Politics in 1824-40
System that rewarded political supporters with office.
What is the spoils system?
The first person to steal over $1 million from the government.
Who was Samuel Swartwout?
What was the Black Hawk War of 1832?
John Qunicy Adams, Henry Clay, William H. Crawford, and Andrew Jackson.
Who were the four candidates running for president in 1824?
How the Whig's multiple candidates were referred to.
What were the Favorite sons?
Private bank that acted like it was a branch of the national government
What is the Bank of the United States?
A forced march of 15,000 Indians to the Indian Territory.
What was the Trail of Tears?
The two candidates running in the election of 1840 were
The two candidates that were running for president were Wiliam H Harrison and Martin Van Burren
This party used many Jacksonian ideals but didn't like Andrew Jackson.
What was the Anti-masonic party?
Fluctuating currency and slow moving information helped contribute to this financial crisis.
What was the Panic of 1837?
The Cherokee alphabet was created by this man.
Who is Sequoyah?
John Quincy Adams had won this election
He had won the election in 1824
In this party's early days, the only defining trait was a a hatred of Andrew Jackson.
Pro-Jacksonian banks with no central bank in control.
What were pet banks?
This act was passed by Congress in 1830.
What was the Indian Removal Act?
John C Calhoun was the vice-presidential candidate for these two presidential candidates.
Calhoun was the vice presidential candidate for Jackson and Adams.
Candidate during the 1824 election who was "in a position to throw the election"
Who is Henry Clay?
Two typed of banks that filled in after the death of the Bank of the United States.
What were pet and wildcat banks?
They consisted of the Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw and the Seminole who controlled Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and the Mississippi and were deemed as "civilized"
Who were the Five Civilized Tribes?
Andrew Jackson endorsed this man after his presidency.
Who is Martin Van Buren?