Presidents
This president was nicknamed "Old Hickory" and opposed the Bank of the U.S.
Andrew Jackson
To remain alive, even after being nearly destroyed.
Survive
A method used in elections to make your opponent look bad by telling lies and making jokes about them.
Mudslinging
Andrew Jackson won these elections.
Election of 1828 and 1832
Creek, Cherokee, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw
Five Civilized Tribes
This president did not wear a coat or jacket during his speech on Inauguration day, even though it was extremely cold. His slogan was "Tippecanoe and Tyler too"
William Henry Harrison
To move to another place
relocate
Having to do with the national government.
Federal
The trail the Cherokee traveled on to the west; many died
The Trail of Tears
Choctaw police force
Lighthorsemen
This president won the election of 1836. He did little to stop the Panic of 1837.
Martin Van Buren
An organization that has an important use in society.
Institution
Plurality
Treaty in which Cherokee agreed to give up all land by 1838
Treaty of New Echota
Cherokee chief
John Ross
10th U.S. President and former Vice President.
John Tyler
A meeting in which delegates of a political party choose a candidate for president.
Nominating conventions
To help make happen.
Facilitate
A Seminole attack on American soldiers.
Dade Massacre
The man Jackson looked directly at during his nullification toast.
John C. Calhoun
Whig party president elected in 1848, who died in office.
Zachary Taylor
Bureaucracy
Practice where the president fires government workers and replaces with supporters
Spoils System
U.S. and Britain treaty over Maine and Canada border.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
President Van Buren’s nickname
Little Magician