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Age of Jackson
Notes from chapter 12 of McDougle Littell US History
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Social Work
8th Grade
03/19/2013

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Inflation
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When money loses it's value so prices on goods go go up.
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Depression
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A sustained, long-term dip in the economy
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Assimilate
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To absorb into the prevailing culture
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Secede
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To withdraw
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Widening the ability to vote to more people. Opened voting to all white males
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State Rights
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The right of the states to make choices without the national government getting in their way
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Spoils System
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Giving government jobs to political backers and friends
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Doctrine of Nullification
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allows states to reject a federal law that it thinks is unconstitutional
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Whigs
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Anti Jackson group of white property owners who believed congress, not the president, represented the will of the people.
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Tariff of Abomination
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law that raised the tariffs on imported raw materials and manufactured goods
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Andrew Jackson
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U.S. president from 1829-1837. Supported by specifically the lower class because he was just a regular, everyday guy. He also opened up voting to all white males.
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Martin Van Buren
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Elected president in 1836 after serving as Jackson's vice-president
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John Quincy Adams
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1824 presidential candidate, favored by the North
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William Henry Harrison
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Whig presidential winner in 1840 but died shortly after in 1841
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John Tyler
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Harrison's running mate (vice president) in the 1840 presidential election. Became president in 1841 when Harrison died
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Sequoya
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Invented the written language for the Cherokee
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Osceola
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Leader during the Second Seminole War when they refused to leave their land.
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Trail of Tears
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The harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to their new Reservation on Oklahoma. Lots of people died
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Indian Removal Act
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Called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require them to relocate west
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Describe how sectionalism split the Democratic-Republican party
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Each area wanted the candidate that only had their interests in mind
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What did each area of the country want?
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North- Tariffs and transportation
South- Slavery, Tariffs, Government money
West- Cheap land and transportaion
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Explain why Jackson wanted to move Native Americans west
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He wanted their valuable land
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Summarize the effects of the Indian Removal act
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It moved them off their land and the ones that chose to stay and become white citizens, it took away their Cherokee heritage
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Explain why Jackson wanted to close the National Bank
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He thought it was too powerful because it made loans to individuals and decided who would get it (usually the person of more power)
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Identify economic issues that increased tension within the states
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Jackson pulled all government money out of the National Bank and placed it in state banks; with all the money in banks it was easiler for people to borrow money. Too much paper money was printed and inflation hit
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Explain how the Cherokee changed to fit into the White Community
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Became Christians/prayed
Ate at specific times
Dressed in European clothes
Went to school
Owned slaves
Make written language
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Discus how the Corrupt Bargain changed politics in the 20s
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