Chapter 11 Study Guide
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Section 1-
- The 4 candidates in the election of 1824 were: (Tell something about each one)
1.Andrew Jackson -war hero of 1812, old hickory, hero of the common man, Tennessee
2. John Quincy Adams- son of former president, Massachusetts
3.William Crawford – former Congressmen, Georgia
4. Henry Clay—Speaker of the House, Kentucky, war hawk
2.ANDREW JACKSON______ had the most electoral and popular votes.
3. The one unique thing about the election was:the house of representatives decided the election & the candidate that had the plurality of both electoral and popular did not win—the Corrupt Bargain supposedly occurred during this election (Clay and Adams), there were 4 candidates
4. What is a favorite son? Which candidate(s) were considered one of these?
they are candidates that get the backing of their home state instead of the national party
Adams, Jackson and Clay were ALL favorite son’s.
5. Name 2 things that were new in the election of 1828:
1. mudslinging occurred
2. barbeques, slogans, buttons, rallies became more common
6. What were the different beliefs of the National Republicans and the Democrats?
National Republicans –support strong central government, federal banks, -made up of merchants and farmers
Democrats—favored state rights over central government—made up of frontiersmen, immigrants and laborers
7. Explain what the spoils system: - practice of giving government jobs to supporters of a candidate-
policy of Jackson.
8. Robert Hayne and Daniel Webster—were debating what issue?
issueof states rights –and the belief of Southern states in the principle of nullification
9. Fill in some of the famous quotes that came out during the tariff debate.
Daniel Webster---LIBERTY AND UNION,NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INSEPERABLE
Andrew Jackson---OUR FEDERAL UNION IT MUST BE PRESERVED
John C. Calhoun---THE UNION NEXT TO OUR LIBERTY, MOST DEAR
10. South Carolina threatened to __secede_ because they did not want to pay the tariff. The tariff that they were opposing was nicknamed the TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS.
11. Explain the difference between the following two acts:
FORCE BILL-this gave the President power to use military force in enforce acts of Congress (Jackson)
NULLIFCATION ACT-passed by South Carolina, that said that they would not pay the tariffs of 1828 and 1832
11. Where was the location of the first Democratic nominating convention?—Baltimore, Maryland
Section 2-
12. Name the 5 Civilized Tribes:
1. Cherokee2. Choctaw3. Creek4. Seminole 5. Chickasaw
13. What was the importance of the Cherokee’s? they fought against their removal in the courts-
took it to the Supreme Court—WORCESTER v. GEORGIA—Marshall ruled for them, but Jackson forced their removal anyway. Forced on Trail of Tears (4,000 died)-
14. Indian Removal Act – was law passed in 1830, that forced Indians to relocate- west of the MissRiver--- to Indian territory (Oklahoma) -
15. Tell about the Cherokee alphabet:--invented by Sequoya—it is a syllabary of symbols that stand for sounds
16. Which tribe was attacked in Iowaattempting to return to their homeland in Illinois?Sauk and Fox
17. Why were the Seminole unique? they fought against their removal from Florida using guerrilla tactics in Florida swamps
18. Name the leaders of the following tribes:
Sauk and Fox----Black HawkCherokee-John RossSeminole----Osceola
Section 3—
19. Who was elected after Jackson? Martin Van Buren
20. What was the Panic of the 1837? was an economic depression made up of dropping land values, failing banks and overall economic unrest
21. Who was the president of the Bank? Nicholas Biddle
22. The two candidates in the election of 1832 wereAndrewJACKSON_ and HenryCLAY_.
23. What was the first year the Whig Party won the presidency? 1840
24. Why did the Whig’s use the log cabin as an image to stand for their candidate?
it presented their candidate as a “man of the people” more like most of them
25. What happened to the winner of the 1840 presidential election?
he died shortly (31 days )after being sworn in, of pneumonia
26. Tell and explain the Whig candidates slogan. –Tippecanoe and Tyler Too
Tippecanoe was Harrison’s nicknamedue to the battle that he was in 1811
Tyler was his running mate