Age of Jackson Era

Founder of the Democratic Party; President of the "Common Man"

• John C Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

The right to vote

• Suffrage

• Spoils System

• Tariff

• Worcester v. Georgia

Practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs

• Suffrage

• Spoils System

• Tariff

• Nullification Crisis

Tax on imported goods

• Suffrage

• Spoils System

• Tariff

• Nullification Crisis

South Carolina threatened to secede (withdraw) from the U.S. if tariffs were not reduced

• Nullification Crisis

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

• Spoils System

Andrew Jackson's vice president; resigned over the issue of Nullification (Pro-Slavery)

• John C Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

Congressman from the North; wanted higher tariffs (Anti-Slavery)

• John C Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

Saved the country from Civil War by proposing the Missouri Compromise, a compromise Tariff, and the Compromise of 1850; "The Great Compromiser"

• John C Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• Andrew Jackson

• Henry Clay

Opened land to white settlers by forcing Native Americans to move onto reservations in Indian Territory

• Nullification Crisis

• Indian Removal Act

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Trail of Tears

Supreme Court ruled that Cherokee could not be forced to move off their land; Andrew Jackson ignored the court's ruling

• Nullification Crisis

• Indian Removal Act

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Trail of Tears