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Who is Martin Van Buren?

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-New York Senator, who helped organize the Democratic effort and urged Jackson to avoid monitoring devising issues

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Who is John Quincy Adams?

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-son of the former president ,and Monroe’s secretary of state

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Who is Andrew Jackson?

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  • The hero of the 1820’s to the 1840’s. Was inaugurated in 1829.
  • aka Old Hickory
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Who is Henry Clay?

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The chief advocate of this economic nationalism in congress. Created the American System.

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What are the three parts of the American System?

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  1. Protective Tariffs
  2. Renewal of the National Bank
  3. Internal Improvements
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What is a tariff?

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A tax on imported goods

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What is the Tariff of 1816?

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America’s first protectionist legislation. It encouraged some economic growth, and discouraged competition p, which meant higher consumer prices.

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What are internal improvements?

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Funding for roads, canals, and harbor developments that would bolster commerce and communication. They were the least successful aspect of the American System.

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What is a caucus?

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A closed meeting of party leaders

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What is the “Corrupt Bargain”?

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An underhanded deal to give Adams the presidency in return for making Henry Clay secretary.

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Who is John C Calhoun?

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-Of South Carolina, beat Jackson by a landslide.

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What is the Spoils System?

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A patronage that would endure for half a century, taking on a highway partisan political character. Basically rotation in the office.

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What is the Tariff of Abominations?

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  • Dubbed this by the South; in 1828 Congress passed a new higher protective tariff with rates of up to 50% on some imports.
  • the north favored it
  • the south opposed it
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What is nullification?

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Whereby states could nullify or reject congressional acts they deemed unconstitutional

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What is a Force Bill?

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Gave the president war powers against South Carolina

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What is the Compromise of 1833?

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  • Reduced the Tariff of 1832, making it acceptable to South Carolina.
  • proposed by Henry Clay
  • passed on March 1
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What is the third party?

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  • Aka Anti-Masonic Party; arose shortly before the election, stimulated by the questionable activities of the Masonic Lodge and other secret societies.
  • opposed Catholic immigration and supported federal funding for internal improvements.
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What is a platform?

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A written statement describing where the party stood on various issues

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What is National Convention?

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Where state delegates gathered to nominate the party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates.

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What is the Specific Circular of 1836?

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  • It ordered the prohibition of the use of anything except gold or silver coins or “hard money” for the purchase of public land.
  • no one could use paper money to buy land
  • made by Andrew Jackson
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What is the Trail of Tears?

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The Cherokees and the other Civilized Tribes were forcibly moved west to what is today Oklahoma. The hard journey from their homes resulted in the deaths of many Indians.

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Who is William Henry Harrison?

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  • An old Indian Fighter, who was nominated by the Whigs to be president in 1840
  • the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe
  • he was one of the oldest presidents
  • died only a month after his election from pneumonia
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Who is John Tyler?

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  • A states rights Virginian, friend of Henry Clay, and Harrison’s running mate (Vice President).
  • took office after Harrison’s death
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What is the Panic of 1819?

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The collapse of cotton and the 2nd national bank

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Who is Sequoyah?

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Cherokee who developed a written Cherokee alphabet, allowing the Indians to publish newspapers and the Bible in their langauge

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What is the Panic of 1837?

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-The depression that occurred after Van Buren took office and the economy collapsed.

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What caused the Panic of 1837?

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  • Jackson’s economic policies and his failing malpractice
  • irresponsible practices of the states bank
  • wheat crop failure
  • cotton prices
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What is the Independent Treasury?

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  • Was to have only federal funds deposited in it, and only government employes were to manage it
  • aka “sub treasury system”