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The Age of Jackson
Section 2
Daniel Webster
Panic of 1837
Whig Party
McCulloch v. Maryland
states’ rights doctrine
William Henry Harrison
nullification crisis
Tariff of Abominations
DIRECTIONS Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains
at least one word from the word bank.
1. Which Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of the Second Bank of
the United States?
2. What political party did William Henry Harrison belong to?
3. What rights did John C. Calhoun argue that tariffs violated?
4. What act, passed by Congress in 1828, resulted in increased sectional differences
and the nullification crisis?
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march from their homeland
9. Bureau of Indian Affairs
10. Trail of Tears
11. Black Hawk
SECTION 1
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nominating conventions
Martin Van Buren
John C. Calhoun
Kitchen Cabinet
spoils system
T
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F; Andrew Jackson was elected president
of the United States in 1828.
Biography–John C.
Calhoun
1. Possible response: Calhoun served the
country in several political offices. He also
fought for the economies of the southern
states and remained influential in politics
by developing his nullification theory.
2. Possible response: Calhoun was from the
South, so a large part of the cotton market
depended on slave labor.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
SECTION 2
1. McCulloch v. Maryland upheld the con-
stitutionality of the Second Bank of the
United States.
2. William Henry Harrison belonged to the
Whig Party.
3. John C. Calhoun argued that tariffs violated the states’ rights doctrine.
4. Congress passed the Tariff of
Abominations in 1828, which included
high rates.
Biography–Sequoya
1. Possible response: The warriors had never
seen a written language used by their
own people and didn’t understand how
Sequoya was communicating with his
daughter.
2. Possible response: The Cherokee were
able to pass down their traditions through
reading and writing. This was especially
important because so many died as they
were being forced out west.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
SECTION 3
1. Indian chief of the Fox and Sauk Indians;
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fought the U.S. Army
oversaw the federal policy toward Indians;
part of the U.S. government
authorized the removal of American
Indians who lived east of the Mississippi
River to lands in the West; a law passed by
Congress under pressure from President
Jackson
new homeland for removed peoples; contained what is mostly Oklahoma today
a Seminole leader; led the Seminole in the
Second Seminole War
a Cherokee; used 86 characters to represent Cherokee syllables to create a written
language
a Supreme Court ruling that said the
Cherokee nation is a distinct community,
occupying its own territory; ruling that
said the states had no power over Native
Americans
Cherokee’s 800-mile forced march to
Indian Territory; Cherokee suffered from
disease, hunger, and harsh weather on this
Biography–Black Hawk
1. Possible response: American Indians did
not have the same rights as the white
Americans. Therefore, Jackson and others
probably viewed them as inferior and not
entitled to own property.
2. Possible response: Black Hawk was stating that he was as powerful a leader as
Jackson.
3. Students’ answers will vary.
Biography–Daniel
Webster
1. Possible response: Jackson and Webster
disagreed on many issues except for their
opposition to nullification.
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