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ch 12 vocabulay
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Quincy Adams | was Monroes secretary of state and later became president. |
| Andrew Jackson | He was a war hero from tennesse who later became president |
| Jacksonian democracy | Is the idea of spreading political power to all the people. |
| Spoils System | The Practice of giving goverment jobs to people who voted for that person. |
| Sequoya | A Native American who created a system of writing for the native americans |
| Indian Removal Act | Was a Act to move all native americans west into what was called the indian territory. |
| Indian Territory | indian territory was native american land that Jackson sent them there. |
| Trail of tears | is the hardship of the native americans traveling west to there land. |
| Osceola | was a native american who rebelled aginst america and hid in the cascades. |
| John C. Calhoun | supported strong central goverment. |
| Tariff of Abominations | was a tax on raw materials that people hated and called it the tariff of abominations. |
| Doctine of nullification | was the states rights to say if a federal law was unconstitutional. |
| Webster-Hayne Debate | was a debate about the doctine of nullification |
| Daniel Webster | Was a senator from massachusetts who was in the Webster and Hayne debate. |
| secession | Is a withdrawal from the union. |
| inflation | is when prices are higher and money is worth less. |
| Martin Van Buren | Was Jacksons vice president who later became president. |
| panic of 1837 | Was the starting of the depression |
| depression | Is a severe economic slump. |
| Whig Party | was named after a british party that opposed royal power. |
| William Henry Harrison | Whigs choose him to be presidents. |
| John Tyler | Whigs choose him to be vice presidents |