Word Wall Vocab
Suffrage
Andrew Jackson's policy of rewarding party loyalty with government jobs
Spoils System
what brought light to one of the most pressing issues of the time; the debate between states rights and federal authority.
The Nullification Crisis
In 1828, what was discovered in northern Georgia on Cherokee Land?
Gold
where did the American Indians march thousands of miles to?
Oklahoma Territory
to stop or cancel something
annul/nullify
John Quincy Adams
who proposed a compromise that promised a slow reduction in tariffs over a decade
Henry Clay
In 1832, who sued the state trying to establish the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation?
Samuel Worcester
The Cherokee were forced to march _____ across the ____ River.
west; river
relocate
Supporters of Andrew Jackson who split off from the Democratic-Republican's
Democrats
what did Jackson do to warn South Carolina about refusing to obey federal laws
threatened to send military troops
In what court case did Jackson claim the state of Georgia had no authority to pass laws against the Cherokee?
Worcester v. Georgia
Without the executive branch enforcing the Supreme Court decision, there was no one to stop the Southern states from ______American Indians off their lands.
relocating
to leave or break away from a country or group to become independent
secede
voters participation
In 1828, tensions reached a breaking point with the passage of a tariff so high that southerners called it what?
Tariff of Abominations
In 1830, Jackson signed _______, which gave the federal government the power to exchange American Indian property for land in Oklahoma called "Indian Territory".
Indian Removal Act
The Creeks were forcibly removed in?
1836
the rights and powers help by individual US states rather than by federal government
states rights
white men who did not own property
common man
Andrew Jackson felt this institution held too much power and favored the wealthy
The Second National Bank
The Indian Removal Act required the government to do what?
treat the American Indians fairly
In the 1840's the Seminoles were forced out of ____after years of conflict with the United States.
Florida