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Andrew Jackson Questions Asia K.   Earth 3/30/09  Nominating Conventions- meetings to select a party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates—to allow more voter input. Democratic Party- poor citizens and frontier settlers and people who supported Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson- the 17th president of the U.S.A. he was known for his understanding toward others and his reputation for being really tough. John C. Calhoun- Andrew Jackson’s vice presidential running mate. He had also won a record amount of both the popular and electoral votes. Spoils System- when Andrew gave some support to the government jobs. He said, “to the victor go the spoils of the enemy.” Kitchen Cabinet- it was Andrew Jackson’s trusted group of advisers and they always had meetings in the White House Kitchen. Tariff of Abominations- a nickname that some southerners made for the new tariff that the congress passed in 1828. They were angry because they saw the tariff as another example of the federal governments’ power over other states. States’ Rights- the belief that state power should be greater than federal power. Nullification- when Calhoun declared that the states didn’t have to obey any federal law that they didn’t agree with. McCulloch vs. Maryland- when Maryland tried to impose a tax that would restrict the Banks’ operations and they refused. Whig Party- an organization formed by Andrew Jackson for people who supported a weak president but strong legislature. Panic of 1837- the economic crisis after Van Buren became president. William Henry Harrison- the hero of the battle of Tippecanoe.
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