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42 Cards in this Set
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How did President Jackson alter the power of the Executive Branch?
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His actions greatly increased the power of Executive Branch
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Based on President Jackson's beliefs about the common men, how did it change who participated in the government?
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Jackson belivied any man with common sense could be a leader
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Why did Jackson's political opponents like to portray him as a king?
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They argued that he expanded the power of the executive branch so much the he wished to more like a king rather than the president
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How was suffrage changwd in the united state under Jacksonian Democracy?
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Many states reduced qualifications for woting allowing for many more ordinary men to vote
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Why did President Jackson pass the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
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To provide new lands for farmer and miners
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What is the Spoils System?
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Elected officials giving government jobs to their loyal supporters
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Why was the removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia referred to as the Trail of Tears?
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The Cherokee were forced to relocate causing extreme suffering they lost both property and thousands of lives in the process
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What years was President Jackson in Office?
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1829-1837
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What did Southerners call the Tariff of 1828?
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The Tariff of Abomination
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List 3 Provision of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
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1. Relocation Exoenses would be paid to the tribes that moved
2. Tribal governments would receive annual money from the USgovernment if they moved. 3. Tribes that wished to stay in the east would be granted government protection |
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According to Georgia who's authority was the Cherokee nation under?
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US government only therefore they were not subject to any Georgia State Laws. the cherokee nation was considered an independent state according to Supreme Court
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What was the main issue involved with the Nullification Crisis of 1832?
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Could a state refuse to obey a Federal Law that the state considered unconstitutional.
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Those opposed to the Tariff of 1828 belived that the tax?
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Unfair
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Why was it important to the Us to take the home Territory of the Indians in the East?
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The US wanted to continue westward advancement by establishing white settlement in the orginal Indian Territory
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Why was it hard for the Indians Tribes to resettle on their New Territory in Olkahoma?
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The land in Oklahoma was very different from what they were used to back East and lacked natural resources needed for farming
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According to the Supreme Court ruling was it legal for Georgia to try to remove Indians from their home land?
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No, the supreme court ruled that it was unconstitutional for Georgia to force removal of the Indians from their home land
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Why did South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification led to a governmentcrisis in the United Stated?
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If other stated had followed South Carolina's action it could have quickly led to a Civil War
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Why did some people argue that the Tariff of 1828 was unconstitutional?
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It was passed to stop imports, not to raise money
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What did Andrew Jackson say in response to South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullifaction?
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"Union men, Fear not,. The union will be preserved."
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How did the South Carolina legislature respond when congress passed the Tariff of 1832?
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They voted to cancel or nullify, the Tariff law in the state
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How did President Jackson veiw South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification?
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As a serious threat to the National unity
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How did President Jackson do in response to the Ordinance of nullification?
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He threatened military action against the state
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What was the Trail of Tears?
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The forced removal of Native Americans from the American southeast into Indian Territory West of the Mississippi River in Oklahoma
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During the election on 1824 where did almost all of John Quincy Adams support come from?
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The Northeast
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What did Southerners call the Tariff of 1828?
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The Tariff of Abomination
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The South compared the Tariff of 1828 to what?
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the Tariff of 1816
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what happened to the Native American land in the Southeast during the 1820s
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it was greatly rediced in size through series of traties
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how could you summarizethe relocation of Native Americans before 1850
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Native American were moved west of existing state
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From where did Jackson get his political support
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a very diverse group of people different parts of the country with many different backgrounds
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Why was Jackson opposeed to the Bank of the United State
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he felt the bank only benefited wealthy people and was thus not demectatic
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what principal of government gives a president the veto
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checks and balances
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why did president Jackson belive the Bank of the United Stated was unconstitutional
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he belived that only the states had the right to charter banks
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who did jackson belived the bank of the United States mostly helped
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mostly the wealthy
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how did voting rights change in 1820
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increasing numbers of people were able to vote
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President Andrew Jackson was known as the champion of what
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champion of the commom people
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what new political party emerged in the 1830s to oppose Andrew Jackson
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Whigs
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how was the presidential election of 1824 decided
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house of representitives chose J.Q Adams as president
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what brought about a period of peace between politiacl parties in the 1820s
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the end of the Federalist Party
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what did president J.Q Adams try to do that proved to be a very unpopular decision
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he wanted to increase federal government spending for internal improvement
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why did southern planters not like the Tariffof 1828
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it raised prices of european product that they wanted
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what was one cause of the Panic of 1837
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speculator borrowed large sumd of money from banks
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why did south Carolina pass the Nullidication Act
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to protest tariff of 1828
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