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The tendency to become angry easily.
Temper
The power to affect another person's ideas, decisions, or actions.
Influence
The lasting impact or achievements a person leaves behind.
Legacy
Strong support or faithfulness to a person or group.
Loyalty
A person's sense of respect, dignity, and good reputation.
Honor
Public disagreement or debate about an issue.
Controversy
A description of something that causes strong disagreement or different opinions.
Controversial
Able to make decisions quickly and confidently
Decisive
To think about something again and possibly change your opinion.
Reevaluate
The authority of a president or other chief leader to carry out and enforce laws.
Executive Power
The responsibility to explain or accept the results of your actions.
Accountability
A political approach that claims to represent the interests of ordinary people against powerful elites.
Populism
A small group of people who have wealth, power, or high social status.
Elite
The seventh President of the United States (1829–1837). He was a popular but controversial leader known for expanding presidential power and supporting the "common man."
Andrew Jackson
The system in which people are legally owned and forced to work without freedom or pay.
Slavery
John Eaton's wife. Many elite women in Washington refused to accept her because of rumors about her personal life, leading to a major political controversy.
Peggy Eaton
The values, traditions, and behaviors that shape how politics works in a society.
Political Culture
Andrew Jackson's wife. She died shortly before he became president after enduring harsh public attacks during the 1828 election campaign.
Rachel Jackson
A system of government in which citizens participate in choosing their leaders.
Democracy
The wife or official hostess of the President of the United States.
First Lady
A formal fight between two people, traditionally to defend their honor.
Duel
Strong loyalty to one's region rather than to the country as a whole.
Regionalism
An agreement in which each side gives up something to reach a solution.
Compromise
A major political and social scandal involving President Andrew Jackson's administration, led by Floride Calhoun, Peggy Eaton, and John Eaton
Petticoat Affair
The forced removal and tragic journey of about 100,000 Native Americans—including the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations—from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern United States to designated Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma between 1830 and 1850.
Trail of Tears