Jacksonian Democracy

When did the announcement to remove the cherokee happen?

• 1830

• 1832

• 1838

• 1838-1839

Which event is being described in the quote?

"Cherokees! The President of the United States has sent me, with a powerful army, to cause you...to join..your people who are already established in prosperity, on the other side of the Mississippi...The full moon of May is already on the wane, and before anothe shall have passed away, every Cherokee man, woman and child...must be in motion to join their brethren in the far West."

• Trail of Tears

• Tariff of Abominations

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Nullification Crisis

What was the decision in Worcester v. Georgia?

• the cherokee have the right to stay on their territory

• the cherokee must move off their land immediately

• the cherokee are allowed to enforce constitutional laws

What was the effect of the Indian Removal Act?

• it started the process for the relocation of native americans

• decided the cherokee had the right to stay on their native lands

• forced the removal of Cherokee Nation to reservations in Oklahoma

• strained the relationship between South Carolina and introduced the idea of secession

• destroyed an important economic institution because Jackson felt it favored the elite

The American claim is by the right of our _______________ to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent.—John Sullivan, 1845

What belongs in the blank?

• expansionist decree

• political right

• manifest destiny

• nullification

What was the issue in Worcester v. Georgia?

• Is the Cherokee nation sovereign?

• can companies construct a railroad on Cherokee land?

• Can the cherokee enforce judicial rulings?

Which constitutional principle was violated in Worcester v. Georgia?

• limited government

• popular sovereignty

• checks and balances

• republicanism

When did the Trail of Tears happen?

• 1830

• 1832

• 1838

• 1838-1839

When did the Indian Removal Act happen?

• 1830

• 1832

• 1838

• 1838-1839

What was the effect of the Nullification Crisis?

• it started the process for the relocation of native americans

• decided the cherokee had the right to stay on their native lands

• forced the removal of Cherokee Nation to reservations in Oklahoma

• strained the relationship between South Carolina and introduced the idea of secession

• destroyed an important economic institution because Jackson felt it favored the elite