10 Age of Jackson

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nominating conventions

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a meeting in which political party members select presidential and vice presidential candidates instead of party leaders

Question 1

conclusion

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an informed judgment that you make by combining information

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Jacksonian Democracy

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An expansion of voting rights for free white males during the Jackson administration

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Democratic Party

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Formed to support Jackson’s candidacy for president after the election of 1824

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John C. Calhoun

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Andrew Jackson’s Vice President 1828-1834

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spoils system

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the practice of giving government jobs to political backers

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Martin Van Buren

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Andrew Jackson’s Vice President after Calhoun, and the 8th president of the United States. He served only one term.

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Kitchen Cabinet

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an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen during Jackson’s administration

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Tariff of Abominations

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A high tariff placed on imports by Andrew Jackson

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states’ rights doctrine

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Belief that since the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power

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nullification crisis

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a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution

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Daniel Webster

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Believed the welfare of the nation should override that of individual states

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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the Supreme Court ruled that the national bank was constitutional

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Whig Party

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favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress

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Panic of 1837

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a severe economic depression

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William Henry Harrison

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The first Whig elected president

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Indian Removal Act

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1830 - authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West

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Indian Territory

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U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the southeast were forced to move in the 1830s

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

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A new government agency created by Congress to manage Indian removal to western lands

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Sequoya

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developed a writing system for the Cherokee language

Question 20

contemporary

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existing at the same time

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Worcester v. Georgia

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Ruling of the Supreme Court that stated the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force

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Trail of Tears

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800-mile forced march of the Cherokee to Indian Territory in 1838

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Black Hawk

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Led the Fox and Sauk Indians to protect their lands in Illinois

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Osceola

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Seminole leader who called his people to resist U.S. forces in Florida