Age of Jackson vocab flashcards

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Nullification Crisis

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Southern states didn't want to pay protective tariffs and claimed the right to 'nullify' or ignore the tariff because they felt it was unfair to their section of the U.S.

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Trail of Tears

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Forced migration of Cherokee to Oklahoma reservations; 4,000 died.

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Hudson River School

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American landscape painters.

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States' Rights

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Power given to the states through the constitution, serving as a check to federal powers; 10th Amendment.

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Indian Removal Act

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Required Indians east of the Mississippi River to move to new lands in the west.

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Tariff of Abominations

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Outraged southerners who felt the tax on imports was excessive and unfairly targeted their region; led to the Nullification Crisis.

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Andrew Jackson

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7th President; leader of the original Democratic Party and 'President of the Common Man'; responsible for the Trail of Tears.

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John C. Calhoun

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South Carolina congressman who spoke for the South during the Nullification Crisis and Civil War.

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John Quincy Adams

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6th President; election in 1824 was known as the 'Corrupt Bargain'.

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Worcestor v. Georgia

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Cherokee Indians were sovereign and did not have to leave their land; ignored by President Jackson.