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Chapter 12 Vocab-S.S
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The son of John Adams, he was Monroe's secretary of state and was New England's choice in the Presidential Election of 1824. He won that election. | John Quincy Adams |
| A former military hero from Tennessee, he won the Presidential Election of 1828. | 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 brilliant Cherokee Indian who invented a system of literacy with an alphabet and taught it to his people. | Sequoya |
| This 1830 act 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. | Indian Territory |
| The tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to Indian Territory between 1838 and 1839; thousands of Cherokee died. | Trail of Tears |
| An important leader in the Second Seminole War who used surprise attacks to defeat the U.S. Army in many battles. | Osceola |
| A leader in the U.S. Congress who supported the need for a strong central government and spoke out against sectionalism. | John C. Calhoun |
| An 1828 law that raised the tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods; it upset Southerners who felt that economic interests of the Northeast were determining national economic policy. | Tariff of Abominations |
| A right of a state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional. | Doctrine of Nullification |
| An 1830 debate between Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne over the Doctrine of Nullification. | Webster-Hayne debate |
| A senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time who was against nullification. | Daniel Webster |
| A formal withdrawal. | Secession |
| An increase in the price of goods and services and a decrease in the value of money. | Inflation |
| Jackson's vice president, who won the presidential election of 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 the policies of Andrew Jackson. | Whig Party |
| Chosen by the Whigs, William, from Ohio, was to run for president. | William Henry Harrison |
| Chosen by the Whigs, John, from Virginia, was to run for vice president. | John Tyler |
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