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chapter 12 s.s quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| john quincy adams | monroes secretary of state |
| andrew jackson | former military hero from tenessee |
| jacksonian democracy | idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule |
| spoils system | practice of giving government job to political backers |
| sequoya | invented a writing system of 86 characters for the cherokee language |
| indian removal act | in 1830, this acts called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require indians to relocate west |
| indian territory | indians moved here. now oklahoma and part of kansas and nebraska |
| trail of tears | harsh journey of the cherokee from their homeland to the indian territory. |
| osceola | hiding in everglades, him and his band used suprise attacks to defeat the u.s army in many battles. |
| calhon | jacksons vice president... debate over states rights. |
| tariff of abominations | raised all the tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods. |
| doctrine of nullification | a state, calhoun said, had the right to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional. |
| webster- hayne debate | 1830 debate between daniel webster and robert hayne |
| daniel webster | senator from massachusettes and the most powrful speaker of his time |
| robert hayne | senator from south carolinia |
| secession | withdrawel from the union |
| inflation | increase in prices and decrease in the value of money |
| martin van buren | elected president in 1836 |
| panic of 1837 | widespread fear about the state of the economy |
| depression | severe economic slump |
| whig party | jackson opponents created this. it was named after a british party that opposed royal power.they opposed the concentration of power in the cheif excutive- who they mockingly called" king andrew" jackson. |
| william henry harrison | in 1840, the whigs chose him to run for president. |
| john tyler | whigs chose him to run for vice president. |