Andrew Jackson and His Presidency
This political party was founded by Andrew Jackson and focused on representing the common people against the elites.
What is the Democratic Party
The Nullification Crisis started with a disagreement over a tax on imported goods, known as this.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
This economic event occurred after President Jackson's battle with the Second Bank of the United States.
What is the Panic of 1837?
This Native American tribe, also known as the “Five Civilized Tribes,” was most affected by the Indian Removal Act.
What is the Cherokee?
The U.S. claimed that the southern border of Texas was at this river, which Mexico did not agree with, leading to the Mexican-American War.
What is the Rio Grande?
Andrew Jackson was the first president to do this after taking office in 1829, involving firing many government officials and replacing them with his supporters.
What is the Spoils System
South Carolina, led by John C. Calhoun, argued that states had the right to do this if they believed a federal law was unconstitutional.
What is nullify or ignore the law?
The Panic of 1837 led to widespread unemployment, bankruptcies, and the collapse of this economic institution, which had been chartered (closed) by the federal government.
What is the National Bank of the United States?
The forced relocation of the Cherokee to present-day Oklahoma became known as this tragic journey.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This U.S. president was in office during the Mexican-American War and was a strong supporter of Manifest Destiny.
Who is James K. Polk?
This controversial law passed during Jackson's presidency aimed to relocate Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act
This event marked the end of the Nullification Crisis, where Jackson threatened military action against South Carolina.
What is the Compromise Tariff of 1833?
The Panic of 1837 caused inflation, resulting in the devaluation of this currency.
what is 'paper money' or 'bank notes'?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee had a right to their land, but Jackson ignored the decision.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and resulted in the U.S. acquiring a large amount of land, including present-day California, Nevada, and New Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Andrew Jackson's decision to destroy the Second Bank of the United States and withdraw federal funds led to a series of financial consequences, including this event in 1837.
What is the Panic of 1837
Jackson’s response to South Carolina's threat of secession was known as his "Force Bill," which authorized him to use the military to do this.
What is enforce the tariffs?
This policy, advocated by Jackson, was partly responsible for the Panic of 1837, as it replaced paper money with gold and silver which banks quickly ran out of.
What is the Specie Circular?
This Act and its aftermath led to the loss of thousands of Native American lives, as well as the destruction of this aspect of their culture.
The Indian Removal Act
This battle was a turning point in the Mexican-American War, where U.S. forces captured Mexico City in 1847.
What is the Battle of Chapultepec?
This event refers to South Carolina's refusal to pay a tariff on imported goods resulting in Jackson's use of the Force Bill to send troops.
What is 'The Nullification Crisis.'
The political impact of the Nullification Crisis was the new fact that this type of government was more powerful than state governments.
What is the federal government?
What is inflation and what causes it (2 main reasons)?
What is when money loses value, but the cost of items increases, and it is due to 1) too much money in circulation and 2) and increase in demand causing rising cost to keep up.
Native Americans were given this piece of land to live on after they were forced off their land.
What is 'Reservations' (that still exist today!)
As a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States gained all of this territory, which included present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.
What is the Mexican Cession?