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Spoils System
Rewarding political supporters with public office
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Andrew Jackson
This wealthy planter and slave owner was nicknamed "Old Hickory." Elected president in 1828.
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Corrupt Bargain
Immediately after John Quincy Adams became President, he appointed Henry Clay as Secretary of State. Jackson had the most votes, but not majority. Then, Henry Clay gave them to John Q. Adams, giving him the majority and making him President.
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Name two leaders of the transcendentalism movement
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
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What were small state banks called?
Pet banks
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Indian Removal Act
Transplanted all Indian tribes east of the Mississippi
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John Quincy Adams
A thinker over a politician and known for being irritable and tactless - this person fell under charges of "corruption" and "usurpation." Elected president in 1824.
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Nullification Crisis
South Carolina declared that a state had the right to void, within its borders, a law passed by Congress. Jackson responded with a heavy hand, and compromise solved the problem.
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Seneca Falls Convention
First women’s rights convention, 1848. Produced the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, modeled on the Declaration of Independence, which was controversial even in the women’s rights movement.
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Example of romanticism in art
Hudson River School
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Tariff of Abominations
Passed by US Congress in 1828 to protect industry and help increase the price of European products so that America could actually compete.
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William Henry Harrison
This man was pushed into the presidential race as a war hero and not for his ability. Nicknamed "Tippecanoe." Elected president in 1840.
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The Bank War
Erupted in 1832, when Daniel Webster and Henry Clay presented Congress with a bill to renew the a particular charter. Jackson vetoed the charter and declared it unconstitutional.
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Name two communal living experiments and describe their results.
Brook Farm, Oneida, New Harmony. They failed.
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They hated Jackson's strong use of presidential power.
Whigs
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Force Bill
Authorized the president to use the army and navy, if necessary, to collect federal tariff duties.
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John C. Calhoun
Vice President under JQ Adams and Jackson. While he was VP, Jackson threatened to hang him. In 1834, joined with Henry Clay against President Jackson, forming the beginning of the Whig Party.
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Panic of 1837
The nation's first economic depression. Due to banks loaning too much money for Western expansion. Hardship during this time was acute and widespread, while hundreds of banks collapsed.
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1. Dorothea Dix 2. Horace Mann
1. Activist on behalf of the mentally ill, created first mental asylums 2. Education reformer, Representative in the House, argued that there should be universal public education
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Quakers who advocated abolition and women's rights
Grimke Sisters
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Compromise Tariff of 1833
Proposed by Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun as a resolution to the Nullification Crisis. It was supposed to gradually reduce tariff rates to help the South, but the tariffs were reinstated in 1842.
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Nicholas Biddle
President of the Bank of the United States when its charter expired. Fought unsuccessfully to renew the charter.
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Peggy-Eaton Affair/Petticoat Affair
Peggy’s first husband died and she remarried Secretary of War John Eaton. She was a social outcast because she didn’t wait the proper amount of mourning time. Jackson’s cabinet was divided into factions, and the controversy finally resulted in the resignation of almost all members of the Cabinet.
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Gag Rule. When, where, why, and what was the result.
House of Representatives adopted it in 1836. Informal agreement that remained in force until 1844. The House automatically tabled antislavery petitions. It kept the explosive issue of slavery off the congressional stage.
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1. If you didn't elect him as president, "war," "pestilence," and "Satan" would come. 2. He was the "hunter from Kentucky." 3. He was proud of being associated with "log cabins and hard cider."
1. John Quincy Adams 2. Andrew Jackson 3. Harrison and/or Tyler