Socialstudies Andew Jackson Era

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Suffrage

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Right to vote

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Tarrif

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Fee on imported goods

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Nullify

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To cancel a law

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Secede

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To break away

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Hero of New Orleans

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He Defeated Creek nation in the battle of horshoe bend and defeated the british in the battle of new Orleans

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Election of 1824

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There was a corrupt bargain between henry clay and JQA made a deal where Henry who was speaker of the house made Adams President. And Adams made clay sec. of State.

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Inauguration of Andrew Jackson

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Anyone could be at the inauguration, no matter how poor, and no matter how little land you have. Farmers came into the white house with wet muddy boots just to shake his hand

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Old Hickory

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People called him this because he grew up poor and was as tough as a hickory stick

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Sharp Knife

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People called him this because he was a violent and harsh man tward the native americans and he was very strict.

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Spoils system

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Jacksom awarded goverment positions to people who helped him win the election and his friends which put many people out of work in a depression. And for people who were his supporters and voted for him

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Kitchen Kabinet

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Jackson had personal advisers that met with him in the white house kitchen and advised him. He had his own group of followers advise him over people who dissagreed with his ideas

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The national Banks

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Took out all the fed money deposits in the national bank and gave it to smaller state banks, because he claimed the bank was unconstitutional and favored the rich.

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Pet Banks

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A term for state banks selected by the treasury to receive extra gov. funds.

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Nullification Act

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Congress passed an act, declaring it wouldnt have to pay the illegal tarrifs of 1828 and 1832. The state threatened to secede, or break away from the union if the U.S Fed. Gov. interfered. Then Jackson backed a bill to calm everyone down that lowered the tarrif

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Force Bill

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Allowed Jackson to use military to enforce acts of congress. South Carolina accepted the new tarrif but nullifed the force bill

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Worcester V Georgia

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Georgia tried to take the cherokees over and ignored the cherokees rules and laws. In 1832, John Marshall ruled Georgia had no right to interfere with the cherokee and only the fed. Gov. could do that.

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Indian Removal Act of 1830

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Allowed the Fed Gov. to pay Native Americans to move west. America gave them awful land that is unresourceful and useless in the southeast.

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Trail of Tears

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In 1835 the cherokee were divided and feeling hopeless. That year they made a treaty of New Echota making the native americans give up their land. Around 2000 cherokee died in camps waiting for the move to begin, and another 2000 died along the way due to exposure to weather and disease and starvation.

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Seminole War

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In 1835 the seminole people joined forces with other escapees, to fight america, for retalliation of cheif BlackHawkes fight with them. Seminole slaughtered many americans so they allowed the seminole people there land back