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Chapter12Vocabulary
Chapter 12 Vocabulary for Mrs. Link's class
Question | Answer |
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John Quincy Adams | Monroe's secretary of state, and New England's choice for presidency |
Andrew Jackson | former military hero from Tennessee, won battle of New Orleans, future president of the United States |
Jacksonian Democracy | the idea of spreading political power to all of the people and ensuring majority rule |
spoils system | the practice of giving government jobs to political bankers |
Sequoya | created the first Native American writing system in "Cherokee" |
Indian Removal Act | called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west |
Indian Territory | an area that covered what is now Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, where Native Americans were relocated to according to the Indian Removal Act |
Trail of Tears | the harsh journey of the Cherokees from their homeland to Indian territory |
Osceola | led Native American resistance and the Second Seminole War |
John C. Calhoun | "one of the master-spirits who stamp their name upon the age in which they live" |
Tariff of Abominations | Tariff that significantly raised the tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods |
doctrine of nullification | the state had the right to nullify, or reject, a federal law that it considers unconstitutional |
Webster Hayne debate | one of the greatest debates in American history over the doctrine of nullification |
Daniel Webster | a senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time |
secession | withdrawal from the Union |
inflation | an increase in the prices and decrease in the value of money |
Martin van Buren | elected President in 1836 |
Pankic of 1837 | a widespread fear about the state of the economy |
depression | severe economical slump |
Whig Party | new political party named after a British party that opposed royal power |
William Henry Harrison | president candidate chosen by the Whig Party in 1840 |
John Tyler | president candidate chosen by the Whig Party in 1840 |