John Marshall and the Supreme Court
This Supreme Court case expanded federal power by ruling that only Congress can regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This controversial agreement helped John Quincy Adams become president in 1824.
What is the corrupt bargain?
Andrew Jackson opposed this national bank because he believed it favored the wealthy.
What is the Bank of the United States?
This law allowed Native American tribes to be forcibly relocated west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
A powerful and harsh ruler
What is a Tyrant?
This Chief Justice helped establish the Supreme Court as a powerful and equal branch of government.
Who is John Marshall?
This system rewarded political supporters with government jobs under Andrew Jackson.
What is the spoils system?
This crisis involved South Carolina claiming it could ignore federal laws it disliked.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This Native American tribe fought to keep its land through the U.S. court system.
Who are the Cherokee?
Someone born into power or wealth
What is aristocrat?
This case ruled that states could not tax a federal institution, strengthening national authority.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The election of 1828 is often seen as the rise of this new political movement focused on the “common man.”
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
Both the Bank War and the Nullification Crisis increased the power of this branch of government.
What is the executive branch?
Despite the Supreme Court ruling, this president refused to enforce the decision.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
To reject a law
What is a Veto?
Chief Justice John Marshall said that state laws were not valid in Cherokee lands.
What is Worcester v. Georgia
Andrew Jackson defeated this president in the election of 1828.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
The issue that caused the Nullification Crisis involved high taxes on imported goods.
What are tariffs?
This Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia could not interfere with Cherokee lands.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
What is inauguration?
John Marshall’s Supreme Court decisions most often increased the power of this level of government.
What is the federal government?
The election of 1824 was decided by this branch of government because no candidate won a majority.
What is the House of Representatives?
Jackson veto led to the closure of the Second Bank of the United States and the creation of several state banks.
What is the Bank War?
This forced march caused the deaths of thousands of Native Americans.
What is the Trail of Tears?
To declare invalid or no longer legal and binding
What is nullify?