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Chapter 12 Vocab.
Chapter 12 Vocab. EL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Monroe's secretary of state, he was a Democratic-Republican backed by New England during the election of 1824 and won the presidency. | John Quincy Adams |
| A former military hero from Tennessee supported by Westerners during the election of 1824. Lost, but was elected in 1828 and 1832. | Andrew Jackson |
| The idea of spreading political power to all the people, thereby ensuring majority rule. | Jacksonian democracy |
| The practice of winning candidates giving government jobs to political backers or supporters. | Spoils system |
| A Cherokee, who, in 1821, invented a writing system for the Cherokee language. | Sequoya |
| An 1830 act that called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west. | Indian Removal Act |
| Present-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were moved under the Indian Removal Act of 1830. | Indian Territory |
| The journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to Indian Territory from 1838-1839, during which many died. | Trail of Tears |
| A leader during the Second Seminole War who used surprise attacks to defeat the U.S. Army several times. He was tricked into capture in 1837 and later died in prison. | Osceola |
| South Carolina Congressman who supported a strong central government and opposed sectionalism but who later became a firm supporter of states' rights. | John C. Calhoun |
| An 1828 law that raised tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods. | Tariff of Abominations |
| The idea that a state has the right to nullify or reject a federal law it considers unconstitutional. | Doctrine of nullification |
| An 1830 debate in the U.S. Senate between Daniel Webster (MA) and Robert Y. Hayne (SC) over the doctrine of nullification. | Webster-Hayne debate |
| A senator from Massachusetts, the most powerful speaker of his time, who opposed the doctrine of nullification and took part in the Webster-Hayne debate. | Daniel Webster |
| Withdrawal (from the Union) | Secession |
| An increase in prices (of goods and services) and decrease in the value of money. | Inflation |
| Andrew Jackson's vice-president who was elected president in 1836. | Martin Van Buren |
| A financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system collapsed. | Panic of 1837 |
| A severe economic slump. | Depression |
| A political party organized in 1834 to oppose Andrew Jackson's policies. | Whig Party |
| Chosen to run for president by Whigs in 1840. | William Henry Harrison |
| Nominated as vice-president by the Whig Party in 1840. | John Tyler |
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