chapter 10 the age of jackson Flashcards
trail of tears
an 800-mile forced march made by the cherokee from their homeland in georgia to present-day oklahoma resulted in the death of almost 1/4 of the cherokee people
nullification crisis
a dispute led by john c calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws went against the constitution
spoils system
a politicians practice of giving government jobs to his or her surpporters
bureau of indian affairs
a government agency created in the 1800’s to oversee federal policy toward native americans
indian territory
an area covering most of present-day oklahoma to which most of the indians in the southeast region were forced to moved to in the 1830’s
which region was opposed to selling cheap land and why
the north because employees would start moving there because they could run their own farm and then make more money
which court case ruled that the national bank was constitutional
mcculloch v. maryland
osceola led which indian group against us troops
semiole indians
who created a writing system for the cherokee language
sequoya
what was the ruling of worchester v. georgia
that only federal government had ruling over cherokee land
tariffs helped the northerners compete with who
british factories
who was chief black hawk and what did he do and what happened to his people
he was a fox and sauk leader who resisted the us government
which region opposed tariffs and why
the south because it made their products to expensive to buy back
what was the main criticism of john q adams during the election of 1828
they said that he was cold-hearted and out of touch with everyday people
what did the whig party believe
they believed in a strong legislature
