Andrew Jackson Crossword

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  1. 3. The nickname given to the Tariff of 1828 by
  2. 6. legal power held by one branch of government to unilaterally reject or forbid an action made by another branch
  3. 8. an American victory during the war of 1812 which secured a vast amount of land for America
  4. 10. A political ideology lead by President Andrew Jackson that championed the common man and the government working for the people.
  5. 12. The power of the courts to interpret the US Constitution and ensure all branches of government comply with its principals
  6. 13. the right to vote in public political elections and referendums
  7. 14. A landmark supreme court case where the sovereignty of the Cherokee Nation was affirmed, and Georgia could not interfere or impart its laws on Cherokee Territory
  8. 15. the fourth chief justice of the United States. He established the Supreme Court as a co-equal branch of the federal government and fundamentally shaped American Constitution law
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  1. 1. a law by Andrew Jackson that authorized the president to relocate natives from their ancestral lands east of the Mississippi for land west of the river
  2. 2. the forced relocation of natives by the president which resulted in death, disease, starvation and exposure for the natives
  3. 4. The nickname given to Jackson by his soldiers who compared his toughness and resilience to hickory wood
  4. 5. managed government finances and state banks Jackson opposed the national bank and called it unconstitutional concentration of power favoring the wealthy.
  5. 7. Andrew Jackson vs John Quincy Adams. Andrew Jackson won which lead to Jacksonian democracy and the modern 2 party system
  6. 9. southern opponents. The Tariff raised taxes on imported manufactured goods and raw materials
  7. 11. a political confrontation where South Carolina attempted to declare federal tariffs null and void in its borders and tried to say the state could rule a federal law as unconstitutional
  8. 13. when a victorious political party rewards its loyal supporters, friends and relatives with government jobs or favors after winning