Elections
People of the Jackson Era
Conflicts Over Land
The "Evil" Bank
Key Terms/Events
100

Political party that favored state's rights and a limited federal government.

The Democrats
100

Known as the "People's President," he was expected to improve access to the government for the "common man."

Andrew Jackson

100

Native American tribes were forced to sign treaties and move West in accordance with the ___________________.

The Indian Removal Act?

100

Resulted from the death of the National Bank

The Panic of 1837 (Economic Depression)

100

Under Jackson's Presidency, suffrage was expanded to ______________.

All White men

200

Political party that wanted a federal government, supported internal improvements, and the Bank of the United States

The National Republicans

200

The vote for President in the 1824 Election came down to two candidates: Andrew Jackson and _________________.

John Quincy Adams

200

The Cherokee's forced journey West became known as the ______________

The Trail of Tears

200

Andrew Jackson killed the Bank of the United States by________________

Withdrawing of all government deposits from the Bank and placing the funds in smaller state banks

200

Due to the Tariff of Abominations, some Southern states wanted to break away or ___________ from the U.S.

Secede

300

Selected the President for the 1824 Presidential election

The House of Representatives

300

Speaker of the House who swayed the vote to John Q. Adams in the Presidential Election of 1824

Henry Clay

300

Native Americans were relocated to ___________

Present-day Oklahoma

300

Jackson disliked the Bank of the US because______________

He believed the bank was unconstitutional and mainly benefited the wealthy rather than the "common man."

300

Henry Clay, as Speaker of the House, persuaded the House of Representatives to elect John Quincy Adams as the President. In return, Adams named Clay secretary of state. This deal became known as the _____________.

The "corrupt bargain"

400

William H. Crawford

Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson

John Quincy Adams

The Four candidates of the 1824 election

400

Andrew Jackson's Vice President, _____________________, disliked the tariff of 1828. He claimed that state governments should be able to nullify the tariff.

John C. Calhoun

400

Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the state of Georgia did not have any legal authority to enforce state laws over Native American tribal lands. Therefore, the state government could not force the Cherokee off of their land. 

This ruling was decided in the Supreme Court Case known as _____________

 Worcester v. Georgia

400

President Jackson fired many federal workers and replaced them with his supporters. This practice is known as __________

The Spoils System

500

The Presidential Election of 1828 was different from previous elections because it established modern _______________ as we know it today. 

Campaigning 

500

In response to Chief Justice John Marshall's ruling in regards to the Cherokee, Andrew Jackson responded _______________________

"John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it." 

Translation: I'm not going to enforce that decision. 

500

The government would no longer be controlled by the wealthy elite

Rule by the Elite to Rule by the People

This idea is known as__________

Jacksonian Democracy