12.1 vocab
To take part in
Participate
A self-made western pioneer who started with nothing
Jackson
Possession or control of trade or service
Monopoly
Jackson's followers accused Clay and Adams of what?
Corrupt Bargain
what year did congress set up a bank?
1816
A practice of handing out government jobs to supporters
Spoils System
The Whigs elected just one more president that also died in office.
Zachary Taylor
Not in accordance with a political constitution
unconstitutional
What year did the Democratic Republicans split?
1828
Clay and Webster believed that what would help them defeat the president in the 1832 election?
Jacksons veto on the bank.
A method in election campaigns that uses gossip and lies to make an opponent look bad
Mudslinging
Ran for the Democratic party in 1840?
Van Buren
An organization that has an important purpose in society
Institution
During the campaign what did both sides of the election resort to doing to get votes?
mudslinging
Why did Jackson decide to shut down the bank?
because he never believed in the bank.
Greater than half of a total number of something
Majority
Who was the nation's youngest president up to that time?
John Tyler
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law
Veto
What did President Andrew Jackson promise?
Equal protection and equal benefits.
Why was there an economic panic in 1837.
Because that bank was issuing bank notes that didn't have much value.
A system of government in which specialized tasks are carried out by appointed officials rather than by elected ones.
Bureaucracy
Like Andrew Jackson who was a war hero in 1812?
Harrison
A word or object that represents something
Symbol
when did Jackson take office?
1829
How did John Tyler outrage whigs ?