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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monroe’s secretary of state; New England’s choice for president in the Election of 1824 | John Quincy Adams |
| former military hero from Tennessee – won the popular vote in the Election of 1824 but did not win the presidency in that election. He won the election of 1824. | Andrew Jackson |
| the idea of spreading political power to all the people, thereby ensuring majority rule. | Jacksonian democracy |
| the practice of winning candidates giving government jobs to political backers of supporters. | Spoils system |
| Congressional leader who supported the need for a strong central government and spoke out against sectionalism. He later changed his beliefs and became the foremost champion of states’ rights. | John C. Calhoun |
| an 1828 law that raised the tarriffs on raw materials and manufactured goods; it upset Southerners who felt that economic interests of the Northeast were determining national economic policy. | Tariff of abomination |
| a right of the state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional | Doctrine of nullification |
| an 1830 debate between Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne over the doctrine of nullification | Webster-Hayne debate |
| senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time. Opposed nullification. | Daniel Webster |
| withdrawal | Secession |
| an increase in the price of goods and services and a decrease in the value of money | Inflation |
| vice president under Andrew Jackson, he was elected to the presidency in 1836. | Martin Van Buren |
| a financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system collapsed. | Panic of 1837 |
| a severe economic slump | Depression |
| a political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson | Whig Party |
| the Whig presidential candidate in the Election of 1840, he led the army that defeated the Shawnees at the Battle of Tippecanoe. Died 1 month after the inauguration. | William Henry Harrison |
| vice-presidential candidate under Harrison for the Election of 1840. Became president after Harrison died one month after the inauguration. | John Tyler |
| invented a writing system for the Cherokee language. | Sequoya |
| this 1830 act called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west. | Indian Removal Act |
| present day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were moved under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. | Indian Territory |
| the tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to Indian Territory between 1838 and 1839; thousands of Cherokee died. | Trail of Tears |
| led the Seminoles in their fight against removal. | Osceola |
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