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Ch 12 Vocab
Ch 12 Vocab History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sequoya | a Cherokee who invented a writing system for the Cherokee Nation |
| Indian Removal Act | law that required Native Americans to move west |
| Indian Territory | area that is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were moved |
| Trail of Tears | route the Cherokees were forced to travel form Georgia to Indian Territory |
| Osceola | Seminole who was an important leader in Second Seminole War |
| John C. Calhoun | vice-president and congressional leader from South Carolina |
| Tariff of Abominations | the tariff of 1828 |
| Doctrine of Nullification | the belief that states could ignore federal laws that they did not like |
| Webster-Hayne debate | debate between Senators Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne over nullification |
| Daniel Webster | an Senate leader from Massachusetts |
| inflation | an increase in prices and a decrease in the value of money |
| Martin Van Buren | 8th president |
| Panic of 1837 | widespread concern about the state of the economy in 1837 |
| depression | a severe economic dump |
| Whig Party | party formed by opponents of Jackson |
| William Henry Harrison | 9th president |
| John Tyler | 10th president |
| Jacksonian Democracy | A democracy for the people |
| Spoils System | System in which winner of election appoints officials of his party |
| Nicholas Biddle | Bank owner |
| secession | Breaking away |
| Bank of the United States | The bank of the United States |
| John Quincy Adams | 6th president |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th president |