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Chapter 10
The Age of Jackson
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who received the right to vote in the early 1800s? | White men with average income |
| A meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate. | Nominating convention |
| An expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration. | Jacksonian Democracy |
| A political party formed by the supporters of Andrew Jackson. | Democratic Party |
| Which of the following 1828 presidential candidates was portrayed as being a tough, hard-working war hero who could relate to the new group of voters? | Andrew Jackson |
| Politicians' practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters. | Spoils system |
| The economy in the northern states was based on what? | manufacturing |
| The economy of the southern states was based on _____. | plantation farming |
| The northern states agreed with raising tariffs on imported goods because... | It would rise the prices of imported goods and, therefore, improve the sales of American-made goods in the United States. |
| The nickname given to a tariff by the southerners who opposed it. | Tariff of Abominations |
| What section of the U.S. benefited the most from the "Tariff of Abominations"? | northern states |
| A dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution. | Nullification Crisis |
| What did South Carolina threaten to do if they were made to enforce the tariff? | Secede from the Union |
| The belief that power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government. | States' Rights Doctrine |
| A political party formed in 1834 by opponents to Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature. | Whig Party |
| A congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River. | Indian Removal Act |
| An area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s. | Indian Territory |
| American Indian scholar and craftsman, he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee. | Sequoya |
| Why did so many Americans agree with the Indian Removal Act? | Because they wanted the land for their own farms. |
| Which Indian Nation in Georgia created their own government modeled after the U.S. government? | Cherokee |
| How did the Cherokee resist the Indian Removal Act? | They sued the state of Georgia. |
| The Supreme Court ruling that stated the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by President Jackson. | Worcester v. Georgia |
| An 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to the Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people. | Trail of Tears |
| American politician, he served as the governor of the Indiana Territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the 9th president of the United States. | William Henry Harrison |
| The second vice president to Andrew Jackson; he later became the eighth president of the U.S.. | Martin Van Buren |
| The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is BEST known for an expansion in... | Voting rights |
| Which of the following was LEAST important to the SOUTH's economy in the 1830s? | Manufacturing |
| Which of the following was NOT a difference between the North and the South? | Disagreements over the Indian Removal Act |
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Mr. Romaire
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