Jacksonian Politics
He won the Election of 1828 by promoting himself as a self-made, common man.
Who is Andrew Jackson
South Carolina threatened to nullify this extremely unpopular tariff.
What is Tariff of Abominations
Jackson supported this act, which forced Native peoples west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act
He was the leading transcendentalist
Who is Henry David Thoreau
He published The Liberator and demanded immediate emancipation.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
This informal group of advisers helped Jackson shape policy.
What is The Kitchen Cabinet
Jackson’s biggest opponent during the Nullification Crisis.
Who is John C. Calhoun
This tragic forced march relocated the Cherokee people.
What is the Trail of Tears
This central transcendentalist idea emphasized the belief in personal intuition and inner truth.
What is individualism
This escaped slave became a leading abolitionist speaker and writer.
Who is Frederick Douglass
Removing government workers and replacing them with loyal supporters describes this policy.
What is The Spoils System
Jackson responded to South Carolina’s nullification with this law giving him military power.
What is Force Bill
Jackson criticized this concept, claiming Clay’s nationalism was unconstitutional.
What is consolidated government
This utopian community was founded by transcendentalists in Massachusetts
What is Brook Farm
This system helped enslaved people escape to the North.
What is the Underground Railroad
This political party emerged around Jackson, calling themselves “the Democracy.”
What is The Democratic Party
Jackson vetoed these types of projects, claiming they violated states’ rights.
What is Internal Improvements
South Carolina tried to reject federal law in which crisis?
What is Nullification
The Shakers practiced these two major lifestyle principles.
What are celibacy and communal living
Angelina and Sarah Grimké were unusual abolitionists because they came from this group.
What are southern slaveholding families
The National Republicans and later Whigs supported this economic program Jackson attacked.
What is The American System
Jackson sought to destroy this national institution
What is The Second Bank of the United States
What tariff triggered the Nullification Crisis?
Tariff of 1828
This utopian society practiced “complex marriage.”
What is the Oneida Community
This antislavery political movement opposed the expansion of slavery into new territories.
What is the Free Soil Party