JQA / Jackson

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Across
  1. 3. an event involving the tragic relocation of several Native American groups in which Jackson seized significant power from Congress to do so
  2. 6. the slightly altered political party previously referred to as Democratic-Republicans
  3. 9. the election the year John Quincy Adams was elected and rumored to have made a corrupt bargain in order to win since he did not receive the majority popular vote
  4. 10. hard currency, such as gold and silver, that contributes to the economic depression occurring under Martin Van Buren's presidency
  5. 13. a scandal under Jackson's presidency involving the wives of his Cabinet members
  6. 14. 6th US president known for his stubbornness, out-of-touch goals for the nation, and uneventful presidency
  7. 15. this expanded under Jackson's presidency as many states start removing property requirements
Down
  1. 1. One of Andrew Jackson's greatest supporters and closest advisor
  2. 2. The tariff on goods from other countries that Andrew Jackson enforced to protect American manufacturing, which enraged South Carolinians
  3. 4. the self-made war general and eventual president that is viewed as the embodiment of the average American and nicknamed Ol' Hickory
  4. 5. proposed the Missouri Compromise and was nominated by John Quincy Adams to be Secretary of State
  5. 7. What Jackson's opponents called his system of rewarding his supporters with employment in the federal government.
  6. 8. Jackson's vice president during his first term who resigns due to the animosity between the two over the "Tariff of Abominations" and the Petticoat Affair
  7. 11. period when western land was being purchased and people were being loaned money when they could not afford to pay it back
  8. 12. The new political party that was formed solely out of hatred for Andrew Jackson