Native Americans
This Native American group argued that they were a sovereign nation and challenged the state of Georgia in the Supreme Court in the early 1830s.
Who are the Cherokee?
This Supreme Court justice strengthened the federal government with rulings in the 1800s.
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall?
This election saw four Democratic-Republicans vying for the presidency. None of which reached the required Electoral College vote.
What is the Election of 1824?
This is a tax the government imposes on imported goods to make them more expensive and to protect domestic products.
What is a tariff?
The forced relocation of the Cherokee and other tribes to lands west of the Mississippi
What is the Trail of Tears
This case ruled that states could not tax the national bank, strengthening federal power.
What is McColluch v. Maryland?
This controversial election in 1824 ended with John Quincy Adams becoming president after a deal with Henry Clay
South Carolina claimed it had the right to do this to any federal law it believed was unconstitutional
What is to nullify?
This disease from tainted water killed thousands of Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.
What is Dysnetery?
This case confirmed that the federal government had the power to regulate interstate commerce
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This Andrew Jackson political system rewarded supporters with government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
This South Carolina action threatened to ignore federal tariffs, leading to a showdown with Andrew Jackson over states' rights
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This U.S. law allowed the president to negotiate the removal of Native Americans from their lands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This Supreme Court case said Georgia could not force the Cherokee off their land, but Jackson ignored it.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This term describes the political movement during Jackson's presidency in support for the "common man"
What is the Jacksonian Democracy?
Jackson's opponents called him "King Andrew" after he removed federal deposits from this institution
What is the Second National Bank of the U.S.?
This Native American tribe was removed from Florida.
Who are the Seminoles?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation".
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
The 1834 Tennessee Constitution lists this as a requirement for voting
What is free males over the age of 21?