Democracy in the Age of Jackson & Westward Expansion

Calhoun believed in the power of this when it thought a federal law was unconstitutional.

• the elastic clause

• nullification

• judicial power

• impeachment

John Quincy Adams’s supporters came to be called this.

• Whigs

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Libertarians

Andrew Jackson’s supporters became known as this.

• Whigs

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Libertarians

These replaced caucuses as a method of choosing candidates for President.

• nominating conventions

• electoral elections

• Writs of Assistance

• nullification

The name of the group that included party leaders and newspaper editors who advised Jackson.

• The Supreme Court

• Secretary of State

• Kitchen Cabinet

• nominating conventions

Forced march of the Cherokee to lands in the West.

• Tariff of Abominations

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Panic of 1837

Made imported goods more expensive.

• Tariff of Abominations

• Trail of Tears

• Seminole War

• Panic of 1837

Legislative Act that forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

• Seminole War

• Tariff of Abominations

Conflict between Native Americans in Florida and the government of the United States.

• Indian Removal Act

• Tariff of Abominations

• Seminole War

• Trail of Tears

Economic crisis during Van Buren’s presidency.

• Tariff of Abominations

• Panic of 1837

• Nullification Crisis

• Trail of Tears