The Age of Jackson

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Who was selected by the House of Representatives to be the sixth president of the U. S. because no candidate won a majority of electoral votes in the election of 1824?

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John Quincy Adams

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The differences between Jackson and Adams created two new political parties. Supporters of Jackson became known as what party?

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Democrats

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What do you call the political philosophy that puts its faith in the common people?

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Jacksonian Democracy

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What was found on Cherokee land in Georgia that hurried the removal of Native Americans from the Southeast?

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gold

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Passed in 1830 this law said that Native Americans must relocate west of the Mississippi River.

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Indian Removal Act

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Area that is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were moved.

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Indian Territory

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How did President Jackson react to the Supreme Court ruling on the Indian Removal Act?

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He refused to enforce it

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What is a tariff?

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A tax on imported goods

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What was President Jackson’s view of nullification?

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Jackson was opposed to nullification.

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What is the definition of secession?

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To withdraw from the Union