Vocabulary
practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs upon winning an election
spoils system
He served as the author of the American System, a senator, and a secretary of state.
Henry Clay
The political party created by Andrew Jackson after the election of 1824.
Democrat
Telegraph
Samuel Morse
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
The Trail of Tears. Native Peoples were forced to move westward to make room for settlers.
the action of a state leaving the Union
Secession
1824 - He was named President by the House of Representatives after no candidate won a majority of electoral votes.
John Q. Adams
The political party that separated from Democratic-Republican Party; named after a British party that opposed the monarchy
Whig Party
Cotton gin
Eli Whitney
All white men, regardless of status, were given suffrage.
States declaring federal laws unconstitutional
nullification
He was appointed Secretary of State during the 1824-1828 presidency.
Henry Clay
President Andrew Jackson's informal group of advisors
The Kitchen Cabinet
Mechanical reaper
Cyrus McCormick
In 1824, Andrew Jackson did not win enough electoral votes to secure the presidency.
The president was chosen by the House of Representatives. John Q Adams was chosen in the "Corrupt Bargain.
The process of choosing a president that Jackson believed was unethical after no clear winner in 1824
The "Corrupt Bargain"
He accused his rivals of the "Corrupt Bargain" after he did not clearly win the 1824 election.
Andrew Jackson
This bill allowed Jackson to use the military to enforce laws.
The Force Bill
Effect of the invention of the cotton gin on the slavery
Use of enslaved peoples increased due to increased cotton production
The Tariff of Abomination was passed in 1828.
South Carolina declared nullification and threatened succession if tariffs were not removed.
1828 - A tariff intended to protect Northern and Western industry from foreign competition, but seen by Southerners as an unfair tax that raised costs and damaged their economy
The Tariff of Abominations
1828 - He won the presidential election by appealing to the "common man."
Andrew Jackson
An 1823 U.S. foreign policy statement that the Americas are closed to further European colonization
The Monroe Doctrine
Effect on the Pony Express by the expansion of the telegraph to the west.
The Pony Express was shut down because it became obsolete.
Jackson vetoes the re-charter of the Second Bank of the U.S. and withdraws federal funds from the bank.
The bank collapsed, leading to the Panic of 1837 and a depression.