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Jackson Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Election of 1824 | Election between Adam,Clay,Jackson,Crawford; House of Representatives chose the winner; no candidate received a majority of the votes. |
Election of 1828 | Rematch between Jackson and Adams; Jackson elected the 7th president. |
Electoral Vote | Number of votes that determines the president;must be a majority or one more than half. |
Corrupt Bargain | Agreement between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay in which Adams won the Election of 1824; Clay then became his secretary of state. |
John Quincy Adams | Monroe's secretary of State; 6th US president, winner of the Election of 1824 |
Henry Clay | John Quincy Adams' Secretary of State, worked out a compromise tariff in 1832; leader of the Whig Party. |
Andrew Jackson | Represented the common man and considered the "People's President" |
Andrew Jackson | 7th President; from Tennessee, winner of the Election of 1828;served two terms. |
Gibbons v. Ogden | court case in which John Marshall ruled only the federal government has the power to regulate interstate commerce. |
McCulloch v. Maryland | court case in which Marshall ruled a national bank was constitutional and that a state could not tax the bank. |
Supremacy Clause | Part of the Constitution that states the Constitution is the supreme law of the land; makes the federal government more powerful than the states. |
Necessary and Proper | Clause of Constitution that says Congress can do anything it needs to carry out its power. |
Worcester v. Georgia | court case in which the Cherokee won the right to stay on their land. |
Interstate commerce | trade between the states. |
implied powers | powers not specifically given to Congress; part of the necessary and proper clause. |
Federalism | Principle in which the power is shared between a national government and the state governments. |
Reinforce | to strengthen or support with additional material. |
Electoral COllege | group that chooses the president of the United States. |
Electors | a member of the Electoral College |
Supreme Court | Highest court in the United states; 9 justices including a Chief Justice. |
House of Representatives | Part of Congress that impeaches the president, passes revenue bills and chooses the president if no candidate gets a majority of electoral votes. |
John C. Calhoun | Jackson's first vice-president but resigned; argued in favor of states from South Carolina. |
Ensure | To make certain that something will happen. |
Popular vote | the number of people that vote for a presidential candidate; doesn't choose the president. |
Tariff | tax on imported goods; favored by the North; opposed by the South |
Nullification Crisis | Situation in Jackson's presidency when South Carolina refused to follow the Tariff of 1828; resolved by Henry Clay. |
States Rights | the doctrine that states have certain powers not listed in the Constitution |
Tariff of Abominations | Highest tariff in US history; 1828; caused the Nullification Crisis when South Carolina refused to pay it. |
Indian Territory | Located in modern day Oklahoma, where reservations for natives were established. |
Cherokee | native tribe from TN, GA and SC; had an alphabet, newspaper and sued the government to stay on their land. |
Seminole | Native tribe in Florida that fought removal by fighting a war. |
John Marshall | Federalist and presided over McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden. |
James McCulloch | Clerk of the Maryland branch of the Bank of the United States got suspended when he refused to pay Maryland's tax. |
Sequoya | Native American that developed a system of writing for the Cherokee |
Trail of Tears | The forced removal of the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Chocktaw to modern-day Oklahoma; nearly 1/4 of them died along the way. |
Jacksonian Democrats | Political party formed to support the common man and Andrew Jacksons policies. |
Jacksonian Democracy | The idea of getting more of the common man involved in the government whether through voting or holding office. |
Whigs | political party that was formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and the Democrats. |
Nicholas Biddle | President of the Second Bank of the United States; polictical enemy of Andrew Jackson |
Martin Van Buren | President Jackson's second vice president; elected 10th US president; organized the Democratic Party. |
Second Bank of the United States. | granted twenty year charter in 1811, vetoed and killed by President Jackson when its funds were removed. |
Veto | the presidents power to cancel a bill passed by Congress. |
Dismantle | to take something apart. |
Suffrage | The right to vote. |
Caucus System | Process which more common man select candidates for president |
Spoils system | The process of rewarding political supporters with government jobs. |
Panic of 1837 | economic depression that happened during Martin Van Buren's presidency. |
William Henry Harrison | 9th US president; Whig Party; tried to portray himself as the common man. |
Repeal | to remove or take away a law that has been passed. |
Indian Removal Act | Law that required the Cherokee,Choctaw,Chickasaw,Creek and Seminole to move to Indian Territory in modern day Oklahoma. |
Nullify | To declare a law passed by Congress to be null and void; to cancel out. |
Nullification | the process of a state declaring a law to be void. |
Secede | To withdraw or leave a country. |
Adams-Onis Treaty | An agreement between the US and Spain that gave Florida to the United States. |
Appeal | To make a serious request, usually to the public. |