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Ch.12 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Won election of 1824, New England's candidate, accused of corruption with Henry Clay Sec. of State. | John Quincy Adams |
| Western candidate for election of 1824, won in 1828, supported common people. | Andrew Jackson |
| The idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule. | Jacksonian democracy |
| The practice of a president of giving government jobs to political backers. | spoils system |
| A Cherokee who invented a writing system of 86 characters in 1821 to help advance the Cherokee-success. | Sequoya |
| Passed in 1830 and called for government to negotiate treaties that required N.Ams. to move West. | Indian Removal Act |
| An area that consisted of current-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska-N.Ams. were moved there. | Indian Territory |
| The journey in 1838-1839 by the Cherokee to Indian Territory that killed off 1/4 of the Cherokee-winter and inadequate clothing. | Trail of Tears |
| A leader of the Seminoles who led surprise attacks against the U.S.-2nd Seminole War. Tricked into peace talks and died in prison. | Osceola |
| A major supporter of the doctrine of nullification/states' rights because of the Tariff of Abominations that harmed his S.Car. Wrote document summer 1828. | John C. Calhoun |
| Name given by Southerners for the 1828 tariff that favored the North manufacturing industry. | Tariff of Abominations |
| A doctrine that states a state has the right to nullify a federal law that it considers unconstitutional. | doctrine of nullification |
| A debate in 1830 over the doctrine of nullification-Robert Y. Hayne-lawful way to protest and maintain freedom. Daniel Webster-people, not states make union. | Webster-Hayne debate |
| A Mass. senator who was a powerful speaker and spoke against states' rights. | Daniel Webster |
| Withdrawal (from the Union). | secession |
| An increase in prices and a decrease in the value of money. | inflation |
| The president of 1836 who experienced a depression and was blamed. | Martin Van Buren |
| Banks could not pay in gold/silver and defaulted-resulted in depression. | Panic of 1837 |
| A severe economic slump. | depression |
| A party that opposed concentration of power in the chief executive. | Whig Party |
| Whig candidate in 1840, chosen because of military record, died from inauguration speech in cold weather in April 4, 1841. | William Henry Harrison |
| Whig Vice-pres. candidate in 1840, became president after Harrison died. | John Tyler |
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