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The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
President of the Second Bank of the United States; he struggled to keep the bank functioning when President Jackson tried to destroy it.
Who is Nicholas Biddle?
100
The common people during the 1820's saw _____ _____ as their champion.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
100
Right to vote (extended to more common people in the 1820's)
What is Suffrage?
200
6th U.S. President. 1825-1829. Democratic-Republican. Secretary of State under Monroe. Skilled diplomat as evidenced by the Adams-Onis Treaty and the Treaty of Ghent. Wrote the Monroe Doctrine. Accused of winning the presidency with a "corrupt bargain" with Clay. Repealed the Gag Rule in 1845.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
200
President Jackson believed that the Bank of the United States was unconstitutional, because he believed the _____ should charter banks.
What are the States?
200
The tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their home land to Indian territory between 1838 and 1839, thousands of Cherokees died.
What is the Trail of Tears?
200
Practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs
What is the Spoils System?
300
Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death in 1852. He was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser."
Who is Henry Clay?
300
Andrew Jackson hated the National Bank because he believed it only benefited a group of _____ Americans who used it for their personal gain.
Who are wealthy?
300
For seven years the Seminole Indians, joined by runaway black slaves, waged a bitter guerrilla war that took the lives of some fifteen hundred. Their spirit was broken in 1837, when the American field commander treacherously seized their leader, Osceola, under the flag of truce. The war dragged on for 5 more years, but the Seminole were defeated.
What is the Seminole War?
400
Was an American military leader, politician, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office. His death created a brief constitutional crisis, but ultimately resolved many questions about presidential succession left unanswered by the Constitution until passage of the 25th Amendment. Led US forces in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Who is William Henry Harrison?
400
After the Bank of the United States was closed, speculators borrowed large sums of money from state banks and it ended up causing the ______ __ _______.
What is the Panic of 1837?
400
Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
400
Act of canceling a law
What is Nullification?
500
Served as secretary of state during Andrew Jackson's first term, vice president during Jackson's second term, and won the presidency in 1836
Who is Martin Van Buren?
500
South Carolina passed the ________ ___ and threatened to secede on account of the Tariff of Abominations.
What is the Nullification Act?
500
Due to his intention to expand executive presidential powers beyond those stated in the constitution Andrew Jackson's opponents nicknamed him "_____ _____."
What is King Andrew?
500
Private meeting during which powerful party members pick candidates
What is a Caucus?