Key Events and Policies in Early 19th Century America

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Universal Manhood Suffrage

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Giving all adult men the right to vote.

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Spoils System

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A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

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Patronage

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Granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.

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2nd Bank of the United States

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Re-chartered in 1816, this institution was hated by Jackson because it could raise interest rates and it benefitted the wealthy.

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Deposit Act of 1836

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It removed all federal money from the 2nd bank of the United States and put it in designated state banks called PET BANKS.

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Pet Banks

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State banks where Andrew Jackson placed deposits removed from the federal National Bank.

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Tariff of Abominations 1828

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Also called Tariff of 1828, it raised the tariff on imported manufactured goods.

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Nullification Theory

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US State has the right to invalidate any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional.

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Force Act (Jackson)

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Jackson's decision to use the U.S military to collect custom duties in South Carolina.

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Compromise of 1833/ Tariff Compromise

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Resolved the Nullification Crisis - Reduced the Tariff of Abominations.