Andrew Jackson's presidency

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  1. 2. President Andrew Jackson issued this, which stated that states and municipalities are forbidden from nullifying federal laws
  2. 3. Native Americans adapt the traditions and customs of White Americans
  3. 5. In 1832, the state of Georgia divided up Cherokee owned land which contained gold. Georgians purchased $18 "draws" for a chance to win one of these lots, which was 160 acres of land each. There were 18,000 lots total, and approximately 85,000 Georgians purchased these draws. As lottery winners were announced, the Cherokee living in those lots were forced to vacate their homes.
  4. 6. President from 1825-1829
  5. 8. Jackson announces he will terminate this, freeing the United States of foreign and domestic obligations beyond the reserves of the Treasury.
  6. 11. Congress passes this Act, sanctioning the forcible relocation of Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Choctaw, and Seminole tribes to land allotments west of the Mississippi river.
  7. 12. the political struggle that ensued over the fate of the Second Bank of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
  8. 14. The battle that made ANdrew Jackson A national hero
  9. 16. The name for the group of the most prominent Native American tribes which resided in the southeastern U.S. - the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.
  10. 18. Prevented this state from succeeding
  11. 19. Forced removal specific of the Cherokee people: thousands were forced to march over 800 miles.
  12. 20. Jackson, along with Treasury Secretary Levi Woodbury, introduces this, revealing that the government will accept only gold and silver for land payments. The act serves as an attempt to check rising inflation precipitated by unprecedented land speculation and irresponsible lending.
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  1. 1. Unfair treaty with the Cherokee that gave them 2 years to move voluntarily or be forced out.
  2. 4. Democratic U.S. Senator from Missouri, who often led Jackson's party in Congress, especially the attack on the Second Bank of the United States
  3. 7. Jackson's closest ally and confident through his Presidency, and eventual Vice President during Jackson's second term. He bid to be minister to Britain was voted down as part of the Nullification Crisis. Jackson later endorsed him for President in 1836 and Van Buren won easily.
  4. 9. Attempted to assassinate Andrew Jackson
  5. 10. Former attorney general who assisted Cherokee Principal Chief John Ross in the lawsuits which challenged President Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal Bill
  6. 13. Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation during the Indian Removal Act
  7. 15. Killed Andrew Jackson in a Duel
  8. 17. The battle in which Andrew Jackson Died