Jackson's background
Jackson was born on the frontier in this southern state, and this is where he trained to become a lawyer.
What is North Carolina?
Jackson's closest group of advisors when he was president were called this, a more informal group.
Who were the kitchen cabinet?
Jackson defeated this man in the election of 1828, who he felt had stolen the previous election in a corrupt bargain.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
The precious metal was found in the Georgia territory that led to the US government violating its treaty with the Cherokee who lived on this land.
What is gold?
Texas would gain independence from this country, who had gained their independence from Spain.
What is Mexico?
Jackson's hate of this country and their soldiers ran deep, all the way back to the Revolutionary War, when he and his brothers had been their prisoners.
Who were the British?
Who were the Democrats?
Jackson hated this, and worked hard to make sure it ended, he believed it made the richest Americans richer, and could not be trusted. He also hated paper money.
What was the Bank of the United States?
When the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee Indians, and said the Indian Removal Act was unconstitutional, this is what Jackson did/said.
What is he ordered the army to remove them anyway?
Jackson didn't have a peaceful and easy return home after his two terms as president because his adopted son had allowed this to happen while Jackson was serving his presidential terms.
What is allowed the Hermitage plantation to go into debt?
Jackson moved west to this territory, that became a state and this is where he met his future wife, and bought the land that would become his homestead, The Hermitage.
What is Tennessee?
These were the different types of men that were part of Jackson's militia in the Battles against the Red Sticks and the British in New Orleans.
Who were frontier white soldiers (like Jackson), enslaved men and free black men, creoles, and Native Americans?
This group of Native Americans were defeated over the course of 3 wars, led by Andrew Jackson, forcing them deeper into Florida, to Oklahoma Territory, or to Mexico.
Who were the Seminoles?
These were the long and deadly journeys Native Americans to Oklahoma territory.
What are the Trails of Tears?
He would become the next president after Andrew Jackson.
Who was Martin Van Buren?
People who knew Jackson when he was a very young man were surprised to learn that later he had become a respectable lawyer and military leader for this reason.
What is because he was wild, drank a lot, gambled and didn't seem particularly serious about his future.
These people were Jackson's biggest supporters in his two terms as the president.
Middle class and poorer white American men and women that wanted to move westward.
He was Jackson's first Vice President, but was against the tariff of abominations, so he resigned and threatened secession of South Carolina from the Union.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
Many Native Americans will not use denomination of money, because Jackson's face is on it.
What is a $20 bill?
This political party formed in opposition to Jacksonian Democrats, the only thing that really unified them was their opposition to Jackson.
Who were the Whigs?
Jackson's reputation as a fearless and extremely capable military leader was solidified after this Battle of the War of 1812, when he and his troops defeated a much larger, more experienced British army.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
When friends and supporters were put into government positions by an elected person, as Jackson and others did, it was called this.
What is the spoils system?
This is the reason Jackson blamed his political opponents for his wife's Rachel's death.
What is they attacked her personally and called her terrible things that were not true?
True or False - Presidents before and after Jackson were supporters of Indian removal, they just weren't as vocal about it.
What is true?
This future state became independent from Mexico, and would eventually become a state after Jackson's presidency.
What is Texas?