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- 6. a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
- 7. Florida Seminole leader, he resisted removal by the U.S government despite an earlier treaty that Seminole leaders had been forced to sign. He was eventually captured and died in prison
- 9. a political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature
- 12. the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government
- 13. American politician, he served as the governor of Indian Territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the ninth president of the U.S
- 14. American Indian scholar and craftsman, he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many Cherokee.
- 16. a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression
- 17. president Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen
- 18. U.S supreme court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland couldn't interfere with it
- 20. and area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s
- 21. American politician and secretary of state under Andrew Jackson, he later became the eighth president of the United States
- 22. an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee by their homeland in Georgia to Indian territory, resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people
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- 1. a political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824
- 2. American politician and supporter of slavery and states' rights, he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis
- 3. the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it
- 4. Native American leader of Fox and Sauk Indians, he resisted the U.S ordered removal of Indian nations from Illinois and raided settlements and fought the U.S army
- 5. the supreme court ruling that stated that the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by both President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia
- 6. a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate;first held in the 1820s
- 8. a politician's practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters
- 10. a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Misissippi River
- 11. an expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration
- 15. a government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans
- 19. American lawyer and statesman, he spoke out against nullification and states rights, believing that the country should stay unified