Election of 1824
Andrew Jackson
Big Gov't
Miscellaneous
Industry 101
Slogans
100

He was elected POTUS in 1824 after there was no candidate who won the majority of the electoral college votes.  The House of Representatives then voted him in as POTUS.  Some say it was because of the "corrupt bargain" made between him and Henry Clay.

John Quincy Adams

100

The political party of Andrew Jackson

Democrats / Jacksonian Democrats

100

1) the United States would not interfere in the internal affairs of or the wars between European powers

(2) the United States recognized and would not interfere with existing colonies and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere 

(3) the Western Hemisphere was closed to future colonization

(4) any attempt by a European power to oppress or control any nation in the Western Hemisphere would be viewed as a hostile act against the United States

The Monroe Doctrine

100

By the mid 1820's, the economy of northern states can best be described as _________________, while the southern economy was ______________________

Industrial/Manufacturing


Agricultural/Plantation Based 

100

Eli Whitney's invention, the ____________________,was often seen as a 'double edged sword" due to its influence on the American economy, but also increasing slavery in the American south

Cotton Gin

100

I'm Lovin It

McDonalds

200

He held a plurality of the popular vote as well as the most electoral votes (but not over half) in the Presidential Election of 1824, but the House of Representatives voted for someone else to be POTUS.

Andrew Jackson

200

The first major policy Congress and President Jackson enacted regarding Native Americans.

Indian Removal Act

200

An accord between the United States and Spain, in which Spain would relinquish Florida and Oregon territories, in exchange for the U.S recognition of Spanish sovereignty over Texas 

Adams-Onis Treaty

200

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

Balance Free States and Slave States with the 36/30 line

200

This waterway connected a great lake to the Hudson river in NY

Erie Canal

200

The few, the proud, the

Marines

300

The Constitution grants this body the responsibility to vote for POTUS if no candidate wins over half of the electoral votes.

House of Representatives

300

Andrew Jackson gave many significant cabinet positions to his close circle of friends, instead of giving them to more qualified politicians. This type of patronage was referred to as the ____________________

Spoils System

300

This 1824 case affirmed the federal government’s right to regulate this interstate trade and commerce 

Gibbons v. Ogden

300

The Trail of Tears was the forced migration journey of this Native American nation to the Indian Territory.

Cherokee

300

Henry Clay's plan to strengthen the US economy by creating tariffs, a national road and a national/common currency

The American System

300

Are you in good hands?

Allstate Insurance

400

It is rumored that John Quincy Adams made this "bargain" with Henry Clay to win the Presidential Election of 1824.  

"corrupt bargain"

400

In reaction to the tariff laws enacted by President Jackson and Congress, some southern states wanted to do this, which means to cancel federal laws that states deem not in their state's best interest.

Nullify the law.

400

This was a landmark Supreme Court case affirming federal supremacy over states, ruling that Congress had the implied power to create a national bank and that a state couldn't tax it

McCulloch v. Maryland

400

Aside from Missouri, this state was annexed in order to balance congressional representation

Maine

400

Name two inventions of the American Industrial Revolution (not including the Cotton Gin)

Telegraph

Steel Plow

Steam Engine

Spinning Jenny

The McCormick Mechanical Reaper

400

"Don't be Evil"

Google

500

Due to President John Quincy Adams's attempts for the federal government to fund various projects, many Democratic-Republicans stopped supporting Adams.

As a result, there was a split in the Democratic-Republican Party, and two political parties emerged.  Name one of those parties.

National Republicans and Democrats

500

This bill, written by Congress and signed into law by President Jackson during the beginnings of his presidency, upset Southern states who believed it only benefited Northern manufacturing states.

Tariff Law of 1828 or the "Tariff of Abominations"

500

A legal case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on March 3, 1832, held (5–1) that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land. Although Pres. Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, the decision helped form the basis for most subsequent law in the United States regarding Native Americans.

Worcester v. Georgia

500

Creator of the Missouri Compromise, part of the "corrupt bargain," Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Secretary of State in John Quincy Adams' cabinet. 

Henry Clay

500

An economic system which is guided purely by the principles of supply and demand with very little government intervention

Market Economy

500

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