1Which political party got its start in 1828 (even though it is not formally created until the 1830s)?
Democratic
2Which party was equally vigorous in opposition to the political party discussed in #1?
Whigs
3Name the four presidential candidates which ran for the presidency in 1824?
John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William Crawford, Andrew Jackson
4Which amendment created in 1804 established the policy of placing the VP and President on the same ballot (means that electors vote for both Pres/VP at the same time)?
Twelfth Amendment
5Why was Henry Clay eliminated as a Presidential hopeful when the election of 1824 went to the House of Representatives? What position did Henry Clay hold in 1824?
He was the fourth runner up (top three); Speaker of the House (home field advantage)
6Who received the most electoral votes in the Election of 1824, but failed to receive the majority needed to win the presidency?
Andrew Jackson
7Which two people were involved in the "Corrupt Bargain"?
John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay
8What position concerning the "corrupt bargain" was supposedly traded in exchange for the presidency? Why was it important?
Secretary of State; Seen as the stepping stone to the presidency
9In the 1820s much of the nation was turning away from Ghent nationalism to what type of ideology?
States' rights and sectionalism (caused by tariffs and slavery)
10What was meant by the term Ghent nationalism?
How the treaty from the War of 1812 caused the US to think of its self as a great nation
11Who will win the Presidency overwhelmingly in the Election of 1828?
Andrew Jackson
12What event will lead Andrew Jackson to distrust and mostly ignore the press during his two-terms as president? (not in book)
The printing of news articles saying his wife was an bigamist (she married Andrew Jackson before divorcing her first husband - but she didn't think she was still married). Rachel Jackson then dies before Andrew Jackson is sworn in as President and he holds a grudge like no other against the press.
13Who was Jackson's VP candidate in the 1828 election?
John C Calhoun
14In what year was the first formal party convention to nominate a President? Who was the candidate?
1832; Andrew Jackson
15What was the name of Andrew Jackson's unofficial cabinet (made up of his friends)? Why did he feel the need to have this cabinet?
Kitchen cabinet; He knew that the US Senate would not confirm who he wanted as his "official" appointments, so he went around the system by meeting with his friends in the White House Kitchen.
16What is political patronage?
Appointing your friends to governmental positions of power.
17What president will end political patronage in 1883 with the Pendleton Act? (late 1800s—after an assassination)
Chester A. Arthur
18What were some of the negative consequences caused by American tariffs?
Drove up prices for all Americans and invited retaliatory tariffs on American agricultural exports
19This tariff will be considered the "Tariff of Abominations".
Tariff of 1828
20Why did the South call the tariff the "Yankee tariff"?
The tariff helped to bolster New England manufacturing industries and caused other nations to implement higher tariffs against agriculture—especially cotton.
21What aborted slave rebellion took place in Charleston in 1822 (slaves last name)?
Denmark Vesey rebellion
22What was Andrew Jackson's response to South Carolina's nullification policy?
He said that he would lead forces to invade the state and have the nullifiers hanged. Including hanging John C. Calhoun from the first tree he finds.
23What did the compromise tariff of 1833 do for tariffs? Who was the father of the compromise?
Reduced gradually tariffs by about 10 percent over a period of eight years; Henry Clay
24These two cases came before the Supreme Court concerning the Cherokees?
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worchester v Georgia
25What was unique about the removing of the "savage" Cherokee people?
They were possibly the most civilized of the 5 most "civilized" tribes.
26What is Jackson's reaction to the Supreme Court agreeing that the Cherokees should not be removed from their land?
"John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it."
27Why did Andrew Jackson want the Native Americans removed from Georgia? What Bureau was established in 1836 to administer relations with America's original inhabitants?
He did not want a nation to live independent within another nation; Bureau of Indian Affairs
28Where will the Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminoles be moved to, in order to be "permanently" free from white encroachment? What is the name of the famous trail that the Native Americans were moved along?
Oklahoma territory; Trail of Tears (4,000 est. of 16K died)
29During this Native American war lasted for seven years with Indians and runaway black slaves used guerrilla war tactics in the swampy Everglades of Florida?
Seminole War
30This war involving Andrew Jackson was "fought" with Nicholas Biddle?
The Bank War
31Why did Andrew Jackson feel that the National bank was a threat?
Held too much power and ability to control funds
32What will Jackson do more than any president up to that point in American history—including the rechartering of the Bank of the US bill?
Veto legislation
33What will be the first third party in US presidential history?
Anti-Masonic
34Who did Andrew Jackson defeat in the Presidential election of 1832 by a landslide?
Henry Clay
35What did Andrew Jackson do in 1833 trying to bury the Bank of the US for good?
Removed the federal deposits from its vaults and placed them in his "pet banks"
36What happens to the buying power of paper money when a "wildcat" bank prints off a large amount of currency?
Causes inflation and a devaluation of the paper money
37How did Jackson try and counteract the inflationary problems caused by "wildcat" banks?
Issued the Specie Circular—a decree that required all public lands to be purchases with "hard", or metallic money. BIG MISTAKE
38What opposition party will be given rise during the Jacksonian period?
Whigs
39What hand-picked candidate will run on the Democratic ticket of 1836—and win?
Martin Van Buren
40What were the causes of the Panic of 1837? What nickname will be given to the President because of the Panic of 1837?
Rampant speculation prompted by a mania of get-rich quick schemes. Gamblers in western lands. Fight over the bank war and crop failures; Martin Van Ruin
41What current system controls the US money supply and interest rates?
Federal Reserve System
42This presidential candidate was known as the "Farmer of North Bend" who had been called from his cabin and his plow to drive the corrupt Jackson spoilsmen from the "presidential palace" in 1840.
William Henry Harrison
43What was unique about Harrison's presidential tenure?
Shortest at 1 month (died of pneumonia after giving the longest inaugural speech in US History)
44What was the campaign slogan of 1840 for the Whig party?
"Tippecanoe, and Tyler too."
45What two parties made up the "two-party" system in the Presidential election of 1840?
Democrats and Whigs
46This author saw the conquering of the western frontier as a great democratic virtue and he hailed Jackson as a true hero.
Frederick Jackson Turner
47Place the following in Chronological Order: Cherokee "Trail of Tears", Indian Removal Act, Bank of the US expires, Tariff of Abominations, Vesey slave conspiracy, Jackson defeats Clay, House elects John Quincy Adams
Vesey slave conspiracy, House elects John Quincy Adams, Tariff of Abominations, Indian Removal Act, Jackson defeats Clay, Bank of the United States expires, Cherokee Indians removed on "Trail of Tears"
48Who will be the first president from beyond the Appalachian Mountains?
Andrew Jackson
49What type of phrase best describes the ideal American during the time period when Andrew Jackson was president?
"Rugged Individualism"