Jackson (The Presidency)
This is the name for the practice where Jackson gave government jobs to his loyal friends and political supporters.
What is the Spoils System?
This 2-word phrase describes the belief that God wanted the United States to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Jackson used this Presidential power more than any other president before him to stop laws he didn't like.
What is the Veto?
This was the tragic, forced journey of the Cherokee people from their homes in the East to the West, where thousands died.
What is the Trail of Tears?
What Number President was Andrew Jackson
This state tried to "nullify" federal taxes and threatened to secede (leave) the Union, causing a major crisis.
What is South Carolina?
Many Americans believed they were "destined" to move West to spread this type of government and "civilize" the continent.
What is Democracy?
This concept suggests that the people living in a territory should be the ones to vote and decide on their own laws.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This territory was shared by the U.S. and Great Britain until pioneers began flooding in via a 2,000-mile long trail in search of gold.
What is Oregon?
What was the name of the Political Party Established After Andre Jackson
Jacksonian Democrats
Andrew Jackson is the only President in United States history to ever accomplish this financial goal 100%.
What is paying off the entire National Debt?
This term refers to the U.S. government "adding" a territory to the country, such as when they brought Texas into the Union in 1845.
What is Annexation (or to Annex)?
Jackson claimed this was a "stolen" election in 1824 because Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams win the Presidency in exchange for a cabinet job.
: What is the Corrupt Bargain?
What was the Name of the Act signed by Andrew Jackson to relocate Native American Tribes
What is the Indian Removal Act
What people did Andrew Jackson appeal to
The Common Working Man the Larger Population Etc
Jackson "killed" this institution because he believed it only helped the wealthy and had too much power over the common man.
What is the Second National Bank?
This was the "divine" or religious reason people gave for moving west—the idea that God had a special ________ for America.
What is Mission (or Purpose)?
This is the term for a state's attempt to cancel or ignore a federal law that they believe is unconstitutional.
What is Nullification?
The country the United States declared war on to gain Westward Land
Mexico
How Old Is Mr.LoPresti
23
In 1835, Jackson survived the first attempt on a President's life; after both of the assassin's guns jammed, Jackson famously did this.
What is beat the man with his cane?
This famous painting by John Gast shows a giant woman (Columbia) leading settlers, telegraph wires, and trains into the West.
Answer: What is "American Progress"?
This specific law, signed by Jackson in 1830, gave him the power to negotiate with tribes to move them West of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Call Back (What was the Name of the Territorial Expansion that extended the United States past the Mississippi River Nearly)
The Louisiana Purchase
You have an endless source of water, and two buckets. One of them can hold 3 gallons, and one can hold 5 gallons. How can you use both buckets to end up with exactly 4 gallons in the larger one?
fill the 5-gallon bucket, pour it into the 3-gallon bucket (leaving 2 gal), empty the 3-gallon, transfer the 2 gal to the 3-gallon, fill the 5-gallon again, and pour into the 3-gallon until full, leaving exactly 4 gallons in the 5-gallon bucket.