Court Cases
The court case that established the principle of judicial review.
Marbury v. Madison
John Quincy Adams won this election.
Election of 1824
First President of the United States.
George Washington
Won the popular vote in 1824 and 1828 and was the first president to be elected from the frontier.
Andrew Jackson
Name of the first democratic document in the colonies.
Mayflower Compact
This court case was also known as the Cherokee case.
Worcester v. Georgia
Saw the rise of Andrew Jackson as the 7th President of the United States.
Bought the Louisiana Territory and created the Embargo Act.
Thomas Jefferson.
Jackson vetoed the renewal of this federal institution to strengthen state governments.
Bank of the United States
This document said that voters did not have to own property in order to vote.
Tennessee Constitution of 1834
The court case that ruled that states could not stop the federal government from creating national banks within their borders.
McCulloch v. Maryland
Jackson refused to enforce the ruling of this branch of government during Worcester v. Georgia.
Judicial Branch.
The President of the United States during the War of 1812.
James Madison
Jackson pushed for this law to be enforced by the federal government against the judicial branch's wishes.
Indian Removal Act
This document stated that all Native Americans that lived east of the Mississippi would be forced West to make room for westward expansion.
Indian Removal Act
This court case ruled that federal law overruled state law.
Gibbons v. Odgen
A system of government for the "common man" and NOT favored by merchants and businessmen.
Jacksonian Democracy
Signed and created the first piece of foreign policy in the United States.
James Monroe
Name of the event where Native Americans were forced west despite the ruling of Worcester v. Georgia.
Trail of Tears
"And whereas the said Ordinance prescribes on the people of South Carolina a course of conduct in direct violation of their duty as citizens of the United States, contrary to the laws of their country, subversive of its constitution, and having for its object the destruction of the Union.... To preserve this bond of our political existence from destruction, to maintain inviolate this state of national honor and prosperity, and to justify the confidence my fellow-citizens have reposed in me, I, Andrew Jackson, President of the United States, have thought proper to issue this my PROCLAMATION, stating my views of the Constitution and laws applicable to the measures adopted by the Convention of South Carolina...."
Nullification Crisis
McCulloch v. Maryland relied on this clause to reach its ruling.
Necessary and Proper Clause
A system created by the National Republican Party with Henry Clay as the leader.
The American System
Son of the second President of the United States and member of the National Republican Party.
John Quincy Adams
This event led to increased regional divide between the North and South, ultimately leading to the Civil War.
Nullification Crisis
"I sincerely regret that in the act before me I can perceive none of those modifications of the ____________ charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the Constitution of our country"