Unit 6 Vocabulary - Age of Jackson

What was the main purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?

• To grant citizenship to Native Americans

• To move all Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to Indian Territory

• To establish reservations in the Eastern United States

• To create new trade routes with Native American tribes

What was the outcome of the Worcester v. Georgia case?

• The Court ruled against the Cherokee

• The Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, but Jackson ignored the ruling

• The Cherokee voluntarily relocated to Oklahoma

• The Court supported Jackson's policies

What was the Spoils System?

• A method of distributing land to settlers

• The practice of handing out government jobs to supporters

• A system of trade between states

• A policy of reducing taxes for the wealthy

What was the Tariff of Abominations? (Choose TWO)

• A low tariff on imports to encourage trade

• A high tariff on imports that benefited the industrial North

• A tax on luxury goods

• Forced Southerners to pay higher prices on goods

What was the Trail of Tears?

• A peaceful migration of settlers to the West

• The forced relocation of the Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory

• A trade route established by Native Americans

• A series of battles between settlers and Native Americans

What does the term "suffrage" mean?

• The right to vote in political elections

• The right to free speech

• The right to own property

• The right to a fair trial

What does it mean to "secede"?

• To join a political party

• To withdraw formally from membership in an organization

• To support a political candidate

• To create a new law

Jacksonian Democracy (Choose THREE)

• Democratic Party

• Voting Increased

• Common Man

• South Carolina

Nullification Crisis (Choose THREE)

• argument over states' rights

• to move to another place

• South Carolina

• can state's nullify a federal law

Hudson River School

• A European art movement focused on abstract painting.
• An American art movement centered on portraiture.
• An American art movement focused on landscape and nature painting.

• A global art movement emphasizing sculpture.