Vocab
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
The region of the country that was most likely to support Nullification.
What is the South?
The parcel of land the Native Americans were forced to move to
What is Indian Territory?
The economic crisis caused by state banks printing off mass amounts of money and approving vast loans.
What is the Panic of 1837?
The original expedition that encouraged Westward Expansion.
What is Lewis and Clarks expedition?
The practice of giving political jobs to your allies, started by Andrew Jackson.
What is the Spoils System?
Define Nullification
What is the political theory that said that states could ignore or veto laws they believed to be unconstitutional?
What is the Trail of Tears?
The Party and President that was Anti- Federal Bank
Who are the Democrats and who is Andrew Jackson?
The two nations that jointly occupied the Oregon Territory
Who are the United States and Great Britain
Public works; roads, canals, bridges, etc.
What is infrastructure?
How the Nullification Crisis was solved.
What is Andrew Jackson threatening to invade and/or Congress slowly reducing tariffs?
What was the Indian Removal Act?
Executive order signed by Jackson which made it so only gold and silver can be used to purchase federal land.
What is the Specie Circular?
Three rivers that made moving westward significantly easier.
What are the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers?
The risky practice of buying land with hopes that later down the line it will be worth more money.
What is speculation?
The economic/tax issue that originally caused the Nullification Crisis
What are tariffs?
The Supreme Court case that established that only the Federal Government could make deals regarding Native American lands.
What was Worcester V. Georgia?
The name of the person running the National Bank.
Who was Nicholas Biddle?
Henry Clay's plan to improve the country as we moved west. Bonus points if you can explain it.
What is the American System?
French for "Hands off." A type of economic system in which the government does not involve itself in the economy.
What is laissez-faire?
Southern leader and Vice President who supported nullification
Who is John C. Calhoun?
The modern state that most of the Indian Territory was in.
What is Oklahoma?
The person who won the Presidency off the back of Martin Van Buren's unpopularity.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
The city that pioneers would start in before going west.
What is Independence, Missouri?