Lesson 14 Andrew Jackson and the Growth of American Democracy

An employee of the government

• civil servant

• Secede

• Force Bill

• Old Hickory

The idea that the common people should control the government

• Federalists

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Republicans

• Independent Party

to withdraw from an organization or alliance

• tariff

• Ally

• secede

• blockade

the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs

• Jacksonian Democracy

• secede

• mudslinging

• Spoils system

a tax imposed by the government on goods imported from another country

• Spoils System

• tariff

• blockade

• secede

the removal of Cherokee Indians from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 and 1839

• Trail of Tears

• The Holocaust

• Spoils System

• Middle Passage

During a political campaign when both sides hurl accusations at each other, Sometimes, these accusations have little to do with an opponent's political beliefs, focusing instead on often exaggerated or untrue personal attacks.

• mudslinging

• secede

• blockade

• monopoly

7th president of the United States. He is known for founding the Democratic Party and for his support of individual liberty.

• Barack Obama

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Clay

A law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1833 gave the president the power to use the military to enforce the collection of import tariffs (taxes)

• Force Bill

• monopoly

• blockade

• secede

Andrew Jackson's nickname, which refers to this strength and stubbornness, from his troops after crushing the British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812

• Strong Oak

• Old Hickory

• Tough Cookie

• Defender of Democracy