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Tariff of 1828
a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828, designed to protect industry in the northern United States. -
age of the common man
All white males had access to the polls. Jackson was portrayed by the opposition as a common man, an illiterate backwoodsman, during the election of 1828. He was depicted as being uncorrupt, natural, and plain. His supporters described his simple and true morals and fierce and resolute will. -
Indian Removal Act
signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. -
trail of tears
a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River that had been designated as Indian Territory. -
Bank War
Jackson vetoes bill to recharter Bank of the United States
Reform Bill in Britain expands electorate
Tariff of 1832
Black Hawk War
Jackson defeats Clay for presidency -
spoils system
Jackson defended the principle of "rotation in office," the removal of officeholders of the rival party on democratic grounds. He wanted to give as many individuals as possible a chance to work for the government and to prevent the development of an elite bureaucracy.
