| As President Jackson's Secretary of the Treasury,
he withdrew federal funds from the Bank of
the United States. |
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| This was overwhelmingly nullified by the
South Carolina state legislature on the grounds
of its unconstitutionality. |
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| Issued by Jackson, it required that only
gold and silver be accepted in payment for
public lands. |
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| The principle that politics should be based
on districts with certain common geographic
features and political/sociological needs. |
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| The political party who opposed Andrew Jackson,
their name referred to the English parliamentary
party opposed to royal power. |
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| This Supreme Court decision supported the
principle that government should support
the right to the general happiness of all
of its citizens and that this should take
precedence over property rights. |
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| This wing of the Democratic party advocated
violence as a means of adjusting economic
differences among Americans. |
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| The extreme suffering of the Cherokee people
in 1838 as they were forced by federal law
to leave their homelands in the southeast
for lands in the west. |
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| This bill enabled the president to use the
army to enforce the federal laws in South
Carolina after that state had nullified the
1832 Tariff. |
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| In this Supreme Court decision, Native Americans'
rights to their land were upheld and Chief
Justice Marshall ordered the president to
ensure these rights. |
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| This group of white nativists sought to destroy
the power of a potential immigrant voting
block in the cities and wanted to revive
Federalist legislation restricting their
citizenship and voting rights. |
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| This military hero of the Mexican War ran
as the last candidate of the Whig Party. |
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| A reasoned justification of nullification
written by John C. Calhoun based on the precedent
set by the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions. |
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| Political bargaining or trading of favors. |
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| This Supreme Court decision denied states
the right to extend jurisdiction over Indian
lands. |
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| This was vetoed by Andrew Jackson on the
grounds of strict constructionist interpretation
of the Constitution. |
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| A political candidate whose ability is not
known or whose chances of success are not
good, but who comes from out of nowhere to
win a nomination or an election. |
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