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Ch. 11 Vocab Link
Chapter 11 Vocabulary for Mrs. Link's class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Quincy Adams | Monroe's secretary of state |
| Andrew Jackson | a former military hero from Tennessee |
| Jacksonian democracy | the idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule |
| spoils system | the practice of giving government jobs to political bankers |
| Sequoya | a brilliant Cherokee who tried to teach the Cherokees to speak like the white men |
| Indian Removal Act | called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west |
| Indian Territory | area that covered what is now parts of Oklahoma Kansas and Nebraska |
| Trail of Tears | the harsh journey of the Cherokee from their home land to the Indian territory |
| Osceola | one of the most important leaders in the Native American resistance war |
| John C. Calhoun | "one of the master spirits who stamp their name upon the age in which they live" |
| Tariff of Abominations | a tax on raw materials and manufactured goods that outraged the Southerners greatly |
| doctrine of nullification | a state had the right to nullify a federal law that is considers unconstitutional |
| Webster-Hayne debate | great debate over the doctrine of nullification. Hayne defended nullification |
| Daniel Webster | a senator from Massachusetts |
| secession | withdrawal from the Union |