Elections
This candidate lost the 1824 election due to the lack of electoral votes, but received the popular vote.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Jackson was a hero from this war.
What is the War of 1812?
The high tariffs on imports.
What are the Tariffs of Abominations?
The land the Native Americans were moved to which is now Oklahoma.
What is the Indian Territory?
People who meet with the President unofficially in the White House.
Who are the Kitchen Cabinet?
This person ran against Jackson for the presidency twice.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
Jackson was supported by this status of people.
Who are the common people?
The dispute about state rights over tariffs was known as the…
What is the nullification crisis?
The Cherokee 800 mile march during the winter became known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This group of Native Americans live in Florida.
Who are the Seminoles?
This was the democratic candidate for the 1828 election.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This was the numbers of terms Jackson served.
What are two terms?
Congress passed this policy for Native Americans to removed from their land and moved to Oklahoma.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This group of Native Americans tried to learn the white man ways to avoid removal.
Who are the Cherokees?
What is land and less fighting?
This was the republican candidate for the 1824 election.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
Jackson removed these people from their land.
Who are the Native Americans?
Calhoun wrote this protest that addressed the United States Congress favoring one region of the US over another section of the US.
What is the States’ right doctrine?
A Cherokee, Sequoyah, created this for their language.
What is an eighty-six character writing system?
This changed so that more people were allowed to vote for the presidential election.
What are voting laws?
This politician was a great compromiser, but ran for president 5 times and never won. Hint: He came up with the American System and the Missouri Compromise.
Who was Henry Clay?
This was Jackson’s first vice-president.
Who was John Calhoun?
Jackson’s banking policies and his unsuccessful plan to curb inflation caused this?
What is the Panic of 1837?
This group won the Worcester v. Georgia court case that determined if Georgia State had authority over Cherokee Native Americans.
Who are the Cherokee?
The Whig party was against this type of government.
What is a monarchy? (King)