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*Election of 1824
* Between William Crawford, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson
* Jackson won popular vote > Runner up is Quincy > decision is up to house of reps > Clay advertised Quincy to reps > Quincy wins > Quincy names Clay Secretary of state |
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| Tariff of Abomination (1828) |
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*A special target of southern anger, because Jackson's supporters in congress had passed it, over southern objectiions, in order to increase northern support for him in the presidential campaign that year.
* Imposed taxes on textiles and iron
*some claimed it violated rights of states |
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| Era that began with the election of Andrew Jackson. |
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* Jackson's secretary of war John Henry Eaton married a flamboyant women, Peggy Eaton
*Jackson defended Peggy and urged his cabinet member to force their wives to call her. |
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| Sectional crisis in the early 1830's in which a states' rights party in South Carolina attempted to nullify federal law |
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| Indian Removal Act (1830) |
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| Prez Jackson's measure that allowed state officials to override federal protection of Native Americans |
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| The forced march in 1838 of Cherokee Indians from their homelands in Georgia to the indian Territory in the West. |
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) |
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| *Georgia wanted the indians out > jackson sent them out > indians brought it to court > indians won > Jackson still sent them out |
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| Worcester v. Georgia (1832) |
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| *Georgia wanted the indians out > jackson sent them out > indians brought it to court > indians won > Jackson still sent them out |
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| * director of the 2nd bank of the US |
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* consequences of the bank war continued
* the recession was followed by a boom |
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| *Proclamation issued by prez jackson in 1836 stippulating that only gold or silver could be used as payment for public land. |
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| second bank of the united states |
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*with thirty branches was the nations largest bank
*performed a variety of functions: held the governments $, sold government bonds, and made commercial loans |
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*Cheif justice
* Supported economic opportunity |
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giving appointive offices to loyal members of the party in power.
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| “Log Cabin & Cider” campaign |
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* Election of 1840- william harrison
*The log cabin became a commonplace symbol of Harrison's candidacy. |
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| One of the most momentous debates in Senate history about western lands |
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Proclamation to the People of SC |
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*Its purpose was to subdue the Nullification Crisis created by South Carolina’s ordinance and to denounce the doctrine of nullification.
*Outlines the actions taken by the S. Carolina legislature and rejects the insistence on state sovereignty, focusing on the preservation of the Union as the main issue. It states nullification to be "incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution, unauthorized by its spirit, inconsistent with every principle on which It was founded, and destructive of the great object for which it was formed. |
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| A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties |
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Pet Banks were the banks created by Andrew Jackson within the states. When he eliminated the national bank, he called for the Federal funds to go to state banks, which caused an issue to the supporters of the National Bank.
Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_were_pet_banks#ixzz1gZJ7KRfg
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| An American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia |
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