Jacksonian American

Vocab:

220            nullification doctrine – if a state concluded that Congress had passed an unconstitutional law , then it could hold a special convention and declare the law null and void it with the state

220            Martin Van Buren (who,;what was his position; from where; how he became VP) – he was Calhoun’s rival but a Jackson boy, he was from New York where he was governor, became Jackson’s secretary of state, and was also apart of the Kitchen Cabinet. He was a widower and identified with Jackson who made him VP.

221            Jackson’s “Force Bill” – Jackson proposed a bill authorizing the president to use the military to see that acts of Congress were obeyed.

222            Black Hawk War (why;  where) – an alliance of the Sauk and Fox Indians fought white settlers in the Northwest in order to keep their land.

222            Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) – a court ruling that resulted in supporting the Cherokees by saying that the state had no authority to negotiate with tribal representatives.

222            “Five Civilized Tribes”  - The Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Seminole, and Everglades tribes moved to the New Indian Territory.

223            Trail(s) of Tears – the trip that the Cherokees made to the “New Indian Territory” where many people died during the voyage.

225            Maysville Road (KY) –

225             Nicholas Biddle / The Bank War – Nicholas Biddle ran the bank from 1823. The Bank War was two sides, Jackson and Biddle, fighting to close/keep open the National Bank.

227            Roger B. Taney – a trusted ally of Jackson’s who was appointed as the new chief justice

228            “Whiggery” – (~ Henry Clay’s “American System” on p.229) – a political philosophy that favored the expansion of federal power and industrial and commercial development.