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| This movement was started by Andrew Jackson, and it stressed universal manhood suffrage, public education in the West, cheap newspapers, majority rule, and the abolition of debtor prisons. |
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| This referred to a group of unofficial advisors to President Jackson. They received this nickname because they met together to discuss problems while in the White House kitchen. |
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| National Republicans 1824 |
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| John Q.Adams led the newly formed National Republicans after the split of the Democratic-Republicans party. This party was made up of states' righters. |
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| Jackson led the Demorcrats after the split of the Demorcrats-Republican party . It was composed of farmers and small planters of the south, eastern workers, and western workers. |
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| It called on Congress to stop land sales completely. It was proposed by eastern factory owner who were afaid a liberal land policy would drain workers to the west. |
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| Webster-Hayne Debate 1829-30 |
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| In the Senate, Daniel Webster(Massachusetts)debated Robert Y. Hayne (South Carolina) about states' rights vs. federalism. This debate began when the Foote Resoulution called on Congress to stop land sales. Hayne attempted to secure a west-south alliance by attacking the resolution. Webster changed the debate to a discussion over nullification (Webster said it was impossible to secede from Union) and prevented any alliance from forming. |
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| Inian Removal Bill of 1830 |
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| This bill was passed by Andrew Jackson and removed,Indians who lived eastof the Mississippi to Iwoa or Oklahoma. It relocated 70,000 Indians within 10 years. |
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| This was a mass relo9cated of 17,000 Cherokee Indians of Georgia to the Great Plains. Six thousand Cherokees died on the way to the relocation camp. Even after the Supreme Court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia Jackson still sent the remaining Cherokees to the Indian reservation in the Great Plains. |
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| The Saukfox Indians lived in Wisconsin and were led by Black Hawk. When their burial ground was dug up , they declared war against the U.S. The war ended at Bad Ax, Wisconsin, after 230 Indians were killed. |
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| This road's construction was proposed by Henry Clay in an effort to link Virginia and Kentucky, but Jackson vetoed the bill because it was Clay's idea. |
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| He was a prepcociously brilliant man who was interested in business. He became president of the U.S. Bank and petitioned its recharter unsuccessfully in 1832. |
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| They were state banks that received funds from the federal government. They were created by President Jackson to limit the power and efficiency of the Second U.S. Bank. |
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| Peggy Eaton was the wife of Secretary of War John Eaton. Calhoun's wife and others snubbed Peggy because her father had been a tavern keeper. These snubbings by Calhoun's wife, along with Calhoun's opposition to Jackson's actions in Florida forced him to resign. |
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| This bill was passed by President Jackson after South Carolia nullified the Tariff of 1832. It enabled the president to use the army to enforce the federal laws in South Carolina. |
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| Compromise Tariff of 1833 |
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| This compromise was written by Henry Clay in an effort to pacify the southern plantation owners and keep the New England manufacturers happy. It reduced the Tariff of 1824 gradually over a 10-year span to the level of the Tariff of 1816. This compromise tariff ended the South Carolinian secession incident. |
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| It was the first election with three political parties. In this election, the common man stood behind Jackson, while the rich stood behind Clay. The result was an overwhelming victory for Jackson and his Democratic policies. |
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| This was the first time a third political party entered any presidential election. This party hated the "Scotch Masons," and was the first party to have a nominating convention. |
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| By 1836, The National Republicans were calling themselves Whigs to suggest affinity with revolutionary radicals. The party was composed of industrialists and merchants from the northeast, waelthy farmers from the west, and southern planters. |
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| Martin Van Buren (Albany Regency) |
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| He was a Democratic President from New York and was the first president to regualte working conditions and to create an independent Treasury. He was Jackson's Vice President after Calhoun resigned. The Albany Regency was a powerful political machine created by Van Buren. He used this organization to become governor of New York. |
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| This act allotted all federal revenues in excess of $5 million to the states (according to their population). |
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| It was an attempt by President Jackson to prevent the Panic of 1837. Unfortunately, it came too late to help the economy. This act forced people to use gold and silver to buy western lands. |
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| This was a very serious depression suffered by the U.S. at the beginning of President Van Buren's term. The panic was caused by English bankers when they called in their loans to American firms. Bnaks had been reckless in loanig out unsound currency and had caused an inflationary spiral. President Van Buren tried to alleviate the depression with the Independent Treasury Plan. |
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| Independent Treasury Plan 1840 |
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| It was created by Martin Van Buren and was also called the "Divorce Bill" because it divorced the government from banking. It repealed the Distribution Act and allowed the U.S. government to keep its revenues in subtreasuries rather than in banks. |
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| The Democratic canidate, Martin Van Buren was defeated by William H. Harrison, the Whig nominee. This election had all the hoopla: the first political slogan, "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," and the first symbols, a log cabin and hard cider. |
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| He was the first president from Ohio, the first Whig president, and the first president to die in office. |
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| It was a popular rebellion against the property qualifications in Rhode Island's constitution. The rebels secured the adoption of a new constitution with no property qualifications. |
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| He was the Vice President who became president after Harrison died. During his term, he reorganized the Navy, ended the Seminole War, and opened diplomatic relations with China. |
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| This tariff reduced the duty rates from 32% to 25% and pacified the South. |
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