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| Alleged deal between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to throw the election in favor of Adams. It was never proven to be true.An extremely high tariff that Jacksonian Democrats tried to get Adams to veto. |
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| Policy of rewarding political supporters with public office, first widely employed at the federal level by Andrew Jackson. The practice was widely abused by unscrupulous office seekers, but it also helped cement party loyalty in the emerging two-party system. |
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| Mass politics is a political order resting on the emergence of mass political parties. The emergence of mass politics generally associated with the rise of mass society coinciding with the Industrial Revolution in the West. |
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| Noteworthy for its unprecedentedly high duties on imports. Southerners vehemently opposed the tariff , arguing that it hurts southern farmers, who did not enjoy the protection of tariffs, but were forced to pay higher prices for manufacturers |
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| showdown between President Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature, which declared the 1832 tariff null and void in the sate ans threatened secession if the federal government tried to collect duties. It was resolved by a compromise negotiated by Henry Clay in 1833. |
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| ordered the removal of the Indian tribes still east of the Mississippi to newly established Indian Territory west of the Arkansas and Missouri. Tribes resisting eviction were forcibly removed by American forces, often after prolonged legal or military battles. |
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| Forced march of 15000 Cherokee Indians from their Georgia and Alabama homes to Indians Territory. Some 4000 Cherokee dies on the arduous journey. |
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| Series of clashes in Illinois and Wisconsin between American forces and Indian chief Black Hawk of the Sauk and fox tribes, who unsuccessful tried to reclaim territory lost under the 1830 Indian Removal Act. |
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| Battle between President Andrew Jackson and Congressional supporters of the Bank of the United States over the banks renewal in 1832. Jackson vetoed the Bank Bill, arguing that the bank favored moneyed interests at the expense of western farmers. |
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| The Specie Circular is a United States presidential executive order issued by President Andrew Jackson in 1836 pursuant to the Coinage Act and carried out by his successor, President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for government land to be in gold and silver. |
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| economic crisis triggers by bank failures., elevated grain prices,and Andrew Jackson's efforts to curb over speculation on western lands and transportation improvements. In response, President Martin Van Buren purposed the "Divorce Bill" which pulled treasury funds out of the banking system all together, contracting the credit supply. |
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| Fortress in Texas where four hundred American volunteers were slain by Santa Anna in 1836. "remember the Alamo" became a battle cry in support of Texas independence. |
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| (January 8, 1786 – February 27, 1844) was an American financier who served as the third and last president of the Second Bank of the United States (chartered 1816–1836). |
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| was a nineteenth-century lawyer, representative, senator, Secretary of State, and one of the great orators in U.S. history. A man of prodigious talent and great political ambition, Webster reversed himself on issues involving the economy and Slavery in hopes of becoming president. |
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| . A Whig political leader of the early nineteenth century known for his efforts to keep the United States one nation despite sharp controversy among Americans over slavery. Clay represented Kentucky, first in the House of Representatives and then in the Senate.Ha also helped John Adams become president allegedly |
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| (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American empresario born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. |
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| (March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United States as a constituent state. |
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| was a general that seized power of Mexico as a dictator, he increased the powers of the national government at the expense of the state governments, a measure that Texans from the United States assumed Santa Anna was aiming directly at them. |
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