tax on imported goods

Great Compromiser. Founder of Whig Party, Came up with compromise tariff of 1833

Can null and void federal laws as viewed as unconstitutional. South Carolina writes Doctrine of Nullification. Void tariffs, & threatens to secede.

cancel out or not follow

high tariffs passed by John Quincy Adams that angered southern states such as South Carolina. Hurt south's economy (devalued raw materials)

South Carolina cancelled tariffs & threatened to secede from the Union if they tried to collect the tax

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opponent of Jackson that joined forces with Henry Clay to defeat Jackson in election of 1832

region of U.S. occupied by the 5 civilized tribes & coveted by white settlers wanting gold and land

discovery gold influenced states such as Georgia to force treaties on natives to peacefully move westward beyond the Mississippi River.

section of country whose economy was based on cotton, slavery, against tariffs, & foreign markets (cotton)

section of the country whose economy was based on manufacturing and trade. Favored tariffs

section of the country that wanted to buy cheap land, for tariffs, & improved transportation (roads & canals)

South Carolina senator using states' rights to fight the Tariff of Abominations that hurt the south's economy

Cherokee fought the Indian Removal Act by taking issue to supreme court, supreme court ruled in favor of Cherokees, Cherokees should not have to leave their land, & Andrew Jackson ignores and continues to move natives west of the Mississippi River

Forced removal of the Cherokees, during harsh winter, from their native homeland to new territory in Oklahoma. A 1/4 of the natives did not survive the trip/journey

won election in 1824

Henry Clay helps John Quincy Adams win presidency & Adams appoints Clay Secretary of State. Jackson claims this was the reason why he lost the election of 1824.

Jackson's unofficial cabinet meeting in kitchen of the white house

After Jackson's election, fires people in government. Practice of giving government jobs to political backers (think Jackson).

Idea of spreading political power to all people and ensuring majority rule, Govt. by the people (common man & not wealthy), changed voting requirements (only white males & did not have have to own property)

changing voting requirements; did not have to own property

won elections of 1828 & 1832

created by Jackson & supporters of Jackson

Opponents of Jackson. Henry Clay was the founder of the party.

loyalty to interests to ones own region or section of the country

poor, no parents, self-made man, nothing given to you/ everything earned (think of qualities of Jackson)

Jackson removes all money (also gold & silver) from the 2nd national bank. Puts money in small banks. Smaller banks gave out too much money. Value of the dollar decreases. People only want to be paid in gold & silver.

contract for a bank to be in business usually for 10 years

Hatred

Better than

outcome

In control over all

compensation

appeal

No state had the right to ignore a law passed by Congress

Allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state, Maine to enter the union as a free state, prohibited slavery north of latitude 36˚ 30' within the Louisiana Territory (1820)

365,000+

1,148,000+

Jacksonian Democracy- Voter eligibility

Prison Reform

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Free Will

Opposed the Policies of Andrew Jackson

- temporarily relieved sectional tensions by continuing the balance of slave and free states

Distinguished senator from Kentucky, designed Missouri Compromise granting Statehood to Slave State Missouri and Non-Slave State Maine. Created the geographical line for ending Slavery in Louisiana

Spoke directly on the domestic institution of Slavery as the real fault for disagreement towards tariffs.