Age of Jackson

1. the democratic expansion that occurred because of Andrew Jackson’s influence.
3. a leader of the Fox and Sauk who led his people in a struggle to protect their lands in Illinois.
6. a party formed by Jackson's supporters.
9. the act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River.
10. the Secretary of State in Jackson’s cabinet.
11. an informal group of Jackson’s trusted advisers that also sometimes met in the White House kitchen.
12. Jackson’s vice presidential running mate.
13. a Cherokee man who used 86 characters to represent Cherokee syllables to create a written language.
14. the new homeland for Native Americans, which contained most of present-day Oklahoma.
15. an agency created to oversee the federal policy toward Native Americans.

2. Seminole leader who called on Native Americans to resist removal by force.
4. the practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
5. a case in which the U.S Supreme Court ruled that the state of Georgia has no authority over the Cherokee.
7. an 800-mile forced march westward in which one-fourth of the 18,000 Cherokee died.
8. public meetings to select a party’s presidential and vice presidential candidates.