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| platform | ideas promised to the people during a campaign |
| What party was formed by Jackson? | New Democratic Party |
| Why did Jackson ask Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act? | he wanted to remove all Native Americans from lands east of the Mississippi River |
| Did the Indian Removal Act pass? What did it say? | it passed - said ALL Native Americans had to move west of the Mississippi River |
| Native Americans that claimed they had a treaty with the US | Cherokee |
| Why did the Cherokee SUE the US government? | They claimed they had a treaty that said the US would stay off Cherokee land |
| What was the Supreme Court's decision over the Cherokee's lawsuit? | John Marshall (Chief Justice) agrees with the Cherokee, says they don't have to move |
| How did President Jackson react to the Supreme Court ruling concerning the Cherokee? | Jackson refused to obey the court's decision, forced the Natives to move |
| Trail of Tears | Native Americans' journey to Oklahoma |
| Why did thousands of Native Americans die along the "Trail of Tears"? | starvation, lack of shelter, sickness, exposure |
| Spoils System | Jackson gave government jobs to friends and political supporters even if they were unqualified |
| What did Jackson mean when he said, "to the victor goes the spoils"? | I won the election, I'm the President, I can do whatever I want |
| Tariff of Abominations | very high tariff that Jackson passed |
| What state opposed the high tariff? | South Carolina |
| Why did Jackson threaten to send the US army into S.Carolina? | S.Carolina wanted to nullify it (cancel it out), Jackson refused the idea of nullification and wanted to enforce the law |
| Who worked out a COMPROMISE tariff? | Henry Clay |
| How did Jackson feel about the Bank of the US? | he was against (opposed)it |
| Why did Jackson oppose the Bank of the US? | he said it favored the rich |
| How did Jackson shut down the Bank of the US? | he persuaded Congress to re-vote on the Bank's charter, then vetoed the bill and the bank was not re-charted |
| What did Jackson do with federal money? | put it into local or state banks (pet banks) |
| pet bank | state banks that had federal money deposited into them, then distributed loans to the common people |
| Why was the country heading into a depression because of the pet banks? | the common people were not able to pay back their loans to the banks |
| Positive results of Jackson's Presidency | gave suffrage (right to vote) to more people |
| Reasons why Jackson was a controversial President | Spoils System, Indian Removal Act, Nullification Crisis, Bank of the US |
