The Age of Jackson

A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme.

• Federalism

• Sectionalism

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Jeffersonian Democracy

The informal advisers to President Andrew Jackson.

• The Spoils System

• The Kitchen Cabinet

• The House of Representatives

• The Senate

South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Martin Van Buren

• William Henry Harrison

An official public meeting of a party to choose candidates for office

• Electoral college

• Nominating Conventions

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Democratic Party

The 8th President of the US

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin van Buren

• William Henry Harrison

A political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824.

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

• Union Party

rewarding people with government jobs on the basis of their political support

• Spoils System

• Kitchen Cabinet

• Nullification

• Tariff

The 9th president of the US - the Whig Party

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson

• Martin van Buren

• William Henry Harrison

Calhoun and his supporters believed that the states could reject, any federal law they felt was unfair, this led to a showdown between the federal government and South Carolina.

• States' Rights Doctrine

• Nullification Crisis

• Panic of 1837

• Indian Removal Act

A document which said that since the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power.

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• States' Rights Doctrine

• Tariff of Abominations

• Jacksonian Democracy