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January 23, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: Social Science, Political Science, American Politics
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Jacksonian Democracy

What have historians called the period in American history from 1824 to 1850?

• The “Age of the Common Man”

• The Jacksonian Era

What change occurred in the political life of the American nation during the Age of Jackson?

• Popular participation in state and national politics increased.

What three factors contributed to increased political participation after the War of 1812? • More people got the right to vote • Westward expansion • The rise of sectional interests

What are two other terms that mean the right to vote?

• The franchise • Suffrage

How did Andrew Jackson represent this new “democratic spirit”? • • • • •

Moved West Worked hard and became rich Fought Indians Was a self-made man Entered politics and became president

What four things characterized the changing nature of American politics during the Age of Jackson?

• Political equality for adult white males • Increased voter participation • A different style of campaigning • Rise of interest group politics and sectional politics

Define suffrage. •The right to vote

What was universal white manhood suffrage?

•All adult white males could vote.

What two voting requirements were eliminated during the Age of Jackson?

• Religious qualification • Property qualification

What kinds of campaign techniques did both political parties begin to use during the Jacksonian period?

• • • • • • • •

Party newspapers Campaign songs Political clubs Speeches Campaign rallies Parades Picnics Banquets

What political party disappeared in the 1820s?

•Federalist Party

Into what two political parties did the DemocraticRepublican Party split during the 1820s?

•The Democrats •The Whigs

Who led the Whig Party?

•Henry Clay

What nativist third party was organized in the early 1850s?

• The Know-Nothings

Define nativism. •Hostility to immigrants

What pledge did the Know-Nothings take? • Would not support any Roman Catholics or immigrants who ran for office

In which states did the KnowNothing Party win the most elections?

• States with large Irish Catholic and German immigrant populations

What did President Jackson use to reward his political supporters?

•The spoils system

What was the spoils system? • The practice of an elected official giving government jobs to his political supporters

What was the major criticism of the spoils system? • It failed to give government jobs to the most qualified people.

Was President Andrew Jackson for or against the Second Bank of the United States?

•Against the BUS

What action did President Jackson take in 1832 on the bill to recharter the BUS? • Vetoed the bank recharter bill

What is a presidential veto? • The power given to the President by the Constitution to reject a bill passed by Congress

How did Jackson’s veto of the bank recharter bill differ from all previous presidential vetoes?

• It was the first presidential veto NOT based solely on constitutional grounds. • Previous presidents had only vetoed bills that they thought were unconstitutional.

A presidential veto is part of what constitutional system?

• Checks and Balances System

What precedent was set by Jackson’s bank veto? • A president can veto any bill he does not like.

What institution’s power did President Jackson destroy during his second term?

• The Second Bank of the United States

What was the most important sectional incident during Jackson’s administration? • The Nullification Crisis

What is a tariff? •A tax on imports

What did the Tariff of 1832 do? • Set high taxes on imported goods

What did it mean for a state to nullify a federal law? • Void it • Wipe it out • The federal law would no longer exist In that state.

What actions did South Carolina take to oppose the Tariff of 1832? • Nullified the Tariff of 1832 • Threatened to secede from the Union

How did nullification threaten the power of the federal government? • If state governments could nullify any federal law they disliked, the U.S. government would be unable to enforce its laws throughout the entire nation.

How did President Jackson view South Carolina’s nullification of the Tariff of 1832? • As a threat to the future of the federal government • Placed the future of the U.S. government in danger

What action did President Jackson threaten to take in response to South Carolina’s nullification of the tariff?

• Send federal troops to South Carolina to collect the tariff

During the Nullification Crisis, what position did President Jackson take?

• Stood firmly for federal authority over the states

During the Nullification Crisis, what position did South Carolina take?

•Stood firmly for states’ rights

How was the Nullification Crisis resolved (ended)? • Congress passed a compromise tariff bill

What group of Americans was hurt by the reforms of Jacksonian democracy?

• American Indians

What president proposed the Indian Removal Act?

•Andrew Jackson

What did the Indian Removal Act do? • Moved Southeastern Indians to a new Indian Territory in Oklahoma

What Indian tribes did the Indian Removal Act move west? • • • • •

Cherokees Creeks Choctaws Chickasaws Seminoles

What does one call the forced journey of Cherokee Indians from their homes in Georgia to a new Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma?

• The Trail of Tears

What happened to nearly one-fourth of the Cherokees on the Trail of Tears?

•They died.

During what historical period did the women’s rights movement start?

•The Jacksonian Era

What was the main goal of the women’s rights movement? • Equal rights • Especially the right to vote

Where did the women’s rights movement begin?

• Seneca Falls, New York

What right for women did the Seneca Falls Declaration support?

• Women’s suffrage (the right to vote)

Who were two of the most important leaders of the women’s suffrage movement?

•Susan B. Anthony •Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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