Elections
Election Process
People
Events
Vocab
100

1824 election winner

JQA

100

A private meeting to register their preference for a presidential candidate

Caucus

100

Bank president

Nicholas Biddle

100

Highest tariff in history

Tariff of 1828

100

Ruining each others reputations during an election

Mudslinging

200

1828 election winner

Andrew Jackson

200

When delegates from all states choose a party's candidates

Nominating Convention

200

Court case that ruled the states had no authority to enforce laws

Worcester v. Georgia

200

When South Carolina declared the new tariffs were illegal

Nullification Act

200

Shady politics

Corrupt Bargaining

300

1832 election winner

Andrew Jackson

300

Henry Clay's political party

Whigs

300

Led the fight for the Seminoles

Chief Osceola

300

When the president could use military action if a state did not comply

Force Bill

300

Giving jobs to friends

Spoils System

400

1838 election winner

Martin Van Buren

400

Andrew Jackson's political party

Democrats

400

Took over for Harrison when he kicked the bucket

John Tyler

400

Relocation of American Indians

Indian Removal Act

400

Edge of white settlement

Frontier

500

1840 election winner

William Henry Harrison

500

The spread of political power to more people

Jacksonian Democracy

500

The three Favorite Sons of this chapter 

Clay, JQA, JAckson

500

Bank lending depression 

Panic of 1837

500

Right to vote

Suffrage

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