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Andrew Jackson; his election signaled a shift of power to the 'common man' and the expansion of suffrage (voting rights).

A constitutional crisis where South Carolina, led by John C. Calhoun, attempted to declare federal tariffs null and void, testing the balance of state vs. federal power.

Supreme Court case where the court ruled that the Cherokee had the right to self-government and Georgia's laws over them were unconstitutional; President Jackson refused to enforce it.

A law that gave the president power to negotiate removal treaties with American Indian tribes, exchanging their lands in the East for territory west of the Mississippi.

The 1838 forced removal of 16,000 Cherokee people to western lands; 4,000 died from cold, hunger, and disease during the march.

It established the procedure for the orderly expansion of the U.S. by outlining how a territory could become a state once it reached a population of 60,000.

The 19th-century belief that the United States was destined to expand across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

The longest of the westward trails, stretching from Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory.

Through a treaty with Great Britain, achieving the U.S. goal of having access to the Pacific Ocean.

The U.S. admitted Texas as a state, which led to immediate diplomatic tension and eventual war with Mexico.