Vocabulary
Fill in the Blank
Who or What
Review Questions
100
employees of the government
What is civil servants
100
____ ___ was a popular nickname for the federal government (two words)
What is Uncle Sam
100
the forced journey of 17,000 Cherokee from Georgia to the Indian Territory. 4,000 people died during the removal (What)
What is Trail of Tears
100
After the War of ___, Americans were extremely proud of their country, leaders served the people, and individuals could advance up the ladder of success.
What is the War of 1812
200
achieving wealth or influence through one's own effort rather than being born to a privileged family
What is self-made
200
The ___ _ __ _____ _____ was a private bank with one-fifth ownership of farms and businesses (four words)
What is the Bank of the United States
200
Jackson's trusted friends and political supporters, whom he used as advisers instead of his official cabinet; they were said to meet in the White House kitchen (What)
What is the Kitchen Cabinet
200
The ____ opposed Andrew Jackson because he promised to return the government to the people. These type of people did not believe that "the common man" was educated enough to vote.
What is elite, rich, or well-born
300
The system in which Andrew Jackson rewarded his political supporters with government jobs
What is the spoils system
300
The ___ __ ____ ______ (four words) was an eight-year period of national unity under the presidency of James Monroe
What is the Era of Good Feelings
300
five tribes- the Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminole- who adopted many white ways (What)
What is the Five Civilized Tribes
300
a controversy over higher tariffs which benefited the North over the South.
What is the nullification crisis
400
A tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country
What is a tariff
400
Clay believed that America's future lay in ______, an economic system in which individuals and companies produce and distribute goods for profit.
Clay believed that America's future lay in capitalism, an economic system in which individuals and companies produce and distribute goods for profit.
400
one of America's first serious poets; wrote about America's growing importance in the world ("Into each life some rain must fall...") (Who)
Who is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
400
Who created the American System that focused on high tariffs to protect industry and was believed to have a role in encouraging economic growth?
Who is Henry Clay
500
to withdraw from an organization or alliance; in this case; to withdraw from the United States
What is to secede
500
______ v. ______ was a Supreme Court case that found Congress had the power to create a national bank that was free from state interference
What is MucCulloch v. Maryland
500
control of the government by the common people (What)
What is the Jacksonian democracy
500
In 1830 the _______ ______ ___ was passed (three words)
What is the Indian Removal Act
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