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Age of Jackson
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| presidency | job of the president and all it's duties and functions |
| orphan | parents are dead |
| common | like most people not rich or powerful |
| politics | the activities of government ; having to do with government |
| frontier | the area on the edge of a settled region |
| war of 1812 | the last war the Americans fought against the British |
| log cabin | house made of logs |
| political party | group of people who share idea about government and who work to get their members elected |
| Andrew Jackson | the 7th president of the U.S. a general in war of 1812, he signed the Indian Removal Act |
| Cherokee | native american groups forced to leave their home land of Tennessee and who now mostly live in Oklahoma |
| displace | to force people to leave |
| Indian Removal | policy of the U.S. government, that forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River |
| Jacksonian Democracy | movement led by President Andrew Jackson that expanded democracy to the common man |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that it was the United States' right and destiny to extend its terriroty west of the Pacific Ocean |
| Trail of Tears | the route that the Cherokee, Chicksaw, Choctaw, and Creek migrated to after being forced off of their land |
| Supreme Court | the highest court in the United States |
| popular | well liked by many people |