming - asked to relocate NA

Question 28

What was Jackson's view regarding the NA

Answer 28

- supported the removal of NA | - promised it in the Inaugural Adress

Question 29

What was the Indian Removal Act?

Answer 29

- in 1830 Jackson pushed the IRA through congress - act allowed the federal gov to pay the NA to move west - most NA said it felt forced to agree to the treaty terms

Question 30

What did congress do in 1834 for the NA?

Answer 30

-created the IndianTerritory (Oklahoma) as a reserve

Question 31

What did the Cherokee do when congress created the Indian Territory?

Answer 31

- refused to leave - during the 1790's, treaties made w/the US recognized them as a separate nation - Georgia continued to attempt to kick them out-took it to court - Cherokee won in court - Jackson declared tat he would ignore the supreme court

Question 32

What is the Trail of Tears?

Answer 32

- by 1835, the Cherokee were divided - a small group of 500 were persuaded to sign the treaty which gave up their land - this was a legal document that was needed-jackson acted - the senate confirmed the treaty by 1 vote

Question 33

How did Clay and Webster feel about the treaty that led to the trail of tears?

Answer 33

Clay and Webster tried to stop it

Question 34

How many Cherokee refused to honor the treaty?

Answer 34

17,000

Question 35

what did the chief do about the treaty?

Answer 35

he wrote a letter to the US saying that the 500 who signed the treaty did not represent all the Cherokee

Question 36

What happened in the trail of tears?

Answer 36

- general ordered to expel-stepped down - General Winfield Scott took over & took 7,000 soldiers to invade land - Began march - About 2,000 died waiting in camps and more because of conditions

Question 37

Did the NA fight back?

Answer 37

many attempted to fight back - only successful group was the Seminole in Florida - we gave up

Question 38

After 1842, how many NA remained east of the Mississippi?

Answer 38

only a few scattered groups

Question 39

How many acres had the NA given up?

Answer 39

100 million acres of land for 68 million and 32 million acres West of the Mississippi

Question 40

What is the Bank Issue?

Answer 40

- Jackson believed that BOUS was corrupt and too powerful - he vetoed the renewal of the bank which made the issue of a bank a central issue at the next elections - he believed that the bank was unconstitutional even though the Supreme Court had already ruled on it - he ran for reelection w/the promise to kill the bank - Clay opposed him, thought americans would want it

Question 41

What happened in the Election of 1832

Answer 41

- Jackson's popularity won out and he was reeected | - he then closed the bank and put money in several state banks around the country

Question 42

Who ran for the democrats in 1836 and won?

Answer 42

Martin Van Buren | -he opposed a party called the Whigs (republicans)

Question 43

What is a depression?

Answer 43

a time when employment and business fall to a very low level

Question 44

What happened in the Panic of 1837?

Answer 44

- economic depression - land values dropped, investments declined, banks failed - farmers lost land - cities couldn't afford rent or food - Van Buren asked congress to create a federal treasury where federal money would be kept (this new treasury would ensure that panics like the one of 1837 wouldn't happen again)

Question 45

How did the Whigs take over?

Answer 45

- the democrats had held the white house for 12 years but w/depression Whigs could win - Nominated William Henry Harrison for president & John Tyler

Question 46

What was the campaign slogan for William Henry Harrison?

Answer 46

-Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!

Question 47

How did the Whigs campaign?

Answer 47

- tippecanoe & tyler too campaign slogan - Whigs adoped a log cabin as their symbol to appeal to laborers and farmers in the US - they attacked Van Buren for furnishing the white house nicely.