Flashcard Review - Mod 10 (The Age of Jackson)

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Who served as Andrew Jackson's vice-president until resigning due to the dispute over nullification?

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John C. Calhoun

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He created a writing system for the Cherokee complex language leading to the publishing of a newspaper that was printed in both English and Cherokee.

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Sequoya

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He lead the Fox and Sauk Indians to fight U.S. troops in an attempt to avoid removal and protect their lands in Illinois.

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Black Hawk

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Who was the Seminole leader that urged his people to resist removal with force, leading to the Second Seminole War in Florida?

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Osceola

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President Jackson's informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes met in the White House kitchen.

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Kitchen Cabinet

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Rewarding important political supporters with government jobs is known as...

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Spoils System

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Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled the Second Bank of the United States constitutional and that states could not tax federal institutions.

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled that only federal government (not states) had authority over Native Americans. The ruling was ignored by the state and President Jackson.

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Worcester v. Georgia

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This act authorized the forced transfer of Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West.

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Indian Removal Act

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Government agency that was created to manage Indian removal to western lands.

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Bureau of Indian Affairs