Across
- 2. The right to vote
- 4. Occurred during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, characterized by the extension of white male suffrage, the rise of interest groups and political campaigning, and the spoils system
- 7. Movement sparked by the Second Great Awakening dedicated to supporting moderation of or total abstinence from alcohol.
- 9. The political party formed in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party; supported temperance and the use of government for economic development
- 10. A state’s refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional
- 13. Land designated by the federal government for Native American tribes; the destination of Native Americans forced to leave their ancestral homelands
- 18. Sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson that involved a confrontation between South Carolina and the federal government about the power of the federal government
- 20. Religious revival in the United States that focused on personal piety and moralistic politics
Down
- 1. A tax on imported goods that is intended to protect a nation’s businesses from foreign competition. The North supported the tariffs to protect domestic goods from foreign competition. The South opposed the tariffs that made the price of imports more expensive.
- 3. The treaty that ended the War of 1812
- 5. Movement sparked by the Second Great Awakening dedicated to the elimination of slavery in the United States
- 6. The settlement of US citizens further and further west over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries
- 8. Popular belief that it was the fate of the United States to expand west and stretch across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific; this idea provided political support for territorial expansion, even helping James K. Polk win the presidential election
- 11. A name given to the American Party, formed in the 1850s, which opposed immigration from Ireland and Germany
- 12. A 1823 policy of U.S. opposition to any European interference or colonization in the Western Hemisphere
- 14. The 1803 purchase by the United States of France’s territory west of the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains for $15 million
- 15. Insulting, attacking, or defaming a political opponent for your own gain
- 16. The practice of winning candidates’ rewarding their supporters with government jobs; implemented by President Andrew Jackson
- 17. The marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) in 1838-1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way
- 19. A 3-year conflict between the US and Great Britain; key issues were shipping violations and impressment; American nationalism and economic production greatly increased as a result