1828- ANDREW JACKSON AND JOHN CALHOUN

Erie Canal

"Big Ditch", canal that connected the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean making New York a dominant port

Nullification Crisis

A dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution, caused by South Carolina threatening to leave the U.S. unless the tariff was lowered.

Tariff of 1828

A high tariff on imports that benefited the industrial North while forcing Southerners to pay higher prices on manufactured goods; called the "Tariff of Abominations" by Southerners

Dirty Election

Andrew Jackson vs. John Adams was considered to be the first ______.

Resigns

Calhoun eventually _______ as vice president.

Cotton

Calhoun said the tariff was too high and that the south could not pay it, so England would not buy our ______.

SPOILS SYSTEM

Jackson is blamed for abusing the ________.

Violent

John Adams portrayed Jackson as dirty and illiterate and _______ person.

Compromise Tariff

The Nullification crisis is settled by the _________ of 1833, which gradually reduced the Tariff.

Cotton Gin

We had actually produced too much cotton due to the invention of the _________ by Eli Whitney