The Age of Jackson
This term describes Jackson’s rewarding supporters with government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
Jackson’s supporters called themselves this political party.
What is the Democratic Party?
Henry Clay proposed this economic plan that emphasized tariffs and internal improvements.
What is the American System?
This literary and philosophical movement emphasized nature, individuality, and self-reliance.
What is Transcendentalism?
These networks of secret routes helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This political crisis centered on South Carolina's refusal to accept a federal tariff.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This candidate won the “Corrupt Bargain” election of 1824.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This group was forcibly marched west in the Trail of Tears.
Who were the Cherokee?
He was the leader of the Transcendentalist movement.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
This community practiced complex marriage and communal child-rearing.
What is the Oneida Community?
This event in 1837, partially caused by Jackson’s banking policies, led to a major economic downturn.
What is the Panic of 1837?
Jackson opposed this idea, believing states—not federal courts—should decide Native American affairs.
What is states’ rights?
This Supreme Court case ruled in favor of Cherokee sovereignty.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This Transcendentalist author wrote Walden.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
This group founded a successful communal society in Indiana before it failed financially.
What is New Harmony?
This 1830 law resulted in the forced relocation of Native Americans.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This term describes politicians appealing directly to the everyday voter.
What is popular politics?
Vice President who defended nullification and later resigned.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
Thoreau practiced this peaceful form of protest by refusing to pay taxes.
What is civil disobedience?
The Grimké sisters were unusual because they were women AND from here.
What is the South (Slaveholding family)?
Jackson destroyed this financial institution by removing federal deposits.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
The 1828 election featured this type of political participation increase.
What is mass (popular) voting / universal white male suffrage?
This party formed in opposition to Jackson’s policies.
What is the Whig Party?
Transcendentalists believed in this inner divine force found in all people.
What is the Oversoul / inner light?
He published The Liberator and called for immediate abolition.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?