Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee Nation

What happened in the 1824 presidential election?

• Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but lost the election

• John Quincy Adams won both the popular and electoral votes

• Henry Clay became president after a tie

• The election was decided by a vote in the House of Representatives

What was the 'Corrupt Bargain' that Jackson's supporters claimed after the 1824 election?

• Jackson secretly agreed to share power with Adams

• Adams promised Henry Clay a high government position for his support

• Clay tried to become president instead of Adams

• The election results were changed illegally

What change in voting laws helped Andrew Jackson win the 1828 election?

• Women were allowed to vote for the first time

• All white men, even those without property, were allowed to vote

• African Americans were given the right to vote

• Only wealthy landowners could vote

What was the 'spoils system' used by President Jackson?

• He gave government jobs to his political supporters and friends

• He shared government money with all citizens equally

• He removed all taxes on imported goods

• He created a system to elect judges

How did the Tariff of 1828, also known as the 'Tariff of Abominations,' affect the Southern states?

• It helped Southern farmers sell more crops to other countries

• It made goods from Britain cheaper for Southerners to buy

• It caused Southerners to pay higher prices for imported goods and hurt their trade with Britain

• It led to new factories being built in the South

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Worcester v. Georgia case?

• Georgia was allowed to enforce its laws on the Cherokee

• The Cherokee nation was recognized as sovereign

• The federal government had no power over states

• Andrew Jackson was ordered to remove the Cherokee

What was the forced journey of the Cherokee people from their homes to new territory called?

• The Great March

• The Western Trek

• The Trail of Tears

• The Indian Exodus

What major issue did Andrew Jackson focus on during his 1832 re-election campaign?

• Lowering taxes for all citizens

• Abolishing the Second National Bank

• Expanding the military

• Creating new national parks

Why did many Southerners dislike tariffs, according to John Calhoun?

• They made goods from the South more expensive

• They helped Northern factories more than Southern farms

• They stopped trade with other countries

• They only benefited the President

After vetoing the bill to extend the Second National Bank's charter, where did President Jackson move federal deposits?

• Into his personal bank account

• To foreign banks

• Into smaller state banks called 'pet banks'

• He destroyed the money