Growing and Dividing Nation Vocabulary: Part 2

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What is the 'Corrupt Bargain'?

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A political agreement in the 1824 U.S. presidential election that many believed was a deal between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to ensure Adams' presidency.

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Andrew Jackson's style can be described as:

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Aggressive and populist

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What is populism?

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A political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.

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Explain the concept of nullification.

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Nullification is a legal theory that a state has the right to invalidate any federal law deemed unconstitutional.

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The Nullification Crisis of 1832 was a conflict between which two entities?

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The federal government and South Carolina

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Secession in the context of the United States refers to:

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The process of a state leaving the Union

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The Indian Removal Act was:

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a law passed in 1830 that authorized the forced removal of Native American tribes from their ancestral lands to designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

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Assimilation in the context of Native Americans refers to:

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The process of adopting European-American culture and norms.

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The Trail of Tears was a series of forced relocations of which Native American tribes? Options: Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw, Navajo, Apache, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Comanche, Iroquois, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga, Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, Ute, and Shoshone

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Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw

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An Abolitionist is someone who:

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Advocates for the end of slavery