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Chapt 12 8th SS
Study Guide for Chapter 12 Test, Creating America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A severe economic slump | Depression |
| A right of the state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional | Doctrine of Nullification |
| 1830 government act that required Native Americans in the Southeast to relocate in the west | Indian Removal Act |
| Present day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska into which Native Indians were moved under the Indian Removal Act | Indian Territory |
| Political party formed by Andrew Jackson with the idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule | Jacksonian Democrats |
| Financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system collapsed | Panic of 1837 |
| Practice of the winning candidates giving government jobs to political backers or supporters | Spoil System |
| 1828 Law that raised the tariff on raw materials and manufactured goods | Tariff of Abomination |
| The forced journey of the Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory in which thousands of Cherokee died | Trail of Tears |
| Political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson | Whig Party |
| How did many people describe Andrew Jackson’s personality? | Short tempered and very tough |
| Who won the popular vote by a plurality in 1824? | Andrew Jackson |
| Because there was a no clear majority of electoral college votes in 1824, the House of Representatives chose the president. Who helped convince the House to elect John Quincy Adams? | Henry Clay |
| Who won the election of 1824? | John Quincy Adams |
| What were the three main issues in Andrew Jackson’s presidency? | The National Bank, the Native American Policy, and States Rights |
| How did Jackson feel about the National Bank? | He believed it favored the wealthy and hurt the average person. |
| What were the banks that Jackson sent funds in order to bankrupt the National Bank sometimes called? | pet banks |
| What happened because of the “pet banks?” | The value of American currency went down, causing inflation, and the American economy was ruined, resulting in the Panic of 1837. |
| Name the Five Civilized Tribes | The Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole. |
| How did the Cherokee attempt to assimilate into white society? | They adopted white customs and dress, created their own system of writing, wrote a constitution patterned after the American Constitution, and many even converted to Christianity. |
| Why did some people want to move the Native Americans? | White settlers wanted Native American lands to make more cotton plantations, or mine for gold discovered there. |
| What happened when the Supreme Court reviewed the Indian Removal Act? | It was declared unconstitutional. |
| What was Andrew Jackson’s response? | He ignored the ruling and sent troops to force Native Americans to move. |
| What happened because of the Indian Removal Act of 1830? | 10’s of thousands of Native Americans were moved to the Indian Territory, with over 4,000 Cherokee Native Americans dying on the Trail of Tears. |
| What were the three main regions of the United States at this time? | North, South, and West |
| Sectional disputes arose at this time because of these issues: | Tariffs, slavery, and states rights |
| What did South Carolina do in response to the Tariff of Abominations? | The state nullified the federal tariff, and threatened to secede. |
| State’s rights was important to the South because | They believed the state, not the federal government, should decide matters like economic tariffs, and slavery. |
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