AP US History Touart- American Pageant (Chapter 13)The Rise of Mass Democracy
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ptouart on November 29, 2011
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Mr. Padron's AP United States History, Mr. Touart's AP US History Class
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 corrupt bargain | What was the contemptuous Jacksonian term for the alleged political deal by which John Quincy Adams became the sixth President of the United States? |
| Henry Clay | What famous American served as Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams? |
| National-Republicans, Democratic-Republicans | Into what two factions did the Republicans split in the election of 1828? |
| Tennessee | What state did Andrew Jackson represent in the Senate and reside in at the Hermitage? |
| spoils system (patronage) | What was the popular idea that public offices should be handed out on the basis of political support rather than special qualifications? |
| Tariff of Abominations | What became the derogatory term for the Tariff of 1828? |
| John C. Calhoun | Who was the secret author of The South Carolina Exposition? |
| Force Act | What did Congress pass in 1833 that authorized the president to use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties? |
| Sequoyah | Who was the remarkable Cherokee Indian who devised an alphabet for his people and was instructive in their assimilation into white culture? |
| Trail of Tears | What became the more common name for the Indian Removal Act of 1830? |
| Black Hawk | Who was the leader of the Illinois and Wisconsin area Sauk tribes in a war against forcible eviction by the whites? |
| Seminole | Osceola led what tribe in a bitter war against white encroachment on tribal lands? |
| Nicholas Biddle | Who was the autocratic head of the Bank of the United States in 1832? |
| Henry Clay and Daniel Webster | What two senators sought to renew the Bank of the United States early as a political ploy? |
| Anti-Masonic Party | What was the name of the short lived party that emerged in 1832 that was famous for pioneering the use of a formal platform and was opposed to secret societies? |
| Dislike of Andrew Jackson | What was the issue that united the Whig party during its formative years? |
| favorite sons | What was the Whig political strategy in the election of 1836? |
| Panic of 1837 | What was the name of the American depression that consumed President Van Buren's administration? |
| Santa Anna | Who was the general who commanded Mexican forces at the battles of the Alamo and San Jacinto? |
| log cabins and hard cider | What became the two Whig party symbols of the election of 1840? |
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