The People's President
Indian Troubles
States v. Feds
Bank What Bank
MVB to Tyler Too
100
A champion of the common man and known as "the people's President."
Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
Jackson said this would prevent the Indian tribes from completely disappearing.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
100
Their use caused the states' rights issue to come to a head during Jackson's presidency.
What is tariffs?
100
President of the National Bank during Jackson's presidency.
Who is Nicholas Biddle?
100
The first President not born a British subject.
Who is Martin van Buren?
200
Method of handing out government jobs to loyal followers.
What is the spoils system?
200
Cherokee scholar that developed a written Cherokee alphabet.
Who is Sequoyah?
200
Many Southerners believed that this protective tariff was directly targeted at them.
What is the "tariff of abominations?"
200
Said that all public/government lands must be paid for with gold or silver coin rather than paper money.
What is the specie circular?
200
Replaced John Marshall as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is Roger Taney?
300
An informal group of close friends that advised Jackson.
What is the "kitchen cabinet?"
300
Friend of Tecumseh who fought a "war" in 1832 against American settlers.
Who was Black Hawk?
300
A tariff designed to raise funds for the Federal government.
What is a revenue tariff?
300
An increase in the money supply that causes an increase in prices.
What is inflation?
300
New political party eager to restore what they believed was a proper constitutional balance of power.
What is the Whigs?
400
Organized groups of politicians who sought control of government and to profit themselves by staying in office.
What are political machines?
400
Caused by the forced removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia, Tennessee and the Carolinas to Oklahoma.
What is the Trail of Tears?
400
A South Carolina Senator that supported nullification.
Who is Robert Haynie?
400
State banks that Jackson directed his Secretary of the Treasury to deposit Federal funds with.
What are "pet banks?"
400
War hero that gave the longest inauguration speech to date and died of pneumonia 4 weeks after taking office.
Who is William Henry Harrison.
500
Jackson favored this type of government.
What is democracy or public opinion?
500
Cherokee chief at time of removal that was only 1/8th Indian.
Who is John Ross?
500
Massachusetts Senator that attacked nullification and vehemently defended the Union and the power of the Federal Government.
Who is Daniel Webster?
500
He vetoed a bill sponsored by Henry Clay that would have renewed and extended the National Banks charter.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
One of the first real "campaign slogans."
What is "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too?"
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