Native Americans and Removal
This Indian tribe lived in Florida and had mixed communities with some runaway slaves
What are the Seminole
This state led the Nullification Crisis by declaring a federal tariff null and void.
What is South Carolina
This political scandal involved rumors and social rules surrounding the wife of a member of Andrew Jackson’s cabinet.
What is the Petticoat Affair?
Andrew Jackson believed this institution favored wealthy elites over ordinary people and called it “the Monster.”
What is the Bank of the United States?
This Native American nation adopted a written constitution in 1827 in an effort to protect its land and sovereignty.
What is the Cherokee nation?
The main reason that Americans wanted the Southeastern Indian tribes to relocate
What is Fertile Land
When a state ignores a Federal Law
What is Nullification?
This term describes Andrew Jackson’s practice of rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs after winning an election.
What is the Spoils System?
This president of the Bank of the United States pushed Congress to renew the Bank’s charter early.
Who was Nicholas Biddle?
This law, passed in 1830 at Andrew Jackson’s urging, allowed the federal government to forcibly remove Native Americans to lands west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
The Native American who created the Cherokee Alphabet
Who was Sequoya
Andrew Jackson's response to the Nullification Crisis
Andrew Jackson defended Peggy Eaton during this scandal because it reminded him of this...
What were the attacks on his wife, Rachel Jackson?
Andrew Jackson used this presidential power in 1832 to stop the early recharter of the Bank.
What is the Vetoe?
This political party in the Election of 1836 attempted to prevent an electoral majority by running multiple regional candidates.
What were the Whigs?
The Court Case where SCOTUS ruled that the Cherokee Nation was not a separate nation
What was Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
This former vice president of the United States became a South Carolina senator and the leading defender of the idea that states could reject federal laws they believed were unconstitutional.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This vice president’s wife led the social boycott of Peggy Eaton, helping cause a split between the vice president and Andrew Jackson.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This election turned the Bank of the United States into the central political issue after Andrew Jackson vetoed its recharter.
What is the Election of 1832?
At least this many Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears
What is 4,000?
This Supreme Court decision recognized that treaties protected Native American land, yet removal still occurred after Congress passed a law allowing the military to force tribes west.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
Andrew Jackson was against Nullfication, but he was still in favor of this...
What are States Rights?
This action by Andrew Jackson followed the Petticoat Affair and showed that loyalty mattered more than experience in his administration.
What is forcing members of his cabinet to resign?
This man was blamed for the Panic of 1837, even though it was not his fault.
William Henry Harrison's Campaign Slogan
What is "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"?