unit:6 age of andrew jackson

Question 1

Expanded Suffrage

Answer 1

The Jacksonians believed that voting rights should be extended to all white men. By the end of the 1820s, attitudes and state laws had shifted in favor of universal white male suffrage and by 1856 all requirements to own property and nearly all requirements to pay taxes had been dropped.

Question 2

Nullification Crisis

Answer 2

a 1832-1833 confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government over the state’s attempt to nullify, or declare invalid, federal tariffs.

Question 3

Worcester vs Georiga

Answer 3

established that Native American tribes are distinct, sovereign nations, and that state laws cannot override federal treaties or laws regarding these tribes, though this ruling was largely ignored by President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia.

Question 4

National Bank Fight

Answer 4

the name given to the campaign Andrew Jackson began in 1832 to decentralize, and eventually dissolve, the Bank of the United States.

Question 5

Hudson River School

Answer 5

a mid-19th-century American art movement, primarily known for its landscape paintings, which celebrated the natural beauty of the American landscape and contributed to the development of a unique American artistic identity.