Jacksonian Democracy
This word means the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
The National Bank controlled this in the United States.
What is the nation’s money (or currency)?
This 1830 law forced Native Americans west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This Native American group resisted removal in Florida.
Who are the Seminole?
This belief said Americans were meant to expand west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Jackson’s system of giving government jobs to his supporters was called this.
What is the Spoils System?
Jackson rejected the bank bill using this presidential power.
What is a veto?
This tragic forced march caused thousands of Native American deaths.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This leader became a symbol of Seminole resistance.
Who is Osceola?
This canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
Jackson believed this type of law was superior to state law.
What is federal law?
This economic crisis followed the Bank War and caused widespread job loss.
What is the Panic of 1837 (or Depression)?
In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled the Cherokee Nation was this.
What is sovereign?
This type of warfare uses surprise attacks and knowledge of the land.
What is guerrilla warfare?
This 2,000-mile trail settlers used to travel west.
What is the Oregon Trail?
This political party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson.
What is the Whig Party?
Jackson removed federal money from the National Bank and placed it in these.
What are pet banks?
This branch of government has judicial power.
What is the judicial branch?
The Seminole Wars were long and costly for which country?
What is the United States?
Land gained after the Mexican-American War was called this.
What is the Mexican Cession?
How did expanded suffrage change American politics?
It allowed more white men without land to vote, increasing voter participation and shifting political power.
Why did Jackson oppose the National Bank?
He believed it favored the wealthy, had too much federal power, and could be corrupt.
Why was Worcester v. Georgia important even though Jackson ignored it?
It reinforced judicial power and Native sovereignty, but showed the Court depends on the president to enforce rulings.
How were the Seminole Wars different from the Trail of Tears?
The Seminole resisted with guerrilla warfare, and some remained in Florida, unlike the forced relocation of the Cherokee.
People who rushed to California for gold in 1849 were called this.
Who are the 49ers?