Presidents
This person died of pneumonia just a month after his inauguration, thereby serving the shortest tenure in United States presidential history.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
President Andrew Jackson used this power to stop the rechartering of the 2nd National Bank.
What is the Veto?
The forced march of over 15,000 Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia, to what is now known as Oklahoma. Over 4,000 died on the trip.
What is the "Trail of Tears"?
A machine that dramatically reduced the amount of time it took to separate ______ seeds and increased the need for slaves.
What is the Cotton Gin?
An attempt to declare a federal law unconstitutional and to forbid its enforcement within the state.
What is Nullification?
This president was elected after Andrew Jackson. The panic of 1837 and "Trail of Tears" took place during his tenure.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
Why was Andrew Jackson so against a National Bank?
He feared it gave too much power to the North. Afraid that the private interests of wealthy bankers would out weigh needs of the common man.
This piece of legislation gave the president the ability to negotiate with southern Native American tribes for their land.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
_____ _____ are identical, as to ensure that they will fit into any assembly of the same type. Made repair and replacement of parts infinitely easier.
What are Interchangeable Parts?
A number that is greater than half of a total.
What is a Majority?
With no candidate receiving a majority in the election of 1824, the house awarded the election to John Q. Adams. Andrew Jackson believed that Henry Clay conspired with Adams, as he was named Secretary of State after Adams was named president. This agreement came to be known as the ____ ____.
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
This tariff, passed in 1828, was intended to protect industry in the northern U.S. by taxing low-priced imported goods. South Carolina threatened secession and nullified this tariff due to its negative effects on their more agricultural based economy.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
This Supreme Court case held that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on Native American land. Andrew Jackson refused to enforce the ruling.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Allowed for long distance communication, made communication faster and easier, connected regions of the country. Developed by Samuel Morse.
What is the Telegraph?
The number of votes cast for a candidate who receives more than any other, but does not receive a majority.
What is a Plurality?
What were the significance's of the Election of 1828?
First use of Mudslinging, expanded suffrage (voting rights) to all white males, campaigning to appeal to the common man.
South Carolina claimed this political principle gave them the right to nullify, or declare unconstitutional, pieces of legislation from the federal government.
What is Popular Sovereignty or States' rights?
Name three of the Five Civilized Tribes.
Who are the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw and Seminole?
This invention allowed for upstream travel, quicker transit times and the ability to carry heavier loads.
What is the Steamboat?
The practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives public office to its supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
This foreign policy statement created separate spheres of European and American influence. It stated the U.S. would stay out of Europe's business and told the Europeans to stay out of America's business.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
President Andrew Jackson's war on the National Bank resulted in this financial crisis.
What is the Panic of 1837?
This established terms under which the Cherokee ceded its territory to the U.S. and agreed to move west to the Indian Territory. Signed by a small number of Cherokee and was not approved by their Chief. It became the legal basis for the forcible removal of the Five Civilized Tribes.
What is the Treaty of New Echota?
The system of producing goods with machines on a mass scale, replaced goods made by an individual craftsmen. It is based on concentration of industry into large establishments.
What is the Factory System?
A system of government with non-elected officials.
What is a Bureaucracy?