Andrew Jackson - Hero or Villain CCD Vocabulary

gambling that a risky investment in land will pay off big

• Land speculation

• Popular Vote

• Electoral Vote

• The Corrupt Bargain

the sum of individual votes cast in an election

• Land speculation

• Popular Vote

• Electoral Vote

• The Corrupt Bargain

the sum of votes cast by electors

• Land speculation

• Popular Vote

• Electoral Vote

• The Corrupt Bargain

Jackson's term for describing the deal by which Henry Clay gave his electoral votes to John Quincy Adams, costing Jackson the presidency in 1824

• Land speculation

• Popular Vote

• Electoral Vote

• The Corrupt Bargain

the form of government by which the people select their leaders; in Lincoln's words it is "government of the people, by the people, for the people"

• Democracy

• suffrage

• majority

the right to vote

• Democracy

• suffrage

• majority

a group made up of more than half of a larger group

• Democracy

• suffrage

• majority

a political party organized by Henry Clay

• Whig Party

• Democratic Party

• Spoils System

a U.S. political party that began in the 1820's and still exists today; it first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years

• Whig Party

• Democratic Party

• Spoils System

the practice of giving supporters government jobs

• Whig Party

• Democratic Party

• Spoils System