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Ch 12 pg 4-14
69 cards·by Hark
Which treaty acquired Florida for the US in 1817?
Adam Onis Treaty
Who wrote up the Adam Onis treaty?
John Quincy Adams
Which treaty de-militarized the Great Lakes area
Rush Bagot
Three things the British American Convention accomplished in 1818
Pacified Great Lakes, Restored fishing rights off coast of Canada, US Canada border with
Rocky Mountains
What did JQ Adams want to nationally develop?
High Tariffs, internal improvements, national university, astrological observatory
What was the response to JQ's national developments
Viewed as extravagant, JQ seen as enemy of democracy, never supported by congress
What was the result of JQ's term as presidency?
Birth of democratic party
Who wrote the Monroe Doctrine and what year?
JQ, 1823
What did the Monroe doctrine declare?
US opposed to Europeans in western hemisphere
If the Monroe doctrine was ignored, what would the US do?
Act of aggression
US wanted first dibs on Latin America, what did Europe think about this?
Ignored
Which election did Jackson win?
Election of 1828
What kind of election was the Election of 1828?
Slander
How many of the popular votes and electoral votes did Jackson win in the election of 1828?
58% of popular vote, 178 electoral
How did Jackson appeal to the common man?
As a war hero
What was the reality of Jackson?
He was very rich and had lots of land and slaves
What did Jackson's spoil system do for him?
Replaced people in government with political supporters
What was Jackson's excuse for using the spoil system?
Said it gave intelligent citizens a chance to work in government
Who were the civilized tribes? (alphabetical order)
Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw Creek, Seminole
What did the NA tribes have to be to be considered "civilized"?
Farmers and Christians
What year was the Indian Removal Act put into place?
1830
Whose idea was the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
Which tribes were affected by the Indian Removal Act?
Cherokee and other civilized tribes
What did the Indian Removal Act do?
Moved Native American tribes to federal land west of the Mississippi
What happened in Worchester v. Georgia and what did John Marshall think of it?
Georgia's extension of state law over Cherokee land. Unconstitutional
What year was Worchester v. Georgia?
1832
What year was Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
1830
What was the ruling for Cherokee v. Georgia?
Cherokee could not sue Georgia because they were not independent
What did Jackson think about the ruling for Worchester v. Georgial and Cherokee Nation v.
Georgia?
Ignored
Another name for the Tariff 1828?
Tariff of Abominations
What did the Tariff of 1828 do?
NE will benefit, hurt south by increasing price of manufactured goods
What did Nullification allow?
Allowed states to ignore unconstitutional federal law
What did Jackson think of Nullification?
Saw it as foreign policy, Jackson said if states could veto federal laws then the US government
did not exist legally
What did the Force Bill do?
Gave Jackson power to send federal army into South Carolina so they would accept the Tariff
What did the Force Bill support?
Reduction of tariffs
What year was the Compromise Tariff?
1833
Who wrote the Compromise Tariff?
Henry Clay
What did the Compromise Tariff do?
Lowered tariffs over years
What did the Peggy Eaton Affair lead to?
Final split between Jackson and Calhoun
Who was John Eaton? (Peggy Eaton Affair)
Secretary of war
Who defended Peggy Eaton and why?
Andrew Jackson because his wife was treated the same way
Which two years was Jackson elected?
1828, 1832
What did Van Buren do in 1832?
Replaced Calhoun as VP running mate
What did Van Buren allow Jackson to do?
Rebuild his cabinet
What did Van Buren offer to dismantle for Jackson
Jackson administration
What was the Gag rule?
No discussion of slavery for 20 years
Who was the president of the 2nd BUS?
Nicolas Biddle
What year did the president of the 2nd BUS ask for a recharter?
1832
True or False. Jackson supported the bank.
False
What was Jackson's Bank veto message?
Declaration unauthorized by Constitution, Subversive to rights of the states,
Dangeroustoliberties of the people
Continue Jackson's Bank veto message
special privileges to stakeholders and northern business
How will Jackson kill the BUS?
pet banks
What were Pet Banks?
Public banks with federal money
What did Taney do?
Made the withdrawal from the BUS and was made Chief Justice
How many secretaries of treasurey did Jackson have to fire before someone took the money out of
the BUS?
2
Which party did Jackson help establish?
Whig
What year was the Whig party established?
1834
What was different about the vetoes Jackson used in comparison to other presidents?
he used more than any other president
What year was the Deposit Act established?
1836
What did the Deposit Act do?
increased number of pet banks
What was the Specie Circular 1836?
Land could only be bought with hard money, farm sized plots could be bought with bank notes
What did Jackson warn about in his farewell address?
Warned against revival of BUS, against all banks, paper money, and speculation
Causes of the Panic 1837
British banks cut off credit to firms with US business ties, and price of american cotton
dropped
What were the effects of the Panic 1837?
Business and bank failure
What did the Whigs blame the Panic 1837 on?
Jackson
What did the Democrats blame the Panic 1837 on?
speculation, luxury, and paper money
What year was Van Buren elected pres?
1837
Who won the election of 1840
Harrison
How had politics change by 1840?
increase in number of white men who could vote