The Age of Jackson
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| Who received the right to vote in the early 1800s? | White men with average income
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| A meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate. | Nominating convention
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| An expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration. | Jacksonian Democracy
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| A political party formed by the supporters of Andrew Jackson. | Democratic Party
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| Which of the following 1828 presidential candidates was portrayed as being a tough, hard-working war hero who could relate to the new group of voters? | Andrew Jackson
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| Politicians' practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters. | Spoils system
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| The economy in the northern states was based on what? | manufacturing
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| The economy of the southern states was based on _____. | plantation farming
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| The northern states agreed with raising tariffs on imported goods because... | It would rise the prices of imported goods and, therefore, improve the sales of American-made goods in the United States.
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| The nickname given to a tariff by the southerners who opposed it. | Tariff of Abominations
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| What section of the U.S. benefited the most from the "Tariff of Abominations"? | northern states
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| A dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution. | Nullification Crisis
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| What did South Carolina threaten to do if they were made to enforce the tariff? | Secede from the Union
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| The belief that power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government. | States' Rights Doctrine
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| A political party formed in 1834 by opponents to Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature. | Whig Party
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| A congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River. | Indian Removal Act
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| An area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s. | Indian Territory
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| American Indian scholar and craftsman, he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee. | Sequoya
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| Why did so many Americans agree with the Indian Removal Act? | Because they wanted the land for their own farms.
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| Which Indian Nation in Georgia created their own government modeled after the U.S. government? | Cherokee
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| How did the Cherokee resist the Indian Removal Act? | They sued the state of Georgia.
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| The Supreme Court ruling that stated the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by President Jackson. | Worcester v. Georgia
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| An 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to the Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people. | Trail of Tears
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| American politician, he served as the governor of the Indiana Territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the 9th president of the United States. | William Henry Harrison
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| The second vice president to Andrew Jackson; he later became the eighth president of the U.S.. | Martin Van Buren
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| The era surrounding the presidency of Andrew Jackson is BEST known for an expansion in... | Voting rights
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| Which of the following was LEAST important to the SOUTH's economy in the 1830s? | Manufacturing
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| Which of the following was NOT a difference between the North and the South? | Disagreements over the Indian Removal Act
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