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History ch12
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Quincy Adams | Monroes secratary of state |
| Andrew jackson | tride to be president and a war hero from Tennese |
| Jacksonian democracy | idea of spreding political power to all the people there by ensuring majority rule |
| spoils system | practice of winning candidits giving gov. jobs to political backers or supporters |
| Sequoya | a cherokee man who tride to teach his people to write |
| Indian Territory | present day Oklahomeand parts of Kansas and Nebraskato which NA were moved under the IRA |
| Indian removal act | 1830 act called for gov. to negotiate treaties that would require NA to relocate west |
| trail of tears | tragig jourmy of the Cherokee people from there home land to indian territory, thousends died |
| Osceola | most important leader of the war lead suprise attacks |
| John C. Calhoum | leader of the U.S congress |
| Tariff of Abominations | 1828 law that raisedthe tariff on raw materials and manufactured goods |
| Doctrine of Nullification | right of a state to reject a federal law that is unconstitutional |
| Webster-Hayne debate | 1830 debat between Daniel webster and Robert Hayne over the doctorin of nullification |
| Daniel webster | a senitor from Mass. ,the most important speaker of his time |
| secession | withdrawl |
| inflation | i9ncreas on the price of goods and servacis and decreased in the value of money |
| Martin Van Buren | Vice president to Jakson |
| Panic of 1837 | financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system colapsed |
| depression | sever economic slump |
| Whig party | political party orginized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson |
| John Tyler | chosen by the Whigs to run for Vice president |
| William Henry Harrison | man from Ohio who was chosen by the Whigs to run for president |