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What happened in the 1824 election that made some voters question the results?
Jackson won the popular vote did not become president
Jackson did not believe in the idea of...
Nullification
How did President Jackson use the spoils system?
He gave government jobs to his supporters
Believing that Native Americans would hurt the _____________, Jackson persuaded Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act in 1830.
economy
What was a popular method used to relocate Native Americans in the 1830s?
pressuring tribes to accept unfair treaties
What helped cause the Panic of 1837?
Jackson's banking policies
Farmers believed this benefited only wealthy businesspeople
Second Bank of the United States
Voters viewed Jackson as a... (two things)
war hero + self-made man
Many Cherokee believed they could escape forcible relocation and avoid conflicts if they _______
adopted the culture of white people
Biggest cause of tension between American regions during Jackson’s presidency?
tariffs
During this period, what was the best determiner of a person's political beliefs?
region where they lived
Voters perceived John Quincy Adams as ...
an elitist
__________ leaders were forced to sign a removal treaty that their followers decided to ignore
Seminole
What was a consequence of Jackson’s opposition to the Second Bank of the United States?
economic inflation
____________ urged his people to resist with force.
Osceola
After the Seminole and Sauk resistance efforts, what was the outcome?
The United States decided to give up the fight against the Seminoles.
Two ways in which the Cherokee resisted relocation
adopted white culture
pursued legal challenges
The states’ right doctrine was used (especially in the South) to support the position that states had the right to...
nullify any federal law
Which claim was made by some southern states in response to a growing opposition to tariffs?
States can reject federal laws they believe are unconstitutional.
Jackson’s response to the Worcester v. Georgia ruling was...?
He refused to enforce property rights
How might the Southeast be different today if Native Americans had successfully resisted removal? (at least two ways)
a larger Native American population
Tribal Nations would have political power
A stronger connection to the practices, language, and land (+ how the land looks)
There would still be challenges