Chapter 10: Democracy in America (1815-1840)

Concurrent majorities

________- recognizing both numbers and conflicting issues within the society in which he governs.

Andrew Jacksons administration

________ wanted to relocate the Cherokee to Oklahoma.

Political Freedom

________- having sovereign authority.

Russia

Although ________ owned Alaska, Alaska was not a part of the Monroe Doctrine.

Monroe

________ believed that the nations should with one accord adopt the doctrine of President Monroe as the doctrine of the world.

Numerical majorities

numerical recognizing numbers

Concurrent majorities

recognizing both numbers and conflicting issues within the society in which he governs

Political Freedom

having sovereign authority

1829

Virginia politics successfully resisted demands for changes in voting qualifications

1850

a subsequent constitutional convention eliminated the property requirement

Trail of Tears

The Cherokee petitioned Congress to honor the treaty they already had

Free Blacks on their Right to Vote

They show that Free Blacks pay taxes on land and are a part of the community just as much as white men are

National and individual rights

The only reason why the Cherokee agreed to be relocated

Property owners

___________ declared that they did not necessarily possess “moral or intellectual endowments“

Non-freeholders

___________ did not have enough land for them to vote.

Slaveholding states

__________ would rather use the numerical system and would most likely reject Calhoun’s proposed constitutional system