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election between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and two other candidates which resulted in neither candidates getting the required majority with the tiebreak going to the house of representatives who elected Adams
Election of 1824
to the victor goes the spoils the system put in place by Jackson which replaced most executive branch employees with loyal backers and donors of Jackson
The spoils system
act passed by congress ordering the removal of all Indians tribes living east of the Mississippi due to their refusal to assimilate into the american culture
indian removal act
bank run resulting in an economic depression that sank president Martin van buren (previously Jacksons sec states ) chances for re election
Panic 1837
fur trapping company founded by John Jacob Astor that sponsored much of the exploration of the west under the guise of searching the new beaver populations
american fur company
proposed by Henry clay which allowed Missouri to join the union as a slave state alongside Maine as a free state and forbade slavery above the 36'30 parallel
MIssouri comprise
high tariff on foreign wool passed by president Quincy Adams due to pressure from the north it made Adams highly unpopular and the south rebellions
The tariff of abominations
political conflict between president Jackson and congress over the extension of the national bank that ends with Jackson vetoing the bill to recharter the bank effectively killing it
bank war
nickname given to the road taken by the Indian tribes from their original territories to Oklahoma due to high amount of deaths as a result of starvation and illness
trails o f tears
honest american belief that the nations purpose was to expand from sea to shining sea to tame the North American continent
manifest destiny
voting reforms in the 1820s that broadened voting rights for white males and established nominating conventions for political parties
Jacksonian democracy
constitutional crises that arises due to north carolinas belief that any state can reject and cancel federal laws they deem unconstitutional
The nullification crisis
series of debates on states rights on the floor of the senate that fueled the nullification crisis
Haynes webster debates
Supreme Court case that said the Cherokee tribes living in Georgia were not subject too state law and therefore could not be removed a} the court made its description now let it enforce it phrase uttered by president Jackson to indicate his refusal to enforce the ruling
Worcester v Georgia ( 1832)
a yearly agreed meeting between local fur trappers and Indian tribes to exchange information and furs
rendezvous
backroom deal where presidential candidate John Quincy Adams offered the role of sec state to speaker of the house Henery clay in exchange for his support in the election of 1824
The corrupt bargain
phenomenon that appeared in the Jacksonian era where each region of the us developed its own culture economy political priorities - north- industry and trade valued tariffs and no sale of land by the gov -south- cash crop agriculture valued a weak federal gov and despised gov -west- ranching and agriculture valued cheap land and a strong government
sectionalism
election between Martin van buren (dr) and William henry Harrison (whig) where Harrison used the slogan " tippencanoe and Tyler too "
election of 1840
federal agency created by the Indian removal act tasked with regulating and enforcing tribes the removal of the tribes
bureau of Indian affairs
2,000 miles long road leading from independence missouri t the territory of Oregon there were 3 different routes which took around 6 months and cost around 600$ for a family of 4 - California trail another4 road diverging from the Oregon trail leading to nc -Santa Fe trail road diverging from the origin trail leading to New Mexico
The Oregon trail
election between the incumbent president Adams and Andrew Jackson in which Jackson wins decisively due to his popularity with the common man
Election 1828
law passed in the birth Carolina legislature that nullified the tariff of abominations in rebellion against the federal government
nullification act of 1828
political party created as a reaction to president Jacksons aggressive ruling style it advocated for a weak president and strong congress
The whig party
territory modern Oklahoma designated as the new territory of the Indian tribes to be removed from the us
indian territory
a subset of Indian tribes that settled in the Great Plains around the 1700s they were good horse riders and fearsome raiders
plain indians