Jackson's Presidency
What controversial policy led to the forced removal of Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi, including the Trail of Tears?
What is The Indian Removal Act of 1830?
What term refers to the political practice of voting along ethnic and religious lines, which became prominent during the Jacksonian era?
What is Ethnocultural politics?
Who was the leading proponent of the American System, advocating for protective tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements?
What is Henry Clay?
What major religious movement inspired the abolitionist crusade of the 1830s?
What is The Second Great Awakening?
In what year was the American Anti-Slavery Society founded?
What is 1833?
What was the nickname given to Jackson's informal group of advisors who helped shape his policies?
What is The Kitchen Cabinet?
Which immigrant groups did the Democratic Party attract by supporting their demands for religious and cultural liberty?
What is Irish and German Catholic immigrants?
What key element of the American System aimed to stimulate manufacturing and protect domestic industries?
What is Protective tariffs?
What network assisted fugitive slaves in escaping to freedom?
What is The Underground Railroad?
What book, written by Weld and the Grimké sisters, exposed the brutal realities of slavery using firsthand testimony?
What is "American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses"?
What financial institution did Jackson veto, claiming it was unconstitutional and a tool for the elite?
What is The Second Bank of the United States?
Which political party in the late 1820s opposed secret societies like the Freemasons, accusing them of aristocratic exclusivity?
What is The Anti-Masonic Party?
Which major infrastructure projects did the American System propose to fund with tariff revenues?
What is Roads and canals?
Who was the author of the fiery pamphlet "An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World in 1829"?
What method did the American Anti-Slavery Society use to spread its message widely in 1835, sending abolitionist literature across the country?
What is The "great postal campaign."?
What South Carolina doctrine declared the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void and led to the Nullification Crisis?
What is The Ordinance of Nullification?
What was the Whig Party’s strategy for including women in political campaigns, a first in American history?
What is They welcomed women to campaign festivities?
Examples: parades and mass meetings
Which president’s policies largely dismantled the American System by opposing federal spending on internal improvements?
What is Andrew Jackson?
What event involving Nat Turner in 1831 led to tightened slave codes and diminished hopes of southern emancipation?
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
What wealthy New York silk merchants financially supported the American Anti-Slavery Society?
What is Arthur and Lewis Tappan?
What executive order required land purchases to be made with gold or silver, contributing to the Panic of 1837?
What is The Specie Circular?
What incident in 1826 involving a member of the Freemasons led to the rise of the Anti-Masonic movement?
What is The kidnapping and murder of William Morgan?
What controversial economic philosophy, supported by Jacksonians, opposed the government’s role in granting special charters or economic privileges?
What is Laissez-faire, or classical liberalism?
Which abolitionist newspaper was founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831, declaring "I will not retreat a single inch"?
What is The Liberator?
Who were the two sisters from South Carolina who became prominent advocates for abolitionism and women’s rights, contributing to abolitionist literature and lectures?
What is Angelina and Sarah Grimké?