CHAPTER 11 TEST REVIEW

  1. Charter – government permit to operate (National Bank)
  1. Chief Black Hawk – led group of Sauk and Fox people back to Illinois where they were slaughtered by militia
  1. Force Bill – allowed Jackson to use the military to enforce acts of congress, was nullified by South Caroline, concerned Tariff of 1828 and state nullilfication and secession
  1. Indian Removal Act – allowed federal government to pay Native Americans to move west
  1. landslide- overwhelming victory
  1. majority- more than half
  1. nullify- cancel
  1. relocation- to move to another location
  1. secede- break away
  1. Spoils System- replacing government employees with the winner’s suppporters
  1. Trail Where They Cried- Cherokee name for the Trail of Tears
  1. Democratic Republicans- Jackson, Van Buren, Polk, limited role of federal government, favored state’s rights, people from frontier, immigrants, city workers
  1. National Republicans- Adams active role of federal government, road building, Bank of U.S., merchants, farmers
  1. Whigs- Harrison, Tyler former national republicans and other Anti-Jackson forces

John Quincy AdamsTerm of office 1825 to 1829

-Political Party: National Republican

-Year(s) of presidential election wins:1824

-Names of election opponents:Jackson, Clay, Crawford

-Son of a former president

Andrew JacksonTerm of office 1829 to 1837

-Political Party:Democratic Republican

-Year(s) of presidential election wins: 1828, 1832

-Names of election opponents:Adams, Clay

-Favorite son candidate from : Tennessee ( state)

-Raised in: poverty (economic condition)

-Popular with the: Common man

-Began the Spoils system

Martin Van BurenTerm of office 1837 to 1841

-Political Party: Democratic Republican

-Year(s) of presidential election wins: 1836

-Carried out the Indian Removal Act in 1838

William H. HarrisonTerm of office 1841 to 1841

-Political Party: Whig

-Year(s) of presidential election wins: 1840

-Needed the support of laborers(group)to win election

-Died in office shortly after inauguration

John TylerTerm of office 1841 to 1845

-Political Party: Whig

-Year(s) of presidential election wins: none

-Became president when Harrisondied

James K. PolkTerm of office 1845 to 1849

-Political party: Democratic

-Year(s) of presidential election wins: 1844

Henry Clay

-Part of the Corrupt bargain with John Q. Adams in 1824 presidential election

-Was the Speaker of the House in the House of Representatives

-opposed Andrew Jackson on the issue of the National Bank

John C. Calhoun

-defended nullification and secession for the southern states over the import tariff of 1828

ESSAY QUESTIONS

  1. What was the “corrupt bargain” between Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams?
  1. Summarize the Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia.

C. How did the 1828 tariff create a struggle between the North and the south?