U.S. History I Final Exam Review

Alleged deal between presidential candidates John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to throw the 1824 election - to be decided by the House of Representatives - in Adams' favor. Though never proven, the accusation became the rallying cry for supporters of Andrew Jackson.

• The "Corrupt Bargain"

• spoils system

• Missouri Compromise

• The "peculiar institution"

Nineteenth-century political philosophy that expanded suffrage to most White men over the age of 21 and restructured a number of federal institutions. It promoted the power of the presidency at the expense of Congress, while also broadening the public's participation in government.

• Jacksonian democracy

• American System

• Transcendentalism

• second party system

Policy of rewarding political supporters with public office, first widely employed at the federal level by Andrew Jackson.

• spoils system

• The "Corrupt Bargain"

• pet banks

• Specie Circular

Noteworthy for its unprecedentedly high duties on imports. Southerners vehemently opposed the tariff, arguing that it hurt southern farmers.

• "Tariff of Abominations"

• Compromise Tariff of 1833

• Tariff of 1816

• Embargo Act

The theory, advocated in response to the Tariff of 1828, that states could void federal law at

their discretion.

• nullification

• rotation in office

• concurrent majority

• code of deference

Showdown between President Andrew Jackson and the South Carolina legislature which declared the 1832 tariff null and void in the state and threatened secession if the federal government tried to collect the duties.

• Nullification Crisis

• Specie Circular

• Bank War

• "Tariff of Abominations"

Ordered the forced migration of American Indian Tribes still residing east of the Mississippi River to newly established Indian reservations west of Arkansas and Missouri.

• Indian Removal Act

• Force Bill

• American System

• The "Corrupt Bargain"

Forced march of 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their Georgia and Alabama homes to the Indian Territory. Some 4,000 Cherokee died on the arduous journey.

• Trail of Tears

• Corps of Discovery

• Underground Railroad

• Oregon Trail

Political battle between President Andrew Jackson and Congressional supporters of the Bank of the United States over the bank's renewal in 1832. Jackson vetoed the Bank Bill.

• Bank War

• Nullification Crisis

• Force Bill

• Trail of Tears

Popular term for pro-Jackson state banks that received the bulk of federal deposits when Andrew Jackson moved to dismantle the Bank of the United States in 1833.

• pet banks

• Specie Circular

• rotation in office

• Kitchen Cabinet