chaper 13
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- 256. Main issue that dominates the political arena in the 1820s and 1830s:
- economic stress and slavery.
- 256. Two new political parties that emerged in the 1820s and 1830s:
- democrats and Whigs
- 256. Firsts of election of 1824
- 4 candidates for office, all same party, chosen by house, more democratic style.
- 258. What was Quincy Adams charged with in 1825 and why?
- Stealing election, clay gave him presidency, later Adams made Clay sectary of state
- 259. Adams’s major weaknesses as president:
- cold personality, nationalist (states rights at the time, general opinion).
- 262. Purpose of the spoils system and results:
- bring in new blood, reward followers.
- 263. Part of America that was mostly hurt by the Tariff of 1828:
- south.
- 264. Calhoun’s South Carolina exposition:
- about tariff, denounced the tariff as unjust, states should nullify tariff.
- 266. What did the Cherokees do to integrate?
- Abandoned nomadic life, agriculture centered, alphabet, legal code, slave holders.
- 267. What was the Jackson administration policy towards the Indians?
- Sent them out west and no rights for them.
- 269. Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the United States?
- Distrusted monopolistic banking, national government did not issue paper money, private banks had power (paper money).
- 270. Why did he veto the recharter
- He hated it.
- 273. How were the Whigs hoping to win the 1836 election?
- They didn’t, a ton of candidates no one serious
- 274. What caused the Panic of 1837?
- Rampant speculation, Jacksonian finance, bank war, specie circular, failures of wheat crops.
- 276. What were the disputes between Mexico and the Americans in Texas?
- Mexican wanted Texans to be Mexicanized (catholic) only 300 families no slaves, Texans brought tons more people and slaves, didn’t become catholic.
- 280. Reason why Jackson and Van Buren were hesitant to include Texas in the Union:
- didn’t want to break neutrality.
- 281. How was Harrison portrayed differently from reality in the election of 1840?
- Made to look like poor farmer, really a rich guy.
- 285. What was peculiar about the political parties of the Jackson era?
- Democracy was respectable, both diff aspects of Jackson republicanism, mass based parties.