8th Grade History - ch.11

Who won the election of 1840?

Tax on a good coming into the country

Year Congress passed a new protective tariff, SC started nullification process

Congressional act that allowed Jackson to use the Army and Navy to enforce the tariff of 1832

Indian that helped develop an alphabet for the Cherokee tribe, many Indians learned to read

"His Accidency"

Discovery in Georgia, resulted in a rush of white settlers wanting to settle on Cherokee land

Court case that said Georgia was to remove white men from Cherokee land; release missionary

Champion of the common man, lived in TN in a place called the Hermitage, had many jobs in life

A method of handing out government jobs to loyal followers

Leader of the state's rights movement, VP to Jackson, said to nullify an act of Congress was ok

Who won the election of 1844?

What year did Congress pass the first protective tariff?

Democrat running for president in the 1832 election?

Whig running for president in 1844?

Gave his inaugural address in the rain (almost 2 hours), caught a cold; 1st to die in office

Jackson believed that the National Bank was what?

1st president not to have been born a British subject, nicknamed "Little Magician"

Which territory was acquired/annexed Tyler's last day as President?

Indians differed from the whites in that they did not believe in what?

Treaty signed by group of unofficial representatives of the Cherokees; got $5 million and land

Chief Justice of Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Indians, Jackson & Georgia ignored ruling

Unusually high tax, designed to limit importation of foreign goods & protect American industry

Gave the military the power to move the Indians by force

Governmental money that was redirected from the National Bank to 89 different state banks

Constitution was superior to states; have a problem take Federal gov. to court, don't disobey

New political party, opposed Jackson, promote National bank, and keep protective tariffs

Democrat running for president in 1844?

President of National Bank; was convinced to apply for a renewal of the charter 4 years early

Congressional bill was designed to help states; provided $37 million for internal improvements

What state was admitted to the Union while Tyler was president?

Civilized Indians, had adapted to white man's political/farming systems, constitution, alphabet

Tyler's Secretary of State, did not resign when all the other cabinet members resigned

Elected chief of the Cherokee nation, circulated a petition protesting treaty, 16,000 Cherokees

What was the Whig's strategy in the election of 1836?

Which of the following was not a Whig candidate running for president in 1836?

Which president's failed policies contributed to the start of a severe economic depression?

National Republican running for president in the election of 1832?

Which presidential power did Jackson use more than the first six president's combined?

Treaty settled the border line from Maine to Minnesota; Canada received a part of Maine

Who won the election of 1836?

Leader of a group of Sauk & Fox tribes, led people back to Illinois because they were starving

What state is the Indian Territory now?

Tax that was designed to raise money and had been around since Washington

Senator and later govenor of S.C. argued in Congress for the right to nullification

Man who only served one month as president?

Which of the following was an attitude of the white man toward Indians?

Presidential candidate who thought he could win by making the renewal of National Bank an issue

Required anyone that bought government lands to pay for them in gold or silver, not paper money

Year Congress passed Tariff of Abominations; widespread protests & decline in Southern economy

Secretary of Treasury agreed to take money out of the National Bank; later became Chief Justice

U.S. Secretary of State that negotiated a treaty with England to resolve a border dispute

Constitution didn't give gov. power to pass laws to help 1 section of country & hurt another.

Democrat running for president in the election of 1840?

What was one of the most important issues during Jackson's presidency?

Forbade state, local officers from collecting tariffs; if U.S. attempted to collect; SC secede

How did Jackson respond to S.C. Ordinance of Nullification?

Informal group of men that Jackson consulted to discuss issues of government

Compromise that resulted in a gradual lowering of protective tariffs, SC withdrew nullification

Leader of the Whig party basically told Tyler to let him make all crucial decisions

Who won the election of 1832?

Whig presidential candidate in the election of 1840; war hero, "Tippecanoe and Tyler, too"

 Didn't obtain license to live on Cherokee land, didn't take an oath of allegiance, arrested 

Democratic candidate for president in 1836; handpicked by Jackson

King Andrew I

Who introduced a compromise to gradually lower the tariffs?

Van Buren's alternative to Jackson's pet banks; would consist of federal vaults, depositories

Which war was quickly ended when the militia cornered the Indians at the Bad Axe River?

British minister that met with the U.S. Secretary of State to try and resolve a border dispute

Which president was doomed to unpopularity, he inherited a country that was in a depression?

First VP to become president after the death of his predecessor?

Tyler was expelled from which party because he vetoed a bill to reestablish the National Bank?

Senator from Massachusetts that argued a state could not nullify/ignore a Federal law

Approximately 4000 Cherokees died on this route on their way to Indian Territory

Who resigned his VP position to take a Senate seat in Congress?

Which section of the country benefited from the protective tariffs?