Kosky U.S. History chpt. 8

Andrew Jackson

Who was elected president in 1828?

Can vote even if you don’t own land

In what way was suffrage expanded by the 1828 election?

Jacksonian democracy

Movement that supported the rights of the common man due in part to expanded voting rights

Martin Van Buren

Secretary of State under Jackson

John C. Calhoun

Vice-president under Jackson who opposed the Tariff of 1828, from South Carolina

Henry Clay

Kentucky senator who ended the nullification crisis by proposing the Tariff of 1833 and founded the Whig Party in 1834

Tariff of 1828

Known as the Tariff of Abominations, this tariff raised taxes on British imports and led to the nullification crisis

Nullification

The idea that states have the right to determine when the federal government has exceeded its power and can then reject federal laws by declaring them “null and void”

Nullification crisis

Situation in which John C. Calhoun threated that South Carolina would secede from the Union if the federal government attempted to collect tariffs, Jackson threatened to invade South Carolina and hang Calhoun

The Indian Removal Act

Legislation of 1830 that reversed the federal government’s policy of respecting Native American land claims and ultimately led to Natives east of the Mississippi to be relocated west

Worcester v. Georgia

Supreme Court case ruled that the Cherokee Nation could not be regulated by the state and determined the Indian Removal Act violated previous treaties with the Cherokee

Ignored it. “John
Marshal made his
decision, let him
enforce it.”

What was Jackson’s reaction to Worcester v. Georgia?

The Black Hawk War

1,000 Sauk and Fox Indians unsuccessfully attempted to take back their land in Illinois in 1832.

Black Hawk

Sauk warrior who led the Native American to take back their Illinoi lands

Osceola

Chief of the Seminoles in Florida who resisted removal to the west.

Seminole

Florida tribe who fought the US between 1835 and 1842

Trail of Tears

The forced march of Cherokee and other tribes from their eastern lands to Indian Territory in the west, thousands died along the way

Nicholas Biddle

The president of the 2nd Bank of the US

The Whig Party

New political party founded in 1834 by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster