Chapter 12 The Age of Jackson

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

• Democratic-Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

• Union Party

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 financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression during Van Buren's presidency, caused by Jackson's economic policies including cancelling the 2nd Bank of America.

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• The Great Depression

• Panic of 1837

The controversial tax designed to protect American industry from cheaper British commodities. Opposition to the rise of taxes on raw materials, like cotton and tobacco, in the South led to the Nullification Crisis..

• Nullification

• Tariff of Abominations

• McCulloch v Maryland

• States' Rights Doctrine

What was the main state invovled in the Nullification Crisis?

• New York
• Massachussets 
• Kentucky
• South Carolina

Why did Andrew Jackson dislike the National Bank?

• The bank did not allow Jackson to raise tariffs
• He feared the bank favored the wealthy
• The bank was lead by corrupt leaders
• The bank did not allow for gold or silver used as currency

The political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank of the United States (BUS) during the Andrew Jackson administration

• Nullification Crisis
• Compromise of 1833
• The Bank War
• Pet Banks

Passed in 1830, this authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.

• Indian Removal Act
• Worcester v. Georgia
• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Trail of Tears

What was the harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory called?

• spoils system
• Trail of Tears
• Indian Removal Act
• Whig Party

To nullify a law means …

• to agree to the law
• to secede.
• to void or cancel the law.
• to vote on the law.