Andrew Jackson

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  1. 4. John Marshall saw Andrew Jackson as a strong, popular, but dangerous executive who was willing to defy the authority of the Supreme Court to pursue his own vision of the presidency and states' rights.
  2. 8. The political movement that championed the "common man" and pushed for greater public participation.
  3. 9. Andrew Jackson's use of the Veto was his assertion of a strong executive branch, which was motivated by political reasoning instead of constitutional concerns alone.
  4. 12. Native Americans were forcibly relocated by the U.S. government from their ancestral lands east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory, a region in what is now present-day Oklahoma.
  5. 13. Andrew Jackson's impact on suffrage was the expansion of voting rights to include all white men, regardless of property ownership, this was a key part of the political movement of the "Jacksonian Democracy."
  6. 14. Andrew Jackson was the 7th U.S. president who waged a political battle, known as the Bank war against the second Bank of the U.S. that he viewed as an unconstitutional, elite monopoly, that harmed common people.
  7. 15. A nickname given to Andrew Jackson that describes his character.
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  1. 1. The idea of political allies into government jobs.
  2. 2. The Cherokees' forced march to Oklahoma, during which led thousands to die and became known as the Trail of Tears.
  3. 3. Andrew Jackson was the populist "common man" candidate who defeated John Quincy Adams to become the 7th U.S. president.
  4. 5. Andrew Jackson believed in a departmental theory of Judicial Review, where each branch of government had equal rights to interpret the constitution for itself.
  5. 6. Andrew Jackson asserted federal authority over states by opposing South Carolina's attempt to nullify federal tariffs.
  6. 7. Andrew Jackson is known for ignoring the Supreme Court's ruling that the state of Georgia had no authority over the Cherokee lands, which demonstrated his support for the forceful removal of Native American tribes.
  7. 10. It was a very high protective tariff that became law in the United states on May 19, 1828.
  8. 11. Andrew Jackson led the American forces into a decisive victory against the British Army that transformed him into a celebrated national hero.