Name: _______________________________
USVA History
Chapter 7.3 – The Age of Jackson
Main Idea – __________________________________’s policies reflected an interest in the
welfare of the common man, but also violated Native American rights.
Expanding Democracy Changes Politics
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______________________________________________ – aka “The Corrupt Bargain”
o __________________________ won more popular votes and more electoral votes
than any other candidate, but failed to win a majority of electoral college votes
o House of Reps (with influence of Henry Clay) picked ______________________
as president over Jackson
o President Adams then selected _____________________ as his Secretary of State
o SIG – Jackson and followers claimed a “________________________________”
had been made
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Voting Requirements Changed
o White men no longer needed to own ________________ as a requirement to vote
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Universal white male _______________ expanded participation in politics
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“Age of Jackson” became known as the “Age of the _________________”
Election of 1828 – Democratic-Republican Party had split = _______ Party System
o John Q. Adams (National Repub./Whig) vs. Andrew Jackson (_______________)
o Andrew Jackson won easily by appealing to the “_________________________”
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____________________ – Jackson rewarded friends and political allies with federal jobs
o “__________________” – group of close friends who served as informal advisers
Removal of Native Americans
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Background: “five civilized tribes” = _________________________________________
o All had adopted white culture of their neighbors in the South
o White planters and miners wanted Native American lands
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______________________________________________________ – signed by Jackson,
gave the federal government power to force the Native Americans to move West of the
Mississippi River to _____________________________
o _____________________ resisted forced move to the West in the Supreme Court
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________________________________ – Cherokee Nation won their case
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SIG – ruling by ______________ was ignored by Andrew Jackson
_______________________ - all Cherokee forcibly removed by the U.S. army to
reservation lands West of the Mississippi River called “Indian Territory” or ___________
o _________________ of all Cherokee died along the Trail of Tears
o Land in Oklahoma was inferior, suffering of Cherokee people continued