Election of 1824
This election is famously known as "The Corrupt Bargain," involving John Quincy Adams and this famous general and future president.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Jackson claimed this principle justified Indian removal, arguing it would "protect" Native Americans from harm.
What is paternalism?
What was the informal group of advisors to President Jackson often called?
The Kitchen Cabinet
A process in which political leaders reward supporters, friends, and allies with a position in government.
What was the Spoil System?
This famous abolitionist’s publication, The Liberator, called for immediate emancipation of enslaved individuals.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
In the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and this Speaker of the House from Kentucky competed for the presidency.
Who was Henry Clay?
The Choctaw were the first tribe forced to relocate as part of the Indian Removal Act. They referred to their journey west using this somber phrase.
What is the Trail of Tears?
Jackson’s veto of the recharter for the Second Bank of the U.S. led to the rise of this key financial issue during the 1830s.
What is the Bank War?
A meeting at which local members of a political party register their preference among candidates running for office or select delegates to attend a convention.
What is a caucus?
Where did some fugitive slaves go to escape the bonds of slaves?
What is Canada?
In the 1824 election, none of the candidates won a majority of the electoral votes, leading the decision to fall to this chamber of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
This Native American leader took the fight against Indian removal to the U.S. Supreme Court in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, arguing for the sovereignty of his people.
Who is John Ross?
Jackson’s opponents labeled him with this nickname, referencing his authoritative and controversial presidential style.
What is King Andrew I?
A philosophy started in the early 19th century that promotes intuitive, spiritual thinking instead of scientific thinking based on material things
What was Transcendentalism?
What sparked the Abolitionist movement?
What is the Second Great Awakening?
As part of the "Corrupt Bargain," this candidate, who later became Secretary of State, was accused of striking a deal with John Quincy Adams to secure the presidency.
Who was Henry Clay?
This treaty, signed in 1835 by a minority faction of the Cherokee, led to the forced removal of the Cherokee Nation.
What is the Treaty of New Echota?
The Nullification Crisis began after South Carolina opposed this tariff, which they referred to as the "Tariff of Abominations."
What is the Tariff of 1828?
An ideal commonwealth whose inhabitants exist under seemingly perfect conditions. Hence utopian and utopianism are words used to denote visionary reform that tends to be impossibly idealistic.
What is a utopias?
In 1831, this enslaved man led a violent rebellion in Virginia, heightening Southern fears of uprisings.
Who is Nat Turner?
In the 1824 election, Andrew Jackson won the popular vote and the most electoral votes but lost the presidency due to this constitutional provision.
What is the Electoral College?
The Seminole resistance in Florida resulted in this costly conflict, one of the most expensive Indian wars fought by the U.S. government.
What is the Second Seminole War?
This act by Jackson, requiring gold and silver for land purchases, destabilized the economy and contributed to the Panic of 1837.
What is the Specie Circular?
The form of entertainment associated with shows, featuring songs, dances, and formulaic comic routines based on stereotyped depictions of African Americans and typically performed by white actors with blackened faces.
What was minstrelsy?
Who founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society?
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?