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4 main Republican candidates of the election of 1824
Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay
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No candidate won the majority of the electoral votes
So the House of Representatives had to choose the winner
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Presidential Elect of 1824
John Qunicy Adams
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Two new parties formed
National Republicans and Jacksonian Democrats
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Presidential Elect of 1828
Andrew Jackson (beat John Quincy Adams in an electoral vote blowout of 173 to 87)
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Andrew Jackson
First President from the west and 2nd without college education
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Spoils System
People who had the position of President had the power to put their political supporters into the seats of the cabinet
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The Tariff of Abominations
"Black Tariff" it was established in 1828, it was an extremely high tariff that discriminated against the Southerners because it favored the north
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Denmark Vesey
Led a slave rebellion in response to the tariff of abominations (in Charleston, South Carolina)
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South Carolina Exposition
Made by John C. Calhoun, published in 1828, denounced the tariff of 1828 as unjust and unconstitutional
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Columbia Convention
Called for the tariff to be void within South Carolina
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Tariff of 1833
Introduced by Henry Clay, called for the gradual reduction of the tariff of 1832 by about 10% over 8 years
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The Bank War
Andrew Jackson despised the Bank of the United States. Its charter ended in 1836, so in 1833 he took all monies out of the bank so in 1836 it would be forever gone. After that, smaller regional banks were established.
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Tariff of 1832
Passed in an attempt to meet the south's demands
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