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29 Cards in this Set
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protective tariff |
An extremely high tariff that is designed to protect American factories from foreign competition |
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secede |
To withdraw from the Union |
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sectionalism |
The placing of the interests of one's own region ahead of the interests of the nation as a whole |
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spoils system |
The practice of winning candidates giving government jobs to political backers or supporters |
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doctrine of nullification |
A right of a state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional |
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Northeast |
Industrial region; favored protective tariffs |
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South |
Region of plantations; opposed protective tariffs |
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Trail of Tears |
Tragic journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory |
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Tariff of Abominations |
What the Southerners called the Tariff of 1828 because they felt that the interests of the Northeast were determining economic policy |
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Nullification Crisis |
When South Carolina threatened to secede over high tariffs |
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Jacksonian Democracy |
The belief that more people should be able to vote and have a say in government-not just the rich and well educated |
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Democratic |
The present-day political party that Andrew Jackson created |
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Indian Removal Act |
Forced Indians to move west of the Mississippi River |
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John Calhoun |
Proposed the use of the Doctrine of Nullification in 1831-32 |
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Oklahoma |
States designated as Indian territory by the US Government |
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he represented the common man |
Why Jackson was known as the "People's President" |
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removed all Indians East of the Mississippi River |
The significance of the Indian Removal Policy |
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Savages |
How many Americans, including Jackson, viewed the Native Americans |
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for land and gold |
Why the Cherokees were forced to move out of Georgia |
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South Carolina |
The Southern state that threatened to secede if the federal government tried to collect tariffs |
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Andrew Jackson |
Threatened to use troops to enforce federal laws and preserve the Union |
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Henry Clay |
Proposed a compromise tariff which lowered the tariff |
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he did not renew it |
What President Jackson did when the charter for the national bank was up for renewal |
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Daniel Webster |
A US Senator that did not agree with the idea of nullification and believed that South Carolina had no right to claim that they could overrule the Federal Government |
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Supreme Court |
Has the power to declare a law of Congress unconstitutional |
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Nullify/Nullification |
Means to reject or cancel |
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State's Rights |
A 19th century movement to give more power to state governments |
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to avoid fighting with settlers |
Why did Andrew Jackson believe that relocating the tribes was the best solution? |
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Worcester vs Georgia |
In this case, the Supreme Court ruled that Georgia had no control over the Cherokees |
