The Age of Jackson - DOC

							                         The Age of Jackson I
                                   -1828-1838-
1. ____-party system emerges fully in U.S. Politics

2. Non-aristocratic military hero _______ Jackson brings forceful, veto-heavy style

to the ________ House, advocates democracy for the common ____

3. Politicians place greater emphasis on internal improvements and _______ rights.

4. ___________ Crisis brings sectional disputes to a head.


1828 – Andrew Jackson elected ________ president. Vice president John Calhoun

issues “South ________ Exposition and Protest” essay against the Tariff of

___________, drawing on Jefferson and Madison’s Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

to support The Doctrine of _________.

1829 – Race ______ in Cincinnati prompts more than 1,000 free blacks to flee to

Canada. Jackson makes an unsuccessful offer to purchase _______ from Mexico.

1830 – The _________ and Ohio Railroad becomes first American railroad company.

Jackson vetoes __________ Road Bill, which was to provide federal funding for a

Kentucky road; one example of his extensive use of veto ________, which earns him

the derogatory nickname “King _________.” Congress passes the Indian Removal Act

authorizing forcible westward relocation of Native _________. Mexico prohibits

Americans from colonizing ________ further. Joseph Smith publishes the Book of

________ in Palmyra, New York.

1831 – The _________ Slave Rebellion led by Nat Turner causes the deaths of 55

whites and 17 ________.

1832 – Jackson vetoes bill to re-charter The ________ Bank of The United States.

South ________ nullifies the Tariff or Abominations. __________ v. Georgia ruling

defends __________ Sovereignty; Jackson ignores ruling, Native American removal

__________. Jackson is reelected president. The Choctaw Tribe is sent on a forced-

removal march from _________ and Mississippi to Oklahoma.
1833 – Jackson signs the ______ Act authorizing use of military for collection of

tariffs. South Carolina initially nullifies the _______ Act but rescinds both

nullifications after a threat of force. ________ removes federal deposits from The

Second Bank of the United States, redistributes them in state banks known as ______

Banks… in an attempt to weaken and ultimately destroy the _________ bank.

Massachusetts officially disestablishes church and _________, completing separation

of church and state in the United ________. Britain abolishes slavery on the condition

of reparation and an _____________ period.

1834 – Cyrus McCormick patents an early version of the mechanical _________ , which

transforms agriculture. Female workers at the Lowell Mills in ____________ stage the

first strike. The _________ Coinage Act fixes ratio between value of silver and gold

at 16-1.

1836 – Congress passes a gag rule restricting the discussion of _________. Mexicans

lay siege to ______ Antonio, they overrun U.S. forces at the Alamo, United States

declares war on __________; U.S. forces cross the _____ Grande in pursuit of the

Mexican Army. In order to guard against further inflation, ___________ issues the

Specie Circular, requiring use of hard __________ in land transactions. Arkansas is

admitted to the Union as the ________ state. Ralph Waldo Emerson publishes an essay

called “___________.” Texas declares its independence from Mexico, which Mexico

___________ to recognize.

1837 – Michigan admitted to the Union as the _______ state. The Economic Panic of

________ hits, caused mainly by dramatic increase in land speculation fueled by easily

accessible loans (sound familiar?) from state banks. __________ Mann is appointed

secretary of Massachusetts Board of __________; begins a drastic reformation of

the school system. Elijah ________, publisher of abolitionist newspaper ‘The Observer’

– is murdered in Alton, Illinois.

1838 – The ________ Tribe sent on forced removal on the ‘Trail of Tears’ march to

Oklahoma; 4,000 of 14,000 ______ en route.