APUSH Ch. 9

The american electorate during the 1820’s

right to vote was expanded to include many more white males

In 1840, efforts to expand voting rights in Rhode Island resulted in

two governments claiming control of the state

The lawyer and activist who led the campaign to expand voting rights in Rhode Island was

Thomas Dorr

In 1828, presidential electors were chosen by

popular vote

By the 1830’s political parties were generally regarded as

a desired and essential part of the democratic process

In the years after the War of 1812, support for the idea of political parties

was greatest in New York

In the 1830’s, an argument in favor of political parties

a permanent political opposition was useful to the democracy

Today, the oldest political party in the united states is

Democrat

According to Andrew Jackson’s theory of Democracy

all white male citizens should be treated equally

President Andrew Jackson sought to apply his democratic principles by first targeting

federal officeholders

The "spoils system"

refers to giving out jobs as political rewards

In 1832, supporters of President Jackson, national convention

held to make the nominating process more democratic

As president, Andrew Jackson believed the power of the federal government

should be reduced and was supreme over individual states

When John C. Calhoun, doctrine of nullification

he was the vice-president

In the 1820’s, John C. Calhoun proposed his doctrine of nullification, alternative to

alternative to possible secession

John C. Calhoun drew his doctrine of nullification ideas from the

United States Constitution

In his doctrine of nullification, John C. Calhoun argued

states were the final authority on the constitutionality of federal laws

Who of the following saw his close ties and great influence with President Jackson grow stronger as a result of the Peggy Eaton affair?

Martin Van Buren

The political significance of Peggy Eaton on Andrew Jackson’s administration was

the presidential aspirations of John C Calhoun were likely ended

In 1830, the Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate was begun by a political dispute over

the sale of public land

Senator Robert Hayne represented the state of

South Carolina

In the 1830 Daniel Webster-Robert Hayne debate, Webster considered Hayne’s arguments

arguments claimed to be an attack on federal authority

In 1830, what political figure said, "Our federal union-It must be preserved"?

Andrew Jackson

In 1830, what political figure said, "The union, next to our liberty most dear"?

John C. Calhoun

In 1833, the nullification crisis came to an end after President Andrew Jackson

authorized the use of military force to see the acts of Congress were obeyed

The primary goal of the United States’ policy towards Indians in the early 1800’s

assimilate Indian tribes into white society

The Black Hawk War

notable for its vicious behavior by the white American military

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)

ruled Georgia had no authority to remove the Cherokee tribes

The "Trail of Tears" taken by the cherokees

led them to the area that later became Oklahoma

In 1830, the first of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to be removed to the west was the

Choctaw

"Five Civilized Tribes"

the Seminoles was the tribe that best resisted the pressures of removal

As a result of the United States Government’s Indian policy in the 1830’s and 1840’s

nearly all American Indian societies were removed to west of the Mississippi

In 1830, Maysville Road

Jackson vetoed a federal subsidy to the Maysville Road because the road was not a part of any system of interstate commerce

In the 1820’s under Nicholas Biddle, the Bank of the United States

was financially sound and profitable

In the 1830’s, the bank of the United States was opposed by

both "soft-money" advocates and "hard-money" advocates

In the debate over the Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson

supported the interests of the "hard-money" advocates

In 1832, Henry Clay, debate over the Bank of the United States

Henry Clay used the debate over the Bank of the United States primarily to boost his presidential candidacy

Bank of the United States 1832-1836

…

President Andrew Jackson’s success in abolishing the Bank of the United States, result

left the nation with an unstable banking system for many years

Charles River Bridge Company v. Warren Bridge Company (1837)

the supreme court ruling reflected the Jacksonian ideas of democracy and economic opportunity

Jacksonian Democrats v. the Whigs

…

In the 1830’s, Democrats were more likely than Whigs to support

territorial expansion

In the 1830’s, Locofocos

were radical Democrats

The political philosophy of Whigs

favored expanding the power of the federal government

Support for the Whigs, regions

support for the Whigs was weakest among small western farmers

In the 1820’s, Whig support for the Anti-Mason Party demonstrated

the desire of the party to attract the largest possible number of voters

During the 1830’s, evangelical Protestants tended to support

Whigs

Leading Whigs

NOT Martin Van Buren

During its two-decade history, the Whig Party won the presidency

2 times

The Whig Party was least successful at

uniting behind a strong national leader

1836 election, Martin Van Buren

won the presidency because the political opposition offered multiple candidates

In 1836, "distribution" act

required the federal government to disperse its surplus fund to the states

In 1836, President Andrew Jackson’s "specie circular"

resulted in a severe financial panic

President Martin Van Buren’s subtreasury system

was a financial system to replace the Bank of the United States

The presidential election campaign of 1840

saw the first influence of the "penny press" in politics

In 1840, William Henry Harrison

was part of a wealthy, large land-owning, frontier elite

As president, John Tyler

was a Whig who had once been a Democrat

In 1841, the American ship, the Creole

saw the British government support the rights of mutinous slaves on the ship

The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty

did NOT include an American pledge not to allow slave ships to land at British ports