Chapter 10 Pt.2 Flashcards
Indian removal act
Created the Indian territory on national lands acquired in the Louisiana territory. Made by Jackson.
Cherokee nation v. Georgia
Because they were still considered foreign nation
Worcester v Georgia
Sides with the Cherokees
Voided Georgia’s extension of state law over Cherokees
Trail of tears
Scotts rounded up 14k Cherokee and marched them to their death
Whig origins and beliefs
Second national party, competed against democrats for votes appealing to different cultural groups
Panic of 1837
American economy and workers movement went downhill.
William Henry Harrison and the log cabin campaign
Whigs first convention
Cherokee assimilation
Many were mixed race and were grown in a bicultural world, favored assimilation