Growth of a Nation 1

In the election of 1824, there was no winner. Henry Clay urged supporters to vote for John Quincy Adams. Adams wins and appoints Clay, Secretary of State. Jackson calls it a(n)

• corrupt bargain

• false deal

• abomination

• politics

Supreme Court Case that ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a "domestic dependent nation" not a foreign state

• Marbury v. Madison

• Jackson v. Cherokee Nation

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

Supreme Court Case that ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a separate political entity and could not be controlled by a state (essentially left all control of NA to the federal government) (laws of GA had no force within Cherokee territory)

• Marbury v. Madison

• Jackson v. Cherokee Nation

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

Southern Native Americans (Cherokee, Seminole, etc) were forced to leave their lands and walk to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). More than 4,000 Cherokees died of cold, disease, and lack of food during the 116 day journey.

• Trail of Tears

• Long Walk to Water

• Death March

• Path of Pain

Jackson vetoed the charter of the national bank and also moved money to pet banks because he thought the national bank had too much power

• Bank Veto

• Resolution 22

• Bank War

• Trail of Tears

Tariff of 1828 raised taxes on imported manufactured goods to reduce foreign competition with American manufacturing

• Northern Tariff

• Tariff of Abominations

• War of 1812

• Southerners Horror

A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme.

• Spoils System

• Jacksonian Democracy

• Jeffersonian Democracy

• Whig Democracy

A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

• neopotisim

• spoils system

• corrupt bargain

• Whig Party

Congressional act that gave the president the power to negotiate removal treaties of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River (Passed in 1830, signed by Andrew Jackson)

• Jackson's Plan

• Tariff of Abominations

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

After South Carolina declared the federal tariff null and void, President Jackson obtained a Force Bill to use military actions against South Carolina; ended with a compromise (by Henry Clay) to lower tariffs over an extended time

• Nullification Crisis

• VA and KY Resolutions

• Tariff of Abominations

• Tariff of 1828