Unit 5 PVLs 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Unit 5 PVLs 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 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