a severe economic depression caused by Jackson's banking policies and his unsuccesful plan to curb inflation
Panic of 1837
An informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met with the President
Kitchen Cabinet
The court ruling that declared that the national bank was constitutional
McCulloh v Maryland
U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma, and planned to move Native Americans there.
Indian Territory:
the period of expanding democracy in the 1820's and 1830's later became known as this
Jacksonian Democracy
where party members choose the party's candidates
nomitating conventions
Group which favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress
Whig Party
The president who was in favor of gathering the indians together and moving them west.
President Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson's vice presidential running mate
John C. Calhoun
this said that since the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power
states' rights doctrine
This Court decision ruled that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which laws of Georgia had no force
Worcester v Georgia
A Cherokee who used 86 characters to represent the Cherokee syllables to create a writing system for their own complex language
Sequoya
Jackson supporters were determined that their candidates would win the 1828 election. they formed this to support Jackson's canidancy
Democratic Party
Conflicts between the supporters and the opponents of nullifacation deepened. This dispute became known as this
nullification crisis:
in order to manage Indian removal to the western lands, Congress approved the creation of a new government agency known as this
Bureau of INdian Affairs
a leader of Fox and Sauk indians who led his people in a struggle to protect their lands in Illinois
Chief Black Hawk
Seccretary of State who was one of Jackson's strongest allies in his official cabinet
Martin Van Buren
A senator from Massachusettes who argued that the United States was one nation, not a pact among independent states
Daniel Webster
in 1830, Congress passed this which authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West
Indian Removal Act
The Cherokee's 800 mile forced march became known as this
Trail of Tears
Before Andrew Jackson took office, Congress placed a high tariff on imports. Angry Southerners called it this
Tariff of Abonimations
a candidate who was an army general and he won an electoral landslide
William Henry Harrison
The pack that preceeded the US Constitution which held the states together.
Articles of Confederation
A leader who called upon his people to resist with force, which was when the Second Senimole War Began
Osceola