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AGE OF JACKSON STAAR
AGE OF JACKSON
Question | Answer |
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TARIFF | tax on imports or exports. |
TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS | a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. HIGHEST TARIFF IN U.S. HISTORY |
JOHN Q ADAMS | PRESIDENTIAL WINNER IN 1824, BEAT JACKSON IN A "CORRUPT BARGAIN?" |
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS | BATTLE THAT ENDED THE WAR OF 1812. MADE JACKSON A NATIONAL HERO |
OLD HICKORY | NICKNAME JACKSON WAS GIVEN BY HIS SOLDIERS |
COMMON MAN | JACKSON'S IDEA OF RUNNING AS A MAN OF THE PEOPLE |
SUFFRAGE | MEANS TO VOTE |
CORRUPT BARGAIN | DEAL BETWEEN HENRY CLAY AND JOHN Q ADAMS TO MAKE ADAMS PRESIDENT IN 1824 |
DEMOCRATIC PARTY | NEW POLITICAL PARTY CREATED BY ANDREW JACKSON IN 1828 |
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY | THE SPREAD OF POLITICAL POWER THAT SPREAD TO MORE OF THE "COMMON" PEOPLE AS A RESULT OF JACKSON'S ELECTION |
KING ANDREW | NICKNAME GIVEN TO JACKSON BY OPPONENTS THAT THOUGHT HE ABUSED HIS POWERS |
VETO | a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body |
NULLIFICATION CRISIS | THE IDEA THAT THE STATE HAS A RIGHT TO CANCEL A FEDERAL LAW IT CONSIDERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL |
INDIAN REMOVAL ACT | THE ACT THAT FORCED MANY NATIVE AMERICANS TO MOVE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
TRAIL OF TEARS | THE JOURNEY THE NATIVE AMERICANS TOOK FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THEIR NEW LANDS IN OKLAHOMA |
STATE'S RIGHTS | RIGHTS OF THE STATES TO LIMIT THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
JOHN C CALHOUN | JACKSON'S VICE PRESIDENT, QUIT HIS JOB DURING THE NULLIFICATION CRISIS TO GO BACK TO SOUTH CAROLINA |
SOUTH CAROLINA | THREATENED TO SECEDE FROM THE UNION OVER THE TAX ON IMPORTS |
GEORGIA | THE STATE WHERE THE CHEROKEE NATION WAS LOCATED |
OKLAHOMA | AREA THE GOVERNMENT GAVE (FORCED ON) TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS |
WORCESTER V GEORGIA | SUPREME COURT DECLARED THAT THE NATIVE AMERICAN'S WERE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND GEORGIA COULD NOT FORCE THEM OUT |
SPOILS SYSTEM | practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government civil service jobs to its supporters, friends and relatives as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party |
SECEDE | withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization: |
ANDREW JACKSON | WINNER OF THE 1828 AND 1832 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS |
ALL WHITE MEN COULD VOTE, DIDN'T HAVE TO OWN PROPERTY ANYMORE | WHAT CHANGED IN VOTING QUALIFICATIONS THAT HELPED JACKSON WIN THE PRESIDENCY? |
FALSE | TRUE OR FALSE. THE SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST THE CHEROKEE NATION IN WORCESTER VS. GEORGIA AND HAD THEM REMOVED. |
AMERICAN SYSTEM | HENRY CLAY'S PLAN TO TAX IMPORTS AND USE THE MONEY TO BUILD ROADS AND CANALS |
DANIEL WEBSTER | SENATOR WHO ARGUED THAT NULLIFICATION WAS WRONG AND STATES' MUST FOLLOW FEDERAL LAWS |
BANK OF THE UNITED STATES | WHAT INSTITUTION DID JACKSON SAY ONLY SUPPORTED THE WEALTHY AND BUSINESSMEN? |
VETOED THE CHARTER AND DEMANDED THE MONEY BE GIVEN TO STATE BANKS | HOW DID JACKSON EFFECTIVELY END THE BANK? |