Jackson's Presidency
What was Jackson's Highest priority?
To destroy the American System
This man served as the president of the Second Bank of the United States, and his arrogance was a key factor in the political backlash against the bank.
What is Nicholas Biddle?
Many Native American tribes, such as the Cherokees, had lived in this region, now part of the U.S. South, for centuries.
What is Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama?
This philosopher and writer is often considered the "father" of Transcendentalism and authored Nature (1836), calling for a new way of thinking about the self and the world.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
The Shakers were known for this practice, which they believed would bring spiritual purity and avoid the “corruptions of the flesh.”
What is celibacy?
The idea that a state can declare a federal law void if they believe it goes against the constitution.
What is Nullification?
Jackson's message to Congress when he vetoed the bank's recharter bill echoed this earlier president's view that the bank was unconstitutional.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Cherokee Nation took this legal case to the Supreme Court in 1831, arguing they were a "foreign nation" and deserved legal protections for their lands.
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
Known for his 1845-1847 experiment in simple living at Walden Pond, this writer is one of Transcendentalism’s most famous figures and authored Walden and Civil Disobedience.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
The Shakers were famous for their quality craftsmanship, especially in this type of blank.
What is Shaker furniture?
In 1832, South Carolina passed this act, declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 void within the state.
What is the Ordinance of Nullification?
Jackson’s victory over the Second Bank and the eventual expiration of its charter in 1836 effectively destroyed this system of economic policies.
What is the American System?
In this 1832 Supreme Court case, the Cherokee Nation won, as the Court ruled that Georgia's extension of state law over the Cherokees was unconstitutional.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Transcendentalists believed that one could find ultimate truth and meaning by embracing this, which involved letting go of materialism and societal norms.
What is simplicity?
This French reformer developed a theory of social evolution that predicted the decline of individual property rights and capitalism.
Who is Charles Fourier?
In response to South Carolina's nullification, Jackson requested this bill, which allowed him to use force to ensure federal laws were obeyed.
What is the Force Bill?
Jackson’s opponents in Congress accused him of this, warning that the concentration of power in the presidency threatened the republic.
What is executive tyranny?
The Indian Removal Act promised Native American tribes land in this future state, which was part of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is Oklahoma?
This famous quote from Emerson’s Self-Reliance embodies the Transcendentalist belief in individuality and trusting one’s inner voice: "Whoso would be a man must be this."
What is a nonconformist?
This number of residents lived in the Oneida community by the mid-1850s.
What is two hundred?
This event in 1830 marked a significant moment in Jackson’s presidency, when he forced the relocation of thousands of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The national charter of the Second Bank expired in this year, marking its official end.
What is 1836?
Some Native Americans had adopted white customs, such as owning gristmills and slaves, and believed this cultural integration would help protect their lands.
Who are the mixed-race Cherokees?
Thoreau famously refused to pay his taxes in protest of this war, which he saw as immoral and unjust.
What is the Mexican-American War?
his religious movement, which believed Christ had already returned, heavily influenced John Humphrey Noyes's creation of the Oneida community.
What is Perfectionism?