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Chapter 10
Nationalism and Sectionalism
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History
11th Grade
11/12/2013

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Age of Jacksonian Democracy
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New American era started by Andrew Jackson's inauguration
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The age of Jacksonian Democracy
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The age of the common man
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John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John Calhoun
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Group of young leaders who advanced the vision of a strong, burgeoning America
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Henry Clay
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Representative of Kentucky
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Henry Clay
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Dubbed his economic nationalism in Congress as the American System
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The American System
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Advocated: Protective tariffs, National bank, and Internal olimprovements
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Protective tariff
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A high tax on imported goods designed to shield a nation's manufacturers from potentially fatal foreign competition
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The Tariff of 1816
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The first protective tariff passed
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Tariffs
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Helped manufacturers but hurt farmers
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Second National Bank
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Chartered to provide uniform currency, a source of loans, and a depository for government revenue
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The National Government
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Would provide funding for roads, canals, and harbor development
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*Many Americans opposed the federal funding of internal improvements because taxes from all regions would be used to benefit only limited regions
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The Panic of 1819
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Was caused by the fall of cotton prices and the irresponsibility of both of the state banks and the National bank
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The National Bank
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Tried to tighten the money supply causing many to default on their loans and fail
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The National Bank
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Many in the West and South resented this
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Missouri
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This addition to the Union was debated because it would upset the balance of free states and slave states
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The Missouri Compromise (1820)
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Proposed that Maine should be admitted as a free state and Missouri as a slave state but that slavery would not be permitted north of _36_degrees,_30_minutes_.
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36 degrees, 30 minutes
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Slavery could not be permitted north of this
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Democratization
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Gave the average citizen a greater voice in his government
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Electoral college
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After 1816, election of this would be determined by popular vote
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William Crawford of Georgia,

John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts,

Henry Clay of Kentucky,

and Andrew Jackson of Tennessee

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These four men ran for president in the election of 1824
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It went to the House of Representatives where top 3 were voted on
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What happened when no one won a majority in the electoral college
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Henry Clay
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Not in the top three of the election of 1824
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Henry Clay
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Speaker who favored John Quincy Adams and used his influence to get Adams chosen
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John Quincy Adams
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Became the president in 1824
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Henry Clay
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John Quincy Adams' Secretary of State
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Andrew Jackson
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Won the most electoral votes in the election of 1824
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Andrew Jackson's,

John Quincy Adams

 

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His supporters accused this man of using a "corrupt bargain" to get the presidency
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Andrew Jackson
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Ran for president in 1828 against John Quincy Adams
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The Democratic party
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Andrew Jackson's political party
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The Democratic party
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Political party that is considered the party of the "common man"
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Martin Van Buren
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"The little magician"
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Martin Van Buren
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Helped organize Andrew Jackson's successful campaign, and resulted in Jackson winning the presidency
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Andrew Jackson
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Replaced annointed officeholders with those who were his supporters
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The Spoils System
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The name for Andrew Jackson's practice of rewarding his supporters with government offices
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The "Kitchen Cabinet"
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More influential with Andrew Jackson than his cabinet members
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"Kitchen Cabinet"
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Andrew Jackson's close circle of friends were called this by his critics
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"The Tariff of Abominations"
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During Adam's term, Congress had passed this with higher rates
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"The Tariff of Abominations"
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The North praised this, but the South thought this was unconstitutional
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John Calhoun
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Andrew Jackson's vice president
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John Calhoun
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Anonymously published a pamphlet promoting the doctrine  of nullification
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Nullification
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Stated that a state could nullify any act of Congress that it felt was unconstitutional
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Andrew Jackson
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Got Congress to pass the Force Bill
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Force Bill
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Gave the president the power to enforce federal acts upon the states by force
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The Compromise Tariff
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Used to prevent South Carolina from seceding from the Union and war breaking out
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Henry Clay
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"the Great Compromiser"
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Henry Clay
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Proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833 which lowered the rates of the tariff
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The National Bank
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The major issue in Jackson's reelection campaign
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The National Bank
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Under the leadership of Nicholas Biddle
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The National Bank
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Submitted its charter for renewal to Congress who passed the recharter bill
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Andrew Jackson
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Vetoed the recharter
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Henry Clay
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Ran against Andrew Jackson believing the public to be behind the National Bank
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Henry Clay
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Miscalculated votes and allowed Andrew Jackson to win the election easily
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