Andrew Jackson Flashcard

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Between 1824 (Jackson Lost) and 1828 (Jackson Won) Poor White Men were given the right to vote

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Expanded Suffrage

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Jackson believed his supporters should get the best government jobs.

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Spoils System

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Known as the “Common Man’s” president, poor white men in the South and West benefited from Jackson’s Presidency.

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Jacksonian Democracy

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The result of the 1824 election, where John Quincy Adams won even though Jackson had more votes.

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Jacksonian Democracy

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Followers of Jackson broke away to to form the Democratic Party.

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Democratic Party

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Followers of John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay broke away to form the Whig Party.

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Whig Party

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Jackson believed that the national bank had too much power and destroyed the 2nd Bank of the United States. What is this conflict known as?

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Bank Wars

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A tax on imports that benefits manufacturing in the North and hurts farmers in the South

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Tariffs

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An independent tribal nation in Georgia with a written constitution, schools and newspapers.

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Cherokee Nation

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The law that allowed Jackson to force the Cherokee Indians off their lands and relocate them to Oklahoma

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Indian Removal Act