Unit 5 PVLs Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Unit 5 PVLs Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass Election of 1824 - Answer- John Quincy Adams elected President on February 9, 1825, after the election was decided by the House of Representatives in what was termed the Corrupt Bargain. Election of 1828 - Answer- Jackson defeats John Quincy Adams in this election, becoming our 7th President Andrew Jackson - Answer- The seventh President of the United States (), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). He increased the presidential powers. Henry Clay - Answer- United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states John Quincy Adams - Answer- Secretary of State, He served as sixth president under Monroe. In 1819, he drew up the Adams-Onis Treaty in which Spain gave the United States Florida in exchange for the United States dropping its claims to Texas. The Monroe Doctrine was mostly Adams' work. John C. Calhoun - Answer- South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification Compromise Tariff of 1833 - Answer- A new tariff proposed by Henry Clay & John Calhoun that gradually lowered the tariff to the level of the tariff of 1816; avoided civil war & prolonged the union for another 30 years. Seminole Wars - Answer- Andrew Jackson initiated these wars. crossed border into Florida (Spain) to attack Seminole tribe that was harboring runaway slaves Dawes Act - Answer- 1887 law which gave all Native American males 160 acres to farm and also set up schools to make Native American children more like other Americans Panic of 1837 - Answer- A financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression John Tyler - Answer- elected Vice President and became the 10th President of the US , President responsible for annexation of Mexico after receiving mandate from Polk, opposed many parts of the Whig program for economic recovery Democrats - Answer- Political party lead by Andrew Jackson from 1828 to 1856. Campaigned against strong central government and fought to end elitism. Whigs - Answer- Anti-Jackson political party led by Henry Clay that generally stood for national community and an activist government Log Cabin Campaign - Answer- name given to William Henry Harrison's campaign for the presidency in 1840, from the Whigs' use of a log cabin as their symbol Age of the Common Man - Answer- Age in which Jackson wants anybody who wants to be in the government in the government, not just the elite. Spoils System - Answer- the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power Jacksonian Democracy - Answer- A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme. Tariff of 1828 - Answer- Protective tariff on imports that benefited the industrial North while forcing Southerners to pay higher prices on manufactured goods; called the "Tariff of Abominations" by Southerners. Force Bill - Answer- gave the president power to use military force to collect tariffs if the need arose Second Great Awakening - Answer- A second religious fervor that swept the nation. It converted more than the first. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and moral reasoning against slavery. Temperance - Answer- restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food normal school - Answer- state-supported school for training high school graduate