Age of Jackson Set 2

Tariff of Abominations

A high tariff passed by Congress in 1828 to protect Northern industries from foreign competition.

states' rights doctrine

the belief that state power should be greater than federal power

Nullification Crisis

Argument between South Carolina and the federal government where South Carolina believed they had the right to reject the Tariff of Abominations

Whig Party

Political party formed to oppose Andrew Jackson that favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress

Panic of 1837

A financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression caused in part by Jackson's banking policies

Indian Removal Act

law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River

Indian Territory

an area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s

Bureau of Indian Affairs

A government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans

Trail of Tears

The Cherokee's 800-mile forced march to Indian Territory where thousands died on the march

Sequoya

A Cherokee who invented a writing system for the Cherokee Nation

Black Hawk

Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States

Osceola

Seminole leader who resisted the removal of his people from Florida in the 1830s

William Henry Harrison

an American military leader, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office.