The Secretary of Treasury who assisted Jackson in transferring funds into various state, or "pet" banks.
Who is Roger Taney?
100
A system of dispensing government jobs in return for party loyalty
What is the Spoils System?
100
Jackson championed their rights, when advocating universal male suffrage.
Who is the common man?
100
This allowed all white males, despite economic disposition, to hold office and vote.
What is Universal Male Suffrage?
100
He was the chief proponent of the South Carolina nullification
Who is John C. Calhoun?
200
He challenged Jackson in the election of 1824 and won.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
200
This was caused by Jackson's opposition to a federal Bank of the United States.
What is the Panic of 1837?
200
This forced the resettlement of thousands of Native Americans in 1830.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
200
These replaced caucus', and allowed more people to participate in the process of voting.
What are party nominating conventions?
200
Jackson believed this institution, headed by Nicholas Biddle, to be unconstitutional.
What is the Bank of the United States?
300
The wife of one of Jackson's cabinet members, the target of "malicious" gossip by other cabinet wives. Jackson aided her.
Who is Peggy Eaton?
300
This raised tax on imports caused disturbances, chiefly in South Carolina, and precipitated the nullification crisis.
What is the Tariff of 1828?
300
We see the rise of "these" during the Age of Jackson. Examples include the Workingmen and Anti-Masonic parties.
What are Third Parties?
300
This allowed voters to choose a state's slate of presidential electors.
What is the popular election of president?
300
The Supreme Court ruled that the laws of Georgia had no force within the boundaries of the Cherokee territory in this case.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
400
Jackson's chief political opponent. He supported federal banks and proposed an American System.
Who is Henry Clay?
400
A conflict between Indian tribes who did not want to migrate west, and a certain state. The Indian tribes fought for the right to sue in a federal court.
Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia
400
Jackson interpreted *this* narrowly and therefore vetoed more bills than the total of all of the presidents before him had vetoed.
What is the power of Congress?
400
This caused campaigns to be organized on a national scale, and was caused by the popular election of presidential electors.
What is the Two Party System?
400
This stated that nullification and disunion were treason. Prelude to the Civil War...
What is the Proclamation to the People of South Carolina?
500
He championed the cause of Universal Male Suffrage and is seen to be the beneficiary of this system.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
This required that all future purchases of federal lands be made in gold and silver rather than paper banknotes.
What is the Specie Circular?
500
During the Jacksonian era, a much larger number of ________________ were elected into office.
State and Local officials.
500
This is a term that describes when politicians campaign to appeal to the interests and prejudices of common people. "Politics became a form of local entertainment."
What is popular campaigning?
500
Beginning in 1838, 15,000 Native Americans were forced by federal troops to move westward in what is known as __________________.