Ch. 10 Jacksonian Era

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Jacksonianism

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political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy

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"Spoils System"

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informal practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory, and as an incentive to keep working for the party

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Indian Removal

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nineteenth century policy of the government of the United States to relocate Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River to lands west of the river

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Jackson's attitude toward Native Americans

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dislike, wanted them off and away from developing national property

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"Trail of Tears"

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relocation and movement of Native Americans, including many members of the Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, and Choctaw nations among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) in the Western United States

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Nullification Crisis

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sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification

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The Bank War

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the controversy over the Second Bank of the United States and the attempts to destroy it by then-president Andrew Jackson

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Whigs

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replacing void by epic fail of Federalists

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"Specie Circular"

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requiring land be bought in specie, gold and silver

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John Calhoun

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