Andrew Jackson
When was Jackson was elected
What was the election of 1828?
Professional politicians, Middle class lawyers, and journalists who created systems that worked together for a political goal
What was the purpose of political machines?
The leading voice of Transcendentalism
Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Famous abolitionist who created the Liberator newspaper
Who was William lloyd Garrison?
The tribe of Native Americans who were involved with the Trail of tears
Who are the Cherokees?
The political party which Jackson belonged to
What is the Democratic Party?
Legislators gave the right to vote for all white males who payed taxes or served in the Militia.
How Suffrage was expanded?
The first supporters of Trancendentalism
Who were Unitarian Ministers?
An abolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison
What was the American Anti-slavery society?
An act passed in 1830 for the forced relocation of Native Americans
What is the Indian Removal Act?
First president to be elected by popular vote.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
The qualifications for voting in the early 1800s
What was the ability to own land?
A core belief of Transcendentalism
What is Individual conscience, Self reliance, Unity of all things in nature
One tactic of the American Anti-Slavery society to help fugitive slaves.
What was the underground The Underground railroad?
A long term impact of Jackson's Native American Policies which caused immense suffering
What was the Trail of Tears?
The war in which Andrew Jackson was considered a celebrated war hero.
What is the war of 1812
The president who wanted to improve the conditions for himself and his fellow countrymen
Who was John Quincy Adams?
Who wrote this"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and not see if I could not learn what It had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived."
"Walden or Life in the Woods" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Something the house of representatives use to prohibit the discussions and debates of the anti-slavery petitions.
What was the "Gag Rule" and how was it used?
The modern day state where most Cherokee's settled.
What is Oklahoma?
The revival of a political system due to rising political struggles between 1825 and 1837
What was the Two-Party System?
Van Buren argued that it was fair to support in favor of one party and sometimes in the other"
What was the "spoils system"?
The aim of improving life by focusing on imagination and ideas over common limitations.
What was the main goal of Transcendentalism?
The religious group credited with beginning the abolitionist movement
Who were the protestant Abolitionists?
The Supreme Court said the Cherokee were their own nation, Jackson ignored this and forced the Cherokee to move, leading to the Trail of Tears.
What was The outcome of Worcester V. Georgia?