He was born in a log cabin, fought in the Revolutionary War and was a general in the War of 1812.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
100
the taxes on imports
What were tariffs?
100
Other than slavery, this problem almost tore the country apart.
What was the debate about tariffs?
100
leave, and not be a part of the United States
What is secede?
100
the idea that Americans would settle the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean
What was Manifest Destiny?
200
At first Andrew Jackson was part of the political party started by this man.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
They wanted taxes on imports.
Who were the Northerners?
200
the idea that the states had joined the Union freely, so a state could decide if a federal law had to be obeyed
What was nullification?
200
a kind of government in which power is shared between state governments and a central government
What is federal?
200
In 1830, Congress passed this law which said President Jackson could pay all the Native Americans in the East to move.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
300
He came up with the idea of nullification.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
300
Tariffs could give Northern businesses a better chance to do this.
What is to compete?
300
Daniel Webster said that the Union was made for, by and answerable to them.
Who were the people?
300
goods that are brought into the country for sale
What are imports?
300
This Indian nation had developed a culture similar in many ways to that of Americans who lived nearby.
What was the Cherokee nation?
400
They refused to leave their land when told to pack up and go west.
Who were the Cherokee?
400
Tariffs were placed on these to raise their price.
What are goods?
400
This state was the first to warn that it would secede from the Union.
What was South Carolina?
400
responsible; must explain itself
What is answerable?
400
He ordered troops to remove the Cherokee and make them move west.
Who was Martin Van Buren?
500
He invented an alphabet for the Cherokee language.
Who was Sequoya?
500
It passed a tariff in 1816, raised it in 1824, and raised it again in 1828.
What was Congress?
500
John C. Calhoun said a state didn't have to obey a federal law if it didn't believe the law was right. He would have agreed with this group during the ratification of the U. S. Constitution.
What was anti-federalist?
500
the very best of something
What is prime?
500
The name of the journey the Cherokee people took west