Key Terms/People
an informal group of trusted advisors who sometimes met in the white house
kitchen cabinet
a tariff that placed high tariffs on imports
Tariff of Abominations
Why did Daniel Webster of Massachusetts oppose nullification?
the country’s unity.
Leader of the Fox and Sauk Indians who led his people in a struggle to protect their lands in Illinois.
Black Hawk
Which party came first? Democratic or Whig Party.
Democratic
spoils system
How did nominating conventions help the nation?
They allowed people to become more active in politics.
favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress
Whig Party
Where was the Indian Territory located?
present-day Oklahoma
Which group of Native Americans are first moved to the Indian Territory?
Choctaw
Cherokee who created a writing system with 86 characters.
Sequoya
_____________ most influenced Americans’ political thinking during Andrew Jackson’s presidency
What created the nullification crisis?
a national tariff
the involuntary 800-mile march Cherokee Indians made in their removal from Georgia
Trail of Tears
Which came first: the nullification crisis or tariff of abominations?
tariff of abominations
The idea that each state in the US has its own powers and rights that the federal government cannot take away.
States rights doctrine
Secretary of state and one of Jackson's strongest allies
Martin Van Buren
a severe economic depression as a result of Van Buren's election.
Panic of 1837
What did the Indian Removal Act authorize?
It authorized moving American Indians who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.
Why did northerners support tariffs?
Northerners supported tariffs because tariffs helped them compete with the British.
The period expanding democracy in the 1820s and the 1830s.
Jacksonian democracy
How did Jackson prove that his stance on federal power was not consistent?
He fought for the U.S. troops to enforce tariff collection but argued against establishing a national bank.
What was the outcome of McCulloch v. Maryland ?
that the national bank was unconstitutional
Who benefited most from Andrew Jackson’s plan to remove American Indians to the West?
American farmers, who gained millions of acres of land for settlement
Leader of the Seminole tribe
Osceola