Andrew Jackson & Policies
This 1830 act authorized the forced relocation of Native Americans, leading to the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This 1831 rebellion in Virginia was led by an enslaved preacher who believed he was called by God to fight slavery.
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
The belief that the U.S. had a divine mission to expand westward was known as this ideology.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This Supreme Court case ruled in favor of Cherokee sovereignty, but Jackson refused to enforce it.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Founded in 1833 by Arthur Tappan and William Lloyd Garrison, this group sought the immediate abolition of slavery.
What is the American Anti-Slavery Society?
This belief claimed America was inherently unique and morally superior—often used to justify slavery and Native removal.
What is American Exceptionalism?
Jackson’s opposition to this financial institution led to what became known as the “Bank War.”
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
Excluded from the 1838 Anti-Slavery Convention, reformers like Lucretia Mott and the Grimké sisters helped ignite which later movement?
What is the Women’s Rights Movement?
“Lack of civilization fueled this idea,” wrote Hixson in criticism of a justification for westward expansion. What idea was he referring to?
What is Settler Colonialism under American Exceptionalism?