1. Indian Removal Act
The result of white pressure to acquire Native American land for cotton
What is the Indian Removal Act
Where did Andrew Jackson get most if not all of his wealth from?
By participating in the slave trade business; which included buying and sellling enslaved children and seperating families for profit
The opp of Andrew Jackson relating to the 2nd national bank
Who is Daniel Webster
The year the Indian Removal Act was published
1830
He was one of the least prominent slave owners in Tennessee
False
The year the second National bank was chartered
What is 1816
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act (4 reasons)
Land expansion, legal conflicts, coercion, and diversion
One definition provided by Abraham Lincoln is that democracy is “government of the people, by the people, for the people.” Simply, “by the people” means that citizens should be able to vote and run for office; “for the people” means that the government should pass and enforce laws that benefit the people.
True
The votes required to override the veto
Two-thirds
What act did Andrew Jackson pass in order protect the tribes from encroachment and allowed them to maintain their culture in a new territory west of the Mississippi River?
The Benevolent policy
Most men, including Andrew Jackson, thought and remembered (barely) to include the potential of citizens for Native Americans, African Americans, women, or anyone of any other group.
False
One of the most decisive issues of Jackson’s presidency
Whether the National Bank was good for America
The name of the forced marches where the Cherokees died to various causes
The Trail of Tears
The government believed that should pass and enforce laws that benefit “the people”
True
When did the bank’s charter expire?
1832