“Jacksonian Democracy”
 Ended property requirements for voting
 Spoils System – Jackson replaces cabinet
members with party supporters, family
and friends.
“The Age of Jackson”
Trail of Tears
Nullification Crisis
Issue – Does a stat have the power to nullify (cancel) a federal law
within its borders?
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Tariff of Abominations is passed by Congress
John C. Calhoun encourages states to nullify the Tariff
South Carolina threatens to secede
President Jackson threatens to use the military to enforce
the Tariff
 Henry Clay – “The Great Compromiser” creates a The
Compromise Tariff
Worcester v. Georgia
Issue – Georgia passed state laws that prohibited non-Indians
from living on Indian Territory.
 Supreme Court – led by John Marshall established that
Indian tribes were independent nations.
 Andrew Jackson ignored Marshall’s decision and enforced
the Indian Removal Act anyways.
Issue – White settlers wanted the land the Cherokee
Indians were located on.
 Route the Cherokee Indians were forced to take
 Began in Georgia and ended in Oklahoma
 Supported by a law passed in Congress called the
Indian Removal Act
 Over 15,000 Cherokee were relocated to
reservations in Oklahoma
 Over 2,000 Cherokee Indians died along this “Trail
of Tears”
Bank War
 Henry Clay (leader of Congress) attempts to “recharter” the National Bank.
 Jackson dislikes the idea of “moneyed interests and
illegally removes money from the National Bank
and puts it in State Banks
 This causes an economic panic
“The Age of Jackson” - Practice Questions
1. A citizen supporting the ideals of “Jacksonian democracy” would most
likely have favored —
A government by a popularly elected monarch
B selection of the President by a small group of party leaders
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a government in which service is open to all citizens
D government by a military elite of army officers
4. The cases of Worcester v. Georgia and Cherokee Nation v.
Georgia both involved —
A federal government attempts to move the
Cherokee Indians from their lands
B the issue of American citizenship for American
Indians
C
2. President Andrew Jackson supported the use of the “spoils system” during his
administration as a way to —
A eliminate the common requirement that voters own property to vote
whether or not a white person could live among
American Indians
D whether the Cherokee Indians were subject to the
laws of Georgia
B give more citizens a chance to experience serving in government
C
reduce the control of party leaders in selecting Presidential candidates
D limit the involvement of common citizens in his administration
5. Which sections of the nation supported a higher
tariff in the 1820s as part of Henry Clay’s proposed
“American System”?
A West and South
B North and South
C
North and West
D North, South and West
3. Which of the following correctly completes the excerpt?
A South Carolina
B Georgia
C
Tennessee
D North Carolina
Key Vocabulary –
Nullify – To not enforce a law within
your state
Crisis – an event that could lead to a
dangerous situation