TEKS Review #5 - Age of Jackson / Manifest Destiny / Reform

formed to support Jackson after he lost election of 1824 to JQ Adams due to "corrupt bargain"

7th President; first president from the west; first president belonging to the Democratic Party

spreading political power to the people, including the "common man"

Jackson's practice of giving government jobs to political supports; became common practice

The Cherokee sued the state of Georgia when they passed laws to move them out. Supreme Court (John Marshall) ruled that the Cherokee were "..a distinct community... in which the laws of Georgia can have no force..."; Jackson ignored ruling and allowed Georgia to move them anyway

federal law supported by Jackson; forced Native Americans to move west of Mississippi River

harsh journey taken by the Cherokees; forced to move to Indian Territory - Oklahoma

South Carolina voted to nullify the tariff and planned to succeed but Jackson threatened military force & Henry Clay proposed a compromise for a lower tariff; South Carolina backed down and the crisis was averted

South called the tax on foreign imports this because they relied on them (cotton for credit)

VP John C. Calhoun proposed that states have the right to reject or cancel a federal law

Senate debate over state's rights - Daniel Webster (N-anti) & Robert Hayne (S-pro)

Jackson hated it; "killed" it during his presidency; its "death' led to economic panic in US

formed by Webster, Clay, & others who opposed POTUS having too much power-like Jackson

idea that the U.S. should extend from the Atlantic all the way to the Pacific

war between the U.S. and Mexico in 1846-1848