Age of Jackson

voting rights were expanded to include more white men, increasing the power of the "common man"

• Trail of Tears

• Expanded Suffrage

• Spoils System

• States Rights

the practice of giving government jobs to political supporters

• Nullification Crisis

• Expanded Suffrage

• Spoils System

• States Rights

refers to the 1824 election where John Quincy Adams was accused of making a deal with Henry Clay to win the presidency over Jackson

• Spoils System

• Corrupt Bargain

• Nullification Crisis

• Bank War

a conflict where South Carolina tried to cancel a federal tariff, claiming states had the right to ignore federal laws

• States Rights

• Tariff of Abominations

• Nullification Crisis

• Indian Removal Act

a law passed in 1830 that forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Expanded Suffrage

the forced march of Cherokee and other Native American tribes to lands in the west, leading to thousands of deaths

• Trail of Tears

• Indian Removal Act

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Spoils System

a very high tariff passed in 1828 that angered the South because it hurt their economy

• Tariffs

• Spoils System

• Tariff of Abominations

• Corrupt Bargain

a political battle where Jackson opposed the national bank, believing it favored the wealthy

• Bank War

• Nullification Crisis

• Spoils System

• Corrupt Bargain

taxes on imported goods that were supported by Northern businesses but opposed by Southern farmers

• Tariffs

• Tariff of Abominations

• Corrupt Bargain

• Bank War

a Supreme Court case that ruled Georgia couldn't force the Cherokee off their land, though Jackson ignored the decision

• Worcester v. Georgia

• Indian Removal Act

• Trail of Tears

• Expanded Suffrage