Andrew Jackson
What group of people did Andrew Jackson's policies force out of their homelands and onto reservations?
Indigenous Peoples/Native Americans
What law forced Indigenous People off of their land?
The Indian Removal Act
What two types of states was the government worried about keeping a "balance of power" between?
Free and Slave States
Who was Dred Scott and what did he sue for?
An enslaved man and he sued for his freedom.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret system to help enslaved people escape
What political party did Andrew Jackson help create: the Democratic Party or Republican Party?
Democratic Party
True/False: Some Indigenous groups, like the Cherokee, sued the government and won in court, and the government followed the decisions.
False
The 36°30′ line created by the Missouri Compromise stated that new states below the line would have ________, while new states above it would be ________.
slavery; free
What was Scott's argument for freedom?
He had lived in a free state/territory for some time
Who was the Railroad's most famous "conductor" (someone who help escaped slave to freedom)?
Harriet Tubman
Who/what group did President Jackson claim to represent in the government?
"The common man/people"
What modern day state were many of the Indigenous Peoples forcibly moved to?
Oklahoma
The Fugitive Slave Act, passed in the Compromise of 1850, required people to do wht, even in "free" states?
Return escaped slaves
What is the highest level of the courts the case made it to: District, State, Federal, or Supreme?
The Supreme Court
Other than the Northern States, where else would escaped slaves try to make it too?
Hint: It's a country
Canada
Jackson focused on expanding voting rights, but what two groups were forgotten about with his "progressive" policies?
Women and Black/African Americans
Why did the US government claim to "need " the Indigenous territories for?
Expansion and farming
How was the issue of slavery decided in new "western" states like California, Kansas, and Nebraska?
Popular soveriegnty/The people voted
What decision did the court make from this case about Scott and other slaves trying to legally get freedom?
Hint: It ruled that they could not do "something"
Scott and other slaves could not sue because they were not citizens
What was a risk people faced when helping with or escaping on the Underground Railroad?
Physical punishments/beatings, jail, and/or return to slavery
Under Jackson's "spoils" system, how could you easily get a job in government?
By donating to/supporting him and his politics
Which Indigenous group/tribe was most affected by the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears?
The Cherokee
As a result of the Kansas-Nebraska, groups of pro and anti slavery activists gathered in the Kansas Territory, resulting in riots and violence that we call "________ Kansas".
Bleeding
What did the decision prevent Congress from doing?
Banning slavery in any US territories
Inspired by her faith and the bible, Harriet Tubman chose a secret name for activities/business on the Railroad, what was it?
Moses