President Andrew Jackson
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- Trail of Tears
- National Bank
- State Banks
- National banks
- Spoils System
- How would you like Henry Clay's spot in the government?
- I support you!
- The Indian Removal Act let the federal government relocate Native Americans to land west of the Mississippi. The relocation was called the Trail of Tears, because so many Native Americans died.
- Nullification Crisis
- We can secede if you try to get us to pay the tariffs!
- We will invade South Carolina and hang its leaders if they don't end this nonsense!
- Andrew Jackson stopped funding the national bank because he thought that it favored the rich. He funded the state banks, but the state banks allowed over-inflation.
- Democratic Party
- Andrew Jackson-founder of the
- Andrew Jackson gave his supporters spots in the government and kicked out the old ones.
- Spoils System
- Bye! Don't come back!
- John C. Calhoun wrote the Doctrine of Nullification, because he thought that the tariff act was unconstitutional. He thought that it helped the North in exchange for the South. South Carolina nullified the act, so they didn't have to pay the tariffs. Andrew Jackson was upset by this, and threatened to invade South Carolina and hang its leaders.
- Doctrine of Nullification
- Tariffs
- Andrew Jackson was a president representing the common man, (white men like himself). He made decisions that benefited the common man instead of the rich. He was not wealthy or very educated like most presidents. He also eliminated property qualifications for voting.
- President of the "common man"
- Democratic Party
- President Andrew Jackson got rid of the previous people running the government and replaced them with his supporters. They called him unpresidential and Henry Clay tried to reclaim his position, but it didn't work.
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