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Chapter 12 Vocab
US History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Quincy Adams | 6th president of the US |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th president of the US |
| Jacksonian democracy | idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule |
| spoils system | the practice of giving government jobs to political backers |
| Sequoya | invented a writing system for the Cherokee language without ever having learned to read or write in any other language |
| Indian Removal Act 1830 | called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west |
| Indian Territory | now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas Nebraska where indians were moved |
| Trail of Tears | the harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory |
| Osceola | a Seminole leader in Flordia |
| John C. Calhoun | John Quincy Adams' vice president |
| Tariff of Abominations | an 1828 law that raised the tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods; it upset Southerners who felt that economic interests of the Northeast were determining national economic policy |
| doctrine of nullification | a right of a state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional |
| Webster-Hayne debate | an 1830 debate between Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne over the doctrine of nullification |
| Daniel Webster | a senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time |
| secession | withdrawal from the Union |
| inflation | increase in prices and decrease in the value of money |
| Martin Van Buren | elected president in 1836 8th president of the US |
| Panic of 1837 | a financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system collapsed |
| depression | a severe economic slump |
| Whig Party | a political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson |
| William Henry Harrison | 9th President of the US |
| John Tyler | vice-president until William Henry Harrison died and then became the 10th President |
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