Post War of 1812 - Age of Jackson Vocabulary

the right to vote

• Spoils System

• Suffrage

• Nullification

• King Andrew

the practice of rewarding government jobs to loyal supporters of the party that wins the election

• Rotation of Office

• Trail of Tears

• Spoils System

• Suffrage

the forced relocation of Indian tribes from their tribal lands to federal reservations in the west

• Indian Removal

• Trail of Tears

• Protective Tariffs

• King Andrew

a nickname given to Andrew Jackson by his opponents, because they felt Jackson was tyrannical in a way he used the power of the presidency

• The Bank War

• Capitalism

• Indian Removal

• King Andrew

(1838-39) an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people

• Suffrage

• Indian Removal

• Trail of Tears

• Mass Production

the idea that a state can cancel a federal law that, in the state’s opinion, violates the Constitution.

• Nullification

• The Bank War

• Rotation of Office

• Spoils System

manufacturing of large numbers of identical products quickly and cheaply

• Capitalism

• Mass Production

• Indian Removal

• Suffrage

economic system in which privately owned businesses compete in a free market

• The Bank War

• Mass Production

• Spoils System

• Capitalism

a tax placed on imports to intentionally raise their price to promote domestic industry

• Spoils System

• Capitalism

• The Bank War

• Protective Tariffs

the debate during Andrew Jackson’s presidency over whether or not to renew the charter (contract) of the Bank of the United States

• The Bank War

• Rotation of Office

• King Andrew

• Spoils System