The Jacksonian Era

2. a private meeting.
4. rights rights that allow a limit on the federal government if wanted to.
8. when business declines and many people lose their job.
10. supporters of Andrew Jackson. Included farmers on the frontier, and some eastern city workers.
11. Biddle president of the Bank,and a wealthy man from Philadelphia; disliked by Andrew Jackson.
13. convention the delegates from each state makes the choice of their party's candidate.
16. Removal Act In 1830 this forced many Indians to move west.
17. supported the federal government in being in charge of the economy and supported John Quincy Adams. Included business people, southern planters, and many former Fedealists.
18. of Tears received the name because of all the sorrowful journey that many Indians made when moving west.

1. Nullification Act declared the new tariff illegal.
3. de Tocqueville French visitor who came to America to learn about the American prisons, but learned about the democracy that was promoted in America.
4. the right to vote.
5. Jackson A democratic leader of the U.S. from 1829-1837. He closed the bank of the United States, and initiated the Indian Removal Act.
6. cabinet unofficial advisers for Andrew Jackson that usually met in the kitchen.
7. the use of insults to attack a person's reputation.
9. system giving an award to the people that supported you; the award would be a job in the government.
12. War When the Seminoles fought against the United States for land.
14. Van Buren he president after Andrew Jackson who promoted laissez faire, meaning that the federal government played a small part in the economy.
15. Passed in 1828 it was the highest of this in the history of the U.S. This caused a great crisis.