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Politics of the People
Jackson's Presidency
Jackson's Policy Towards Natives
The Trail of Tears
Fun Facts
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Why is he called the "common man President?"

Because he wasnt part of the rich or famous like the other presidents.
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Why did the people like Jackson?
He had a humble backround and was poor like them.
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Jackson wanted to move the Native Americans a. north b. south c. east d. west
d. west
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Why was it called the trail of tears?
Native Americans travelled thousands of miles without food and water. Many died.
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Andrew Jackson was the ___ president of the United States.
7th
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Who was Andrew Jackson's opponent?
John Quincy Adams
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What is the practice of giving jobs to political backers?
Spoil system
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If the tribes did not listen to Jackson, what would happen?
They would be attacked or killed.
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Why did Andrew Jackson want to move the Native Americans?

He wanted to expand the country, and the Native Americans were in the way. Also...GOLD

200

Why did a new political party start with Andrew Jackson?

The Democratic Party: Because The "Democratic-Republican Party split....and he didnt really fit with that one political party

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Why would some people at the time argue that the "trail of tears" was actually democratic?

Because even though it displaced the natives, he was doing what HIS voters from Georgia wanted him to do. 

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Who won the election of 1824?
John Quincy Adams
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Since the ______ natives were pushed westward by white men.
1600s
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Around what area nid the Natives move to?
Present day Oklahoma and Nebraska
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Jackson believed that ____________ should be able to vote.
all white men.
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What political party was Jackson in?
Democrat
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How did Jackson react when HIS state of South Carolina tried to Nullify and threated to secede?

 He threatened them and disapproved of it. 

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Name one of the 3 tribes that Jackson wanted to remove.

Possible answers: Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek Seminole

400

What is the official name of the "Trail of Tears"?

Indian Removal Act

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What was the rank of Andrew Jackson in the war of 1812?
A general.
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Jackson had votes from the people, but not from the ____
electoral college
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The Idea of spreading political power to all the people and insuring majority rule is the _______.
Jacksonian Democracy
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Only ____ laws affected the tribes, state laws did not.

Federal/ National

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Which tribe resisted Andrew Jackson and the removal policy?

Seminoles

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Andrew Jackson was a statesman, a politician, and a ______.
Lawyer