6.1 and 6.3 Vocabulary Review

A region set aside for the relocation of Native Americans, beginning with the Indian Removal Act, much of which later became part of the state of Oklahoma.

• Indian Territory

• Spoils System

• Trail of Tears

• Jeff Bezos

A group making up more than half of a larger group.

• Frontier

• Spoils System

• Majority

• Whig Party

An 1832 Supreme Court ruling that proclaimed state laws do not apply within Native American territory.

• Indian Territory

• Spoils System

• Worcester v. Georgia

The practice of giving supporters government jobs.

• Indian Territory

• Spoils System

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

A U.S. political party dating from the 1820s to the present that at first spoke out for small farmers and workers against moneyed businessmen and whose policies have changed over the years.

• Democratic Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Republicans

• Whig Party

The forced migration by the Cherokee and other Native American groups from their southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River.

• Trail of Tears

• Frontier

• Indian Territory

• Oklahoma

A political party organized by Henry Clay; they believed the federal government should help the economy and promote business.

• Independent Party

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

• Whig Party

A border, especially the border of an area of settlement; a line past which land is not settled.

• Indian Territory

• Spoils System

• Majority

• Frontier

The right to vote.

• Suffrage

• Spoils System

• Frontier

• Potato Chips

A law passed by Congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where Native Americans living in existing states could be relocated.

• Indian Territory

• Indian Removal Act

• Spoils System

• Majority