Chapter 12, Section 3
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- Which year was the national debt the highest?
- In 1815 the national debt was the highest.
- Panic of 1837
- a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression
- How do you think Jackson used the spoils system, and how do you think this system affected American politics?
- He hired the public , and that helped Jackson because more public people would vote for him.
- Nullification
- belief that states have the right to disobey federal laws with which they disagree
- Why did Jackson's supporters see his election to the presidency as a victory for the common people?
- They saw that because Jackson was a common person like them.
- Tariff of Abominations
- nickname given to a new tariff by southerners who opposed it
- Martin Van Buren
- became president in 1836
- Andrew Jackson
- extremely tough and worked in the military, he was president
- William Henry Harrison
- governor of Indiana Territory, was also a president in 1841
- Spoils System
- politicians' practice of giving government jobs to their supporters
- Nominating Conventions
- meeting where a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential canidates; first held in the 1820s
- John C. Calhoun
- vice presidetn while Andrew Jackson was president
- Kitchen Cabinet
- President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers; so clled because they often met in the White House kitchen