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Row 1, Col 1 What was the state of Georgia? The Cherokee Indians sued this government body for the right to stay on their land.

1,2 What was the corrupt bargain? This is the name used by Jackson supporters to describe the deal between Adams and Clay that gave Adams the presidency in 1824.

1,3 What were western states? Governments in this region of the country felt cheap land prices were the best way for the government to help the economy of their states grow.

1,4 What was the South? This region of the country were against tariffs because they made items they had to buy more expensive.

2,1 What was The Trail of Tears? This is the name given to the forced move of the Cherokee to Indian Territory.

2,2 What were internal improvements? This allowed for cheaper trade between the Northeast and western states.

2,3 What is the House of Representatives? Because Andrew Jackson did not win a majority in the Electoral College the selection of the President in 1824 was decided in this body.

2,4 What was the spoils system? This was the name given to Jackson’s policy of giving government jobs to people who supported him.

3,1 Who was Sequoya? This person developed a written form of the Cherokee language.

3,2 Who were the Cherokee? The passage of the Indian Removal Act, President Jackson refusing to carry out a Supreme Court ruling, and the discovery of gold on their land, all contributed to the removal of these people from their homeland in Georgia.

3,3 Who were the Cherokee? These people sent their children to missionary schools, wrote a constitution, and publish a newspaper were things these people did to stay on their land.

3,4 What was nullificatiion? High tariffs led many people in the South to support this idea as a way to defend their state economies..

4,1 What was the Second Bank of the United States.? President Jackson felt this institution was unconstitutional and only benefited the wealthy.

4,2 What was the Panic of 1837? State banks issuing too much money, President Jackson saying land could only be purchased with gold or silver, and too many people trading in paper money were all causes of this.

4,3 What were Pet Banks? This name was sarcastically given to the state banks in which Jackson deposited the federal governments money when he tried to close the Second Bank of the United States..

4,4 What was Jacksonian Democracy? The expansion of voting rights to the common man highlighted this era.

5,1 Who was John C. Calhoun? This person was the South’s most outspoken supporter of the doctrine of Nullification.

5,2 What was the Northeast? This region of the country was against cheap western land sales because they were afraid of losing their workers..

5,3 What was the Missouri Compromise? This law adding Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and outlawing slavery north of the 36*30’ line.

5,4 What was the American System? A national bank, protective tariffs, and spending money on internal improvements were all part of this plan to make the U.S. economically self-sufficient..