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Monroe- Tyler
social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Jacksonian Democracy | the idea that the common people should control the government |
| Andrew Jackson | The seventh President , defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers. |
| William Henry Harrison | (1841), was an American military leader, politician, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office. |
| Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) | Andrew Jackson's vice president. Was in office during the Panic of 1837 |
| Era of Good Feelings (1820-24) | period during the second term of President James Monroe; Federalist Party had vanished; only one national political party (Democrat), a strong economy, little partisan strife in the country |
| Monroe Doctrine | an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers |
| Henry Clay | A northern American politician. He developed the American System as well as negotiated numerous compromises. |
| American System | Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy. |
| Protective Tariff | A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic goods |
| Nullification Crisis | A sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by the Ordinance of Nullification, an attempt by the state of South Carolina to nullify a federal law - the tariff of 1828 - passed by the United States Congress. |
| Sectionalism | Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole |
| Trail of Tears | the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma |
| Secede | Passed by Congress under the Jackson administration, this act removed all Indians east of the Mississippi to an "Indian Territory" where they would be "permanently" housed. |
| Indian Removal Act of 1830 | Passed by Congress under the Jackson administration, this act removed all Indians east of the Mississippi to an "Indian Territory" where they would be "permanently" housed. |
| Worchester v. Georgia; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia | The Supreme Court decided Georgia had no jurisdiction over Cherokee reservations. President Jackson didn't support the Court. The Supreme Court ruled that Indians weren't independent nations but dependent and could be regulated by the federal govt |
| Gibbons v. Ogden | Regulating interstate commerce is a power reserved to the federal government |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Maryland was trying to tax the national bank and Supreme Court ruled that federal law was stronger than the state law |
| free enterprise system | an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods |
| Spoils System | A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends. |
| Missouri Compromise | "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states. |
| Inflation | a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. |
| Veto | Chief executive's power to reject a bill passed by a legislature |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| sovereign | having supreme power within its own territory |
| Tariff of Abominations | Tariff passed by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South |
| Corrupt Bargain | Refers to the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson. |
| Black Seminoles | escaped slaves from Georgia and South Carolina who lived with Seminole Indians and learned their ways |
| democrats | Party led by Jackson - "Common Man"; pro states' rights; against the Bank of the US |
| Republicans | party led by Adams- pro federal govt, in favor of Bank of the U.S |
| James Monroe | the fifth President of the United States His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820) and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823) |
| annul | declare invalid |
| Election of 1824 (Corrupt Bargain) | No one won a majority of electoral votes, so the House of Representatives had to decide among Adams, Jackson, and Clay. Clay dropped out and urged his supporters in the House to throw their votes behind Adams. |
| Election of 1828/Jacksonian Revolution | greater voter turnout led to victory by the very popular Andrew Jackson |
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