Jacksonian Democracy
Jackson’s practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
This candidate won the popular vote in 1824 but lost in the House of Representatives.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Jackson defended Indian Removal by claiming it would protect tribes from this force.
What is state encroachment / white settlers?
What group of reformers used a moral argument against slavery, insisting it was a sin that violated Christian ethics?
Who are the abolitionists?
What philosophy emphasized individual intuition, nature, and self-reliance?
What is Transcendentalism?
Jackson abuse of this power was a staple of his presidency.
What is the veto?
Which regions overwhelmingly supported Andrew Jackson in the Election of 1828?
What are the South and the West?
In response to South Carolina’s Nullification Ordinance, Jackson threatened to use this.
What is military force?
What organization helped African Americans escape slavery using secret routes and safe houses?
What is the Underground Railroad?
Which transcendentalist wrote “Self-Reliance”?
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
This informal group of advisers met outside Jackson’s official Cabinet.
What is the Kitchen Cabinet?
This man helped get Adams in to office using his political influence.
Jackson destroyed this federal institution by withdrawing federal deposits.
What is the Bank of the United States?
What autobiography by an escaped slave became one of the movement’s most powerful antislavery texts?
What is The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
Which communal group practiced celibacy and simple living?
Who are the Shakers?
Jackson claimed to represent this group as the core of American democracy.
What is the "common man"?
Jackson’s supporters described the 1824 results using this famous phrase.
What is the "corrupt bargain"?
What dispute in Jackson’s first term centered on a social scandal that divided his Cabinet and strengthened his loyalty to Martin Van Buren?
What is the Peggy Eaton Affair?
Who founded The Liberator and called for the immediate abolition of slavery?
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
What experimental community, founded by transcendentalists, attempted to combine farm work with intellectual reflection?
What is Brook Farm?
When Jackson took office in 1829, this problem left by the previous president immediately became his problem.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
Jackson’s 1828 campaign signaled the rise of this era of mass participation and political party mobilization.
What is the new two party-system?
Jackson’s destruction of the Bank led to this economic crisis under Van Buren.
What is the Panic of 1837?
What 1831 slave rebellion increased southern fears and led to harsher slave codes?
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
Which utopian community practiced “complex marriage” and communal child-rearing?
What is the Oneida Community?