Political Preferences
What is an overwhelming victory called?
Landslide
What does secede mean and who wanted to secede?
Break away
The South wanted to secede
Who was nicknamed "the little magician"
Martin Van Buren
What did the Indian Removal Act call for?
Native Americans to relocate (by force)
Which 1824 presidential nominee had poor health leading up to the election, losing them a large number of votes?
William H. Crawford
What is the spoils system?
The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters
Name two favorite son candidates in the 1824 election
Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams
What is a charter? Who chartered the Bank of the United States?
Charter is government approval to operate. Congress chartered the Bank of the US.
What state did the Trail of Tears begin in?
Georgia
What government feature decided the 1824 presidential election?
The House of Representatives
Which party mistrusted strong central government and which party wanted strong central government?
Preferred: national republican
Who was popular among the "common man" in American politics?
Andrew Jackson
How did John Tyler become president?
President Harrison died 31 days into the presidency
Who was the Seminole leader who went to war against the United States in an effort to keep his nation's land?
Osceola
Who won the 1824 election? (6th president of the United States)
John Quincy Adams
What is laissez-faire economics? What is a negative result of laissez-faire economics?
Hands-off approach from the government to economics in the country. Results could include an economic depression.
What did John Quincy Adams believe about the economy?
That the nation should shift from a farming-based economy to a manufacturing one
Who was inaugurated as President in 1837 (VP of Jackson)
Martin Van Buren
Who forced the Cherokee to leave their homeland (federal government)
Who led the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears (federal troop)
Andrew Jackson
Winfield Scott
More than 80% of what demographic voted in the 1840 presidential election?
White males
Explain the "corrupt bargain" between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams
Happened during the election of 1824. No candidate recieved a majority of electoral votes so the House of Representatives determined the winner. Henry Clay (Speaker of the House) helped Adams with the election in exchange for the Secretary of State position.
Who was Andrew Jackson's opponent in 1828? (He was running against the incumbent)
John Quincy Adams
What tribe was Black Hawk the leader of?
Sauk
Explain the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia
The Cherokee Nation refused to give up its land in Georgia and relocate to Indian Territory. The Cherokee sued Georgia in the Supreme Court. John Marshall, Chief Justice, ruled that Georgia had no right to interfere with the Cherokee because they were protected by the federal government and constitution.
How did William Henry Harrison win the election of 1840?
He gained the support of laborers and farmers with the log cabin campaign