Andrew Jackson's Policies

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Jackson's "Spoils System" resulted in political loyalists being rewarded with government jobs.

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Political loyalists were given government positions as a reward for their support.

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In response to the nullification crisis, Jackson persuaded Congress to pass a new tariff that gradually reduced duties.

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A new tariff was enacted to address the concerns of the nullification crisis.

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The 1832 Ordinance of Nullification was based on the belief that states had the right to determine which congressional laws they would enforce.

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States believed they could choose which federal laws to follow.

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Andrew Jackson's veto of the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States in 1832

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He thought it was run by the elite and conflicted with the interests of the common man.

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Feature NOT included in the Missouri Compromise of 1820

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36°30′ parallel as the divide between slave and free territory

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Primary motivation for most settlers in the western territories in the 1800s

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The promise of free land

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Native Response NOT associated with the Indian Removal Act of 1830

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Chickasaws agreed to leave their lands in exchange for $3 million

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Ruling established by the U.S. Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia

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Only the federal government could negotiate with Native American nations.

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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced most members of the Cherokee nation to relocate to which current U.S. state?

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Oklahoma

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Which Native American tribe most resisted forced relocation under the Indian Removal Act?

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The Seminole tribe