Jacksonian Era Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. The nickname for Andrew Jackson...given to him by his soldiers during the War of 1812 to describe his tough, unyielding, and resilient personality
  2. 9. To break away from a group
  3. 10. The 7th president of the United States
  4. 13. The legal theory that U.S. states can invalidate or cancel federal laws they deemed ___
  5. 15. The event leading up to the Trail of Tears that allowed the US government to remove Native Americans from their territories
  6. 16. What event was the deadly relocation of Native Americans to territory West of the Mississippi River
Down
  1. 1. The legal theory that U.S. states can invalidate or cancel federal laws they deem unconstitutional
  2. 2. The power to block or stop a decision
  3. 3. The people whom Andrew Jackson's democracy supported and gave rights to
  4. 5. A form of government that opposed power for higher-class citizens
  5. 6. A behind-the-scenes political deal where one politician supports another in a close election, and in return, receives a high-ranking position, such as Secretary of State
  6. 7. Andrew Jackson's unofficial group of individuals that was more effective than the president's cabinet
  7. 8. A political battle waged by President Andrew Jackson to destroy the Second Bank of the United States
  8. 11. System The ___ was a political practice where the winners of an election rewarded friends and other trusted individuals with government jobs
  9. 12. The term to describe state banks that received federal deposits from Andrew Jackson
  10. 14. The state that debated the federal government over high taxes