VUS.6.d Andrew Jackson and the Age of the Common Man

What political party evolved from Andrew Jackson's supporters within the Democratic-Republicans?

The Americans textbook says, "During [John Q.] Adams’s presidency, most states eased the voting requirements, thereby enlarging the voting population. Fewer states now had property qualifications for voting. In the presidential election of 1824, approximately 350,000 white males voted. In 1828, over three times that number voted, and their votes helped Andrew Jackson." What historical trend is best described within this excerpt?

What nickname is most associated with Andrew Jackson?

"The expansion of voting rights meant that candidates had to be able to speak to the concerns of ordinary people. Andrew Jackson had this common touch." Although several groups were not included in the movement towards more universal suffrage in the early 19th Century, which group of citizens most benefited from the expansion of voting rights?

The right of the a state to refuse to abide by a National law that would not benefit that state is referred to as _________________.

This law resulted in thousands of Native Americans to be forcibly moved from their ancestral lands onto reservations.

As a result of which battle did Andrew Jackson become a national hero?

The Nullification Theory is also referred to as "States' Rights Theory." Which region of the US most supported this idea?

The authors of the Americans stated, "[Andrew Jackson] fired nearly 10 percent of the federal employees, most of them holdovers from the Adams administration, and gave their jobs to loyal Jacksonians." This is an example of _____.

Andrew Jackson’s friends also became his primary advisers and were nicknamed his _________.

Following the passage of the Indian Removal Act (1830), the Cherokee tribe sued the US Government. "In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Cherokee Nation finally won recognition as a distinct political community. The Court ruled that Georgia was not entitled to regulate the Cherokee nor to invade their lands." Who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when this ruling was made?

The forced relocation of Native Americans from the Southeastern US to reservations in present day Oklahoma became known as ___________.

One of the federal governments policies that created the debate over nullification involved taxes placed on manufactured goods imported from foreign countries. These types of taxes are commonly called _______.

In what state did the nullification crisis become most critical?

Which politician became the largest supporter/outspoken advocate for states' rights in the 1830s?