Andrew Jackson

Spoil System

A system in which incoming political parties throw out former government workers and replace them with their own friends.

What were all the points of the Jacksonian Democracy

*Common Man*: Farmers, poor citizens, frontier settlers, and southern slaveholders would gain more rights. *Nominating Convention*: Meetings held to select a president and vice president. There was more voter input, and the result was that more people were involved. *Changes In Voting Rights*: States eliminated property requirements, more white men voted meaning no women or African Americans. Political rallies were held as demonstrations. *Agrarian*: More opportunities for the common man, cheap land, and more farms. *Westward Expansion*: Settlers rights, the removal of Indians, and opening up of West. *Opposition to Elite*: *ALL PEOPLE MATTER*, oppose of the rich and oppose of the special interest groups. *Restructure Federal Institutions*: War on federal bank, war on tariffs, spoil system, and kitchen cabinet.

What are pros and cons about Andrew Jackson?

*Pros*: He was a self-made man, a supporter of the common man, seasoned military man. *Cons*: A pattern of disobedience, he promoted slavery, mail tampering Is illegal, he held a grudge.

Indian Removal Act

A congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River.

Pet banks

A popular term for pro-Jackson state banks that received the bulk of federal deposits when Andrew Jackson moved to dismantle the bank of the united states in 1833.

What was the purpose of Jackson's Indian Removal policy?

An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi RIver. The Indian Removal Act gave the federal government the power to force the relocation of any Native American Indians, living in the east of the country, to territory that was west of the Mississippi River.

Kitchen Cabinet

Andrew Jackson strongly relied on the counsel of his Kitchen Cabinet.

Hermitage

Andrew Jackson's home.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Government agency created in 1836 to administer relations with native Americans.

Trail of Tears

Forced march of fifteen hundred cherokee indians from their georgia and alabama homes to indian territory (Oklahoma); some four thousand cherokee died in the journey.

Why do many Americans agree with the Indian Removal policy and how do you feel about it?

Many Americans supported Indian removal because they thought it would be good for them because they did not think the U.S would expand past the Mississippi River. Some thought that now the Indians could govern themselves and not be harassed, and I agree with it because it would save the Indians from being in a war, and they would be able to have control over themselves.

Was Jackson a good president?

Jackson was a good president. He created more rights for the common man and was a self-made man. He has some negatives about his personality, beliefs, and actions but overall, he meant well by doing what he did.

Why was Jackson called "King Andrew"

Many political opponents, fearing Jackson's use of power, called him "King Andrew.".

Henry Clays Compromise

Passed as a measure to resolve the nullification crisis, it provided that tariffs be lowered gradually over a period of ten years, to 1816 levels.

John C. Calhoun

South Carolina representative who was a strong proponent of nullification of the tariff of abominations.

Tariff of Abominations

Southerners opposed the tariff, arguing that it hurt Southern farmers, who did not enjoy the protection of tariffs, but were forced to pay higher prices for manufacturing.

Nullification Crisis

The Nullification Crisis is a United States sectional political crisis in 1832-1837, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government.

Bank wars and how did it lead to the Panic of 1837?

The Panic was a financial crisis in the United States. Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up.

Jacksonian Democracy

The expansion of democracy, or greater rights for common man.

What is veto power?

Veto power is the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch.

Corrupt Bargain

When the 1824 election ended without any candidate receiving a majority in the electoral college, the House of Representatives awarded the election to John Quincy Adams.