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    mark T. Where it is false‚ mark F‚ and correct it in the space immediately below. ___ 1. The last election based on the elitist political system was the 4-way presidential campaign of 1824 involving Jackson‚ Clay‚ Crawford‚ and John Quincy Adams ___ 2. Henry Clay disproved the charge of a "corrupt bargain" between himself and President Adams by refusing to accept any favors from the administration. He accepted the position of secretary of state ___ 3. President Adams

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    Abigail Smith Adams is best known for the letters she wrote for over a half century‚ but also she is historically visible because she was the wife of one president of the United States (John Adams‚ 1797–1801) and mother of another (John Quincy Adams‚ 1825–1829). The stream of her letters that began in the early 1760s and ended with her death in 1818 represents the most complete record that survives of a woman’s experiences during the Revolutionary War era and subsequent decades in American history

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    Age of the Common Man

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    Unit 7 Study Guide Chapter 11 Age of the Common Man period from Jackson’s inauguration as president up to the Civil War is known as the Jacksonian Era or the Era of the Rise of the Common Man. This period constituted great change and issues warranting debate‚ such as slavery‚ Indians‚ westward mobility‚ and balance of power between the executive and the legislative branches of government. The United States had no strict class system. Most Americans identified themselves into the middle class.

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    In the election of 1824‚ candidates John Quincy Adams‚ Henry Clay‚ and Andrew Jackson did not gain enough electoral votes to win. In accordance with the constitution‚ the election was settled in the House‚ and to the people’s dismay‚ Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams gain enough votes to become President‚ in what what later known by the Democrats as the “corrupt bargain.” A war hero and aristocrat from the agrarian state of Tennessee who liked to chew tobacco and duel with pistols‚ Andrew Jackson

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    Presidents 1796 1840

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      However‚ a  significantly lesser amount of those people could tell you what their political party affiliations  were and their main political concept or idea that they promoted.  John Adams‚ James Monroe‚  Martin Van Buren‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ John Quincy Adams‚ William Henry Harrison‚ James  Madison‚ and Andrew Jackson were all elected to be President of the United States of America  between 1796 and 1840.  Those men all were a bit different in their political views and the main  issues that they stood for

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    A sense of unity filled the United States of America after they gained independence by winning the Revolutionary War. This sense of unity‚ however‚ did not last forever. Rather than having disputes with Britain‚ the United States began to have disputes among its three "sections" - the north‚ south‚ and west. Starting with the War of 1812‚ sectionalism began as a small rift but grew into a huge gap that separated the north‚ south‚ and west. The end of the controversial War of 1812 did not end sectionalism

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    Us History 1790- 1860

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    a state and the equality of slave and free states are set at twelve. In 1823 President Monroe puts his Monroe Doctrine through‚ which states that the United States will not permit any European hampering in the Western Hemisphere. In 1824‚ John Quincy Adams in elected President of the United States. In 1825 our transportation took a gigantic step for the better because of the completion of the Eric Canal. In 1826 our transportation still prospered with the first railroad being put into use‚ in

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    two party

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    the United States during the early to mid-1800s was due greatly to important political figures and the economic conflicts of the time. The rise of major political personalities contributed to the return of political parties. In 1824‚ after John Quincy Adams was elected into presidency and Henry Clay was appointed as the secretary of state‚ a new tariff was established. The tariff protected manufacturers in New England and Pennsylvania against imports of iron goods and expensive woolen and cotton

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    ID TERMS APUSH Chapter13-15

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    Unit 4: ID Terms Ch.13-15 1. National-Republicans: They became the Whig party during Jackson’s second term. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay guided this party in the 1830s. They were the Jeffersonian Republicans‚ along with numerous former Federalists who believed that the national government should advocate economic development. They were united by their opposition of Jackson’s policies‚ committed to Clay’s American System and believed in active intervention by the government to change society

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    presidency: John Quincy Adams‚ Andrew Jackson‚ Henry Clay‚ and William Crawford. Andrew Jackson had the most electoral votes‚ but it was not a majority‚ so the voting went to the House of Representatives. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay made a deal that came to be known as the Corrupt Bargain. Henry Clay being the speaker of the house knew he would have an opportunity to sway the votes. He promised to help Adams if‚ when elected he made Clay the Secretary of State. John Quincy Adams was elected

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