HIST 1301 Ch 10 – Flashcards
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Thomas Dorr
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temporary Rhode Island governor. Put in prison for 2yrs
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Henry Clay
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Accused of making a "corrupt bargain"
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John Calhoun
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advocate and theorist behind nullification
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Albert Gallatin
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Jefferson's treasury secretary Monroe Doctrine America's diplomatic declaration of independence Force Bill authorized use of the military to collect customs duties temperance movement against alcohol spoils system getting a job based on party loyalty, not merit
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James Tallmadge
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Missouri Compromise author
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John Ross
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Cherokee resistance leader
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Daniel Webster
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senator who denounced nullification as treasonous
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John Quincy Adams
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advocated a powerful federal government as president
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Martin Van Buren
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founder of democratic party
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Nicholas Biddle
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president of the 2nd National bank of U.S
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William Apess
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writer of "A Son of the Forest"
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William Henry Harrison
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Log cabin canadiate
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Missouri Compromise
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maintained the balance of power between slave and free states
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"Corrupt bargain"
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election of 1824
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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Bank of the United States was constitutional
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Minstrels
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performers in racist theatrical shows
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Whig Party
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opposed to Jackson
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American System
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Political program for economic development
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Monroe Doctrine
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America's diplomatic declaration of independence
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Non-freeholder
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men who didn't own enough property to vote
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Penny press
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inexpensive newspapers. Due to steam power papers could be printed faster/cheaper $.01 instead of $.06
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Spoils System
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getting a job based on party loyalty, not merit
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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took America to Supreme Court for the way they were treated. Won case had law passed. Jackson didn't adhere to law
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Trail of Tears
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Cherokee trek to Oklahoma. 4,000-8000 Indians died
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Dorr War
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Rhode Island said that only those that owned property valued @ $134 or rented property valued @ $7/yr could vote. This made blacks/etc. who could vote before angry
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Alexis de Tocqueville
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French writer who visited America in 1830s to study our prisons. Said one had to understand America to understand democracy
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Information Revolution
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faster/cheaper newspaper printing meant needed to appeal to wider audience thus sensational stories, crime stories, and stories of official misconduct
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Andrew Jackson
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Inaugrarated Mar 4, 1828
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Eaton Affair
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none of Andrew Jackson's cabinet members liked Secretary of War, John Eaton's, wife Peggy Oneille Timberlake Eaton (not virgin when married) Because of this Jackson replaced his cabinet
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Kitchen Cabinet
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Jackson replaced his cabinet w/newspaper editors
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Postmaster General
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is part of the presidential cabinet at this time
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Indian Removal Act
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500,000-800,000 Indians moved to Oklahoma. Part of civilization program.
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Which tribe didn't assimiliate to American ways?
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Seminoles in Florida Everglades fight
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Nullification Crisis
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crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared, by the power of the State itself, that the federal Tariff of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina.
