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Social Studies RRMS
Antebellum SC and Civil War
| name | description |
|---|---|
| Federalists | group Jefferson had to deal with |
| Marbury v. Madison | court case that established Judicial review |
| Judicial review | Supreme Court has right to declare act of Congress unconstitional |
| Lewis & Clark | explorers of the western territory |
| Embargo Act | prohibited trade with all foreign nations |
| Non-intercourse Act | replaced the Embargo Act |
| Tecumseh | Indian who wanted to unite American Indians to fight expansion |
| Battle of Tippecanue | Indians were defeated and Tecumseh lost support for Indian nation |
| War Hawks | Americans who wanted to fight Britain |
| War of 1812 | war with Britain |
| William Henry Harrison | led army against Indians and Tecumseh |
| Battle of Horseshoe Bend | Andrew Jackson victorious against Creek Indians and gained lots of land |
| Treaty of Ghent | peace treaty with Britain |
| Rush-Baggot Agreement | limited naval power of Great Lakes for US & Britain |
| Convention of 1818 | established borders between US & Canada as far as Rockies |
| Andrew Jackson | sent to secure border with Spanish Florida |
| Monroe Doctrine | North & South America off limits to other countries and any colonization considered hostile act |
| Who supported Andrew Jackson as president? | Farmers, slave holders, frontier settlers |
| Spoils system | rewarding political supports with government jobs |
| kitchen cabinet | informal advisers who met in White House kitchen |
| Tariff of Adominations | tax on imports |
| Calhoun's belief about states rights & nullification | state power should be greater than Federal & states had right not to obey law disagreed with |
| Whig Party | formed because some Congressmen believed A. Jackson abused his political power |
| Black Hawks victory | caused Indians to resist removal & fight US army |
| Indian Removal Act | authorized removal of Indians to east of Mississippi |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | created to oversee Indian removal |
| Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | Choctaw Indians gave up lots of land moved to Indian territory |
| Worchester v. Georgia | ruled that Cherokee dependent nation & federal gov., not states, had authority |
| Trail of Tears | Cherokee removal in which lots died |
| Osceola | Seminole leader that helped cause Second Seminole War |
| William Barrett Travis & James Bonham | SC who moved to Texas & fought for it's independence |
| Alamo | first large battle for Texas' independence |
| Santa Anna | attached Alamo and Goliad |
| Sam Houston | attached Santa Anna & said Remember the Alamo |
| James K. Polk | president who promised to add Texas & Oregon |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Haldgo | ended war with Mexico |