What is the Spoils System?
Jackson fires 10% of the Federal Government employees and replaces them with his loyal supporters.
What was Calhoun’s nullification idea a response to?
Who received the most popular votes in the election of 1824?
Andrew Jackson
What was Clay’s Compromise during Jackson’s presidency a solution to?
South Carolina's Nullification of the Tariff
a) How are Jeffersonian Democracy and Jacksonian Democracy similar?
b) How did Jackson and Calhoun differ in their opinions on the federal government?
c) How are Jackson and Harrison alike?
b) Jackson: "Our Federal Union must be Preserved"
Calhoun: "The Union next to our liberty is most dear."
c) They were war heroes.
What is the difference between the two philosophies of dealing with natives known as assimilation and elimination?
Assimilation was meant to absorb Indians into the white man's culture by making them christian and teaching them farming.
Elimination is moving them by force.
What was the Force Bill?
Who made up the Whig party?
National Republicans and Anti-Masonics.
What type of issue is nullification?
A sectional crisis. Southern states threatened to nullify a tariff law that favored the North to protect their own interests (slavery).
How many parties were there during the Era of Good Feelings? Why?
One. Because the Federalists faded away.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
This would provide funds to negotiate treaties that would force the Indians to move west.
What types of themes defined Jackson’s presidency?
Who was the first Whig president?
William Henry Harrison
What types of things did the West want during this time period? (think sectionalism)
How many political parties were there in the 1824 election?
No Political Parties but there were clear factions.
What was the importance of the Anti-Masonic Party?
They held a nominating convention to choose their candidates.
What was the hidden threat behind the South Carolina Exposition?
Describe Tyler’s presidency.
Following the sudden death of Harrison, Tyler became president.
He was a disappointment to the Whigs.
What was the Trail of Tears (where were the Cherokee forced to go?)
17,000 Indians were forced to move from Georgia to Oklahoma. 1/4 of the tribe were killed.
How did Adam’s attempt to support the supremacy of the federal government over states’ rights? (what issue?)
He threatened to send in troops to end the survey in Georgia.
Indian foreign policies and Creek Indians land.
What caused the Panic of 1837?
What were the results of the bank wars?
The Whig Party was formed and New York becomes the financial capital.
Compare and Contrast Calhoun and Webster’s ideas on the power of the federal government.
The question of slavery was underlying these debates.
What was the origin of the Whig party name?
The name was derived from the English anti-monarchist party.
How does the Democratic Party come into existence?
Martin Van Buren Organized it