Indian Removal Act
These were the first Native American peoples to be removed from their ancestral homelands to Indian Territory as a result of the Indian Removal Act
Choctaw
Just prior to the presidential election of 1828, Congress and President Adams passed a high tariff on these, which helped the Northern economy and hurt the Southern economy
Imports
By 1834, those who’d opposed President Jackson and his policies had increasingly joined this new political party, which was beginning to take shape
Whig Party
The Second Bank of the United States 20-year charter expired in this year (the charter became effective in 1816)
1836
One of Jackson’s main political foes, this U.S. Senator from Kentucky was defeated by Jackson in the presidential election of 1832 and would go on to help establish the Whig Party
Henry Clay
As president, Jackson relied a significant deal on a group of informal advisers who he’d often meet with in the kitchen of the White House and thus became known as this “cabinet”
“Kitchen Cabinet”
As part of the Indian Removal Act, Congress established Indian Territory in what's now this state, where many displaced Native Americans were forced to resettle
Oklahoma
This Southerner, who’d been serving during President Jackson’s first term as vice president, and then resigned and became a U.S. Senator during President Jackson’s second term, wrote an anonymous essay in which he argued that a state has the right to nullify any federal law it feels is unconstitutional
John C. Calhoun
After inviting the public to the inaugural ball at the White House, the much larger than expected crowd proceeded to become rowdy and destroyed White House furnishings and décor earning President Jackson this new nickname
“King Mob”
This individual was serving as the bank’s director when he publicly advocated a bill in Congress to renew the banks charter
Nicholas Biddle
Many of the Native American peoples of this tribe located in the southeast, felt that they may be able to remain in their ancestral homelands and avoid removal to Indian Territory if they adopted the contemporary culture of white people
Cherokee
The right to reject any federal law that a lower level of government believes is unconstitutional is known as this
Nullify / Nullification
The hundreds of miles that Native Americans were forced to march by foot from their ancestral lands to Indian Territory has been given this nickname
Trail of Tears
Deeply opposed to higher tariffs, the state legislature of this state passed the Nullification Act in which the state threatened to secede if the federal government were to use force to collect tariff duties
South Carolina
President Zachary Taylor unexpectedly passed away just days after attending a July 4th ceremony at this Washington D.C. monument which was under construction at that time
Washington Monument
With federal funds being deposited into state banks by President Jackson, state banks began offering loans with lower borrower requirements to Americans who’d likely not qualify for them otherwise which contributed to the rapid rise of this (the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time)
Inflation
A strong ally of President Jackson, he served as his Secretary of State during Jackson’s first term and vice president during his second – he’d go on to succeed Jackson as president in 1838
Martin Van Buren
President Jackson was accused by his political opponents of using this type of “system” after appointing some of his most loyal supporters to sought after positions in the federal government
“Spoils System”
In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee nation had been formally recognized by the U.S. government
Worcester v. Georgia
At the request of President Jackson, Congress passed this bill which authorized the president to use force to collect federal tariff duties in any state(s) that hadn’t been collecting them
Force Bill
Andrew Jackson became the seventh President of the United States after winning the presidential election in this year
1828
Allowing the charter of the national bank to expire played a key role in this ensuing economic depression which occurred shortly thereafter in 1837
Panic of 1837
As word spread of the hardships and struggles the Choctaw had endured during their removal to Indian Territory, people of this Native American tribe strongly resisted and approximately fourteen to fifteen thousand were captured and forced by the U.S. Army to march to Indian Territory, some in chains
Creek
This term, which describes a form of democracy in which the rights and policies of the common American are championed while also opposing any signs of aristocracy within the U.S. government, arose after Jackson won the presidency
“Jacksonian Democracy”