Chapter 10 The Age of Jackson

Question 1

a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate; first held in the 1820s

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nominating conventions

Question 2

an expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration

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Jacksonian Democracy

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a political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824

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Democratic Party

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American politician and supporter of slavery and states’ rights, he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis

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John C. Calhoun

Question 5

a politicians’ practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters

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spoils system

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American politician and secretary of state under Andrew Jackson, he later became the 8th president of the United States

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Martin Van Buren

Question 7

President Andrew Jackson’s group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen

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Kitchen Cabinet

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the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it

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Tariff of Abominations

Question 9

the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government

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states’ rights doctrine

Question 10

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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nullification crisis

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American lawyer and statesman, he spoke out against nullification and states’ rights, believing that the country should stay unified

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Daniel Webster

Question 12

U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it

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McCulloch v Maryland

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a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature

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Whig Party

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a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression

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Panic of 1837

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American politician, he served as the governor of Indian Territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the 9th president of the United States

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William Henry Harrison

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a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River

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Indian Removal Act

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an area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s

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Indian Territory

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a government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

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American Indian scholar and craftsman, he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee

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Sequoya

Question 20

the Supreme Court ruling that stated that the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by both President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia

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Worcester v Georgia

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an 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people

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Trail of Tears

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Native American leader of Fox and Sauk Indians, he resisted the U.S.-ordered removal of Indian nations from Illinois and raided settlements and fought the U.S. Army

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Black Hawk

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Florida Seminole leader, he resisted removal by the U.S. government despite an earlier treaty that Seminole leaders had been forced to sign. He was eventually captured and died in prison

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Osceola