Jackson's Presidency

Jacksonian Democracy expanded suffrage (voting rights) to -

• women

• non church members

• non land owners

• African American men

Suffrage is -

• extreme suffering

• the right to vote

• a dictator

• slight suffering

The 10th Amendment gives power to

• the people

• the president

• Congress

• the states

The Indian Removal Act

• let Indian tribes remain on their land

• moved Indian tribes west of the Appalachian Mts

• moved Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River

• moved Indian tribes into the Northwest Territory

Jackson vetoed the national bank, believing it only helped

• farmers

• the wealthy

• Native Americans

• Europeans

Worcester v. Georgia -

• gave states power over the Cherokee.

• said that Georgia had no power over the Cherokee nation.

• said that the President could sign treaties with the Native Americans to exchange their land in the south for land west of the Mississippi River.

• gave the Choctaw tribe sovereignty over the Cherokee tribe.

Jackson responded to John Marshall's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia by

• agreeing and immediately enforcing the decision.

• publishing a wordy response in the newspaper to publicly attack Marshall and the Supreme Court.

• ignoring the ruling and continuing with his Indian removal policies.

• tearing it up and lighting it on fire.

The spoils system was

• a practice to reward political supporters with government jobs.

• a practice to spoil children with a brand new wagon.

• a practice to keep politicians in office for as long as possible.

• not used in the 19th century (1800s).

South Carolina wanted to nullify the Tariff of Abominations because they said it was

• constitutional.

• unconstitutional.

• taxation without representation.

• persecution.

Nullify is

• the power of the federal government to force states into following federal laws.

• the power of a state to reject a federal law.

• the power of a state to make their own laws.

• the power of the federal government to check the constitutionality of a law.