Sticks and Stones
This was the nickname given to jackson because of his toughness.
What is Old Hickory?
This terms refers to a state cancelling a federal law that they feel is unconstitutional.
What is nullify/nullification?
This vice president resigned his position under Jackson because they didn't see eye to eye on the importance of states' rights versus preservation of the Union.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This group of Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River were forced off their land by the Indian Removal Act.
Who were the Cherokee?
Humans are thought to have crossed this in order to travel into North and South America.
What is Beringia/ a land Bridge?
This is the type of housing that Jackson was raised in.
What is a log cabin?
This state reacted bitterly to tariffs that hurt the South. In fact, they threatened to leave the Union over it.
What is South Carolina?
This Native American leader helped to create a alphabet, which was used to create a written constitution for his people.
Who is Sequoyah?
This was the name given to the forced march of Native Americans from their ancestral land to reservation land set aside for them.
What is the Trail of Tears?
How many colonies did England control in North America?
What is 13?
This was the name given of Jackson's practice of giving his political supporters government jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
Leaders of this southern Native American tribe took the fight for their land all the way to the Supreme Court.
Who are the Cherokee?
This man was elected after Jackson's 2nd term.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
The Native Americans forced off their land were temporarily held on reservations in this current US state.
What is Oklahoma?
In 1821, What state was added to the Union to be coupled with the free state of Maine.
What is Missouri?
Jackson attacked this, as he felt it rewarded the wealthy at the expense of the common people.
What is the National Bank?
This piece of legislation was passed as a way to provide the legal grounds to forcibly remove Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
He was the Seminole chief who led his people in the Seminole War, fighting against the forced removal of his people.
Who is Osceola?
This Native American group from Florida resisted the forced movement from their homeland.
Who were the Seminole Indians?
He was the first VP to take office after the death of a President.
Who is John Tyler?
The victory in this battle during the War of 1812 provided Jackson with the fame he needed to later win the Presidency.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
Southerners and westerners bitter opposed the passage of these, as they made imported good more expensive.
What are tariffs?
This person appealed to the common people, which was why the Whigs choose him as their presidential candidate for the 1840 election.
Who is William henry Harrison?
This Supreme Court Justice ruled in favor of the Cherokee stating that Georgia acted unconstitutionally and that the Cherokee were protected by the Constitution, but Andrew jackson refused to enforce the court's decision.
Who is John C. Marshall?
This piece of legislation was designed to attracted farmers to the midwest because it gave away 160 acres of land providing you pay the filing fee and you successfully farmed the land for 5 years.
What is the Homestead Act?