8. Missouri Compromise
• Missouri wants to join US as a slave state
• Luckily, Maine wanted to join as free state
• Henry Clay wrote it
• No slavery above the Missouri border
11. Election of 1824
• John Quincy Adams vs. Andrew Jackson
• Jackson won most votes, but not enough
• House chose Adams with help from Henry
Clay
• Adams then named Clay Secretary of State
• Called it the “corrupt bargain”
15. Election of 1828
• First campaign with mass campaigning and
mudslinging
• Mudslinging – making malicious statement
about opponents
• Jackson won and served two terms
19. Indian Removal Act
• Goal was to remove the Indians off the land
that the whites wanted
• Trail of Tears – Removal of Cherokee Indians to
Indian territory
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22. Compromise of 1833
• Revenue Tariff – tariff designed to raise money
• Protective tariff – protected American
business from foreign competition
• Government passes a higher tariff
23. • Vice-president Calhoun believed in
nullification and resigned as vice-president
• Nullification – state could declare a law
unconstitutional
• South Carolina nullified the law and asked for
help from other states
• No one came to help