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AP US History
Question | Answer |
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How did politics change in mid-1820s | Political conflict seen as good, new political parties, cater to the common man |
Corrupt Bargain | Clay elected Adams to be president and few days later was appointed as secretary of state, some said he bribed into that position |
Why wasn't John Quincy Adams liked? | Disliked because of the "corrupt bargain" also disliked by insiders because he wouldn't do more corrupt deals |
What did Jacksons followers see him? | the saw him as a hero for the common man, a poor farmer |
Spoils System | the political supporters were rewarded positions in office |
Pros of high Tariffs | Protect against European goods competition, home industries were flushing |
Cons of high Tariffs | Raised process on Americans were raised |
South Carolina Exposition | Protest against the Taffif of Abomination, said it was unjust and unconstitutional |
what did compromise for taraffis did clay reach? | the great compromiser, reduced the tarrif by 10% |
Force Bill | passed by Jackson and congress, gave president right to use the army and navy to collect taxes if needed |
Worcester vs. Georgia | recognizes the right of the natives, however Jackson doesn't care and takes them out of thier land |
Trail of Tears/Indian removal act | transport Indians to west of Mississippi river, many died on the way over |
Mculloch vs. Maryland | An attempt by Maryland to destroy a branch of the bank of the US by imposing tax. Outcome:only congress is allowed to impose tax |
Deism | reason rather than revelation, science rather than the bible, they did believe in a higher power who created everything |
why were Mormons persecuted | believed in polygamy |
problems with public education | small school houses, too many grades in one room, school teachers were ill-trained |
cult of domesticity | women were forced to stay home and not work |
Seneca Falls Convention | proposed a declaration that men and women were created equal |
William Harrison term | his term was short because he died quickly of pneumonia |
John Tyler (democratic tendencies) | only a whig because he hated jackson, aganist everything whigs stood for (pro-bank, pro-tarrifs, pro-internal imporovements) |
Webster-Ashburton Treaty | negotitates the Maine border, britian got less land, but won a desired route |
Manifest Destiny | the people feeling a mission to expand because God wanted them to |
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | America gained Texas, more land in Oregon, and california,& claims, for 15 million |