Andrew Jackson
Who vetoed the Second National Bank?
Who is Andrew Jackson
This legal agreement guaranteed Cherokee land and self-government.
What is the Treaty of Hopewell?
This branch of government made the decision in Worcester v. Georgia.
What is the judicial branch (Supreme Court)?
The Brooklyn Riot involved conflict between native-born Americans and this group.
Who are Irish immigrants?
The president’s power to reject a law.
What is a veto?
Jackson believed the bank favored this group of people.
What is the "elite"?
The Cherokee Nation wanted to remain on this.
What is the land of their fathers (ancestral land)?
Justice John Marshall described Indian nations as this type of community.
What are distinct political communities?
The violence was caused by fear of race and this belief system.
What is religion?
The right of a group to govern itself.
What is sovereignty?
Jackson said these people deserved protection from unfair laws.
Who are farmers, merchants, mechanics, or "the common man"
The Cherokees argued treaties were protected by this document.
What is the Constitution?
According to the ruling, this state could not enforce laws in Cherokee land.
What is Georgia?
This anti-immigrant political group was blamed for spreading fear.
Who are the Know-Nothings?
An agreement between nations.
What is a treaty?
This constitutional power allowed Jackson to reject the Bank bill
What is the veto?
The Cherokees said removal would violate these promises.
What are treaties and U.S. laws?
The land within Indian nation boundaries belonged to this group.
Who are the Indian nations themselves?
The article shows discrimination based on race, religion, and this factor.
What is ethnicity?
A person who moves to a new country.
What is an immigrant?
Jackson believed that true strength came from limiting this level of government.
Hint: He shared this belief with Thomas Jefferson
What is the federal (national) government.
The Cherokee Nation opposed this government policy.
What is Indian Removal?
This important Supreme Court decision was ignored by Andrew Jackson.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This term describes hostility toward immigrants.
What is nativism?
The expansion of democracy mainly for white men in the early 1800s.
What is the Era of the Common Man?