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In return for Clay's support, Adams appointed Clay as the Secretary of State Jackson's supporters termed the appointment a "Corrupt bargain", arguing that it displayed a corrupt system in which the elite insiders forged coalitions in pursuit of self-interests ignoring the will and voice of the people.
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Introduction. The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
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The route along which the United States government forced several tribes of Native Americans, including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and Creeks, to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s.
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The nullification crisis was a conflict between the U.S. state of South Carolina and the federal government of the United States in 1832–33. ... In November 1832 South Carolina adopted the Ordinance of Nullification, declaring the tariffs null, void, and nonbinding in the state. U.S. Pres.
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The Bank War was the name given to the campaign begun by President Andrew Jackson in 1833 to destroy the Second Bank of the United States, after his reelection convinced him that his opposition to the bank had won national support.
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Spoils system, also called patronage system, practice in which the political party winning an election rewards its campaign workers and other active supporters by appointment to government posts and with other favours.
