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Ch.#12
Ch.12 BN
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| John Quincy Adams | From New England, Monroe's secretary of state |
| Andrew Jackson | Former military hero from Tennesee, most popular votes |
| Jacksonian Democracy | The ide of spreading political power to all people and ensuring majority rule |
| Spoils system | The practice of giving government jobs to political backers |
| Sequoya | a Cherokee who invented a willing system for the Cherokee language without over having learned to read or write in any other language in 1821 |
| Indian Removal Act | The act called for the government to negotiate that would require Native Americans to relocate West |
| Indian Territory | The area that covered Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska where Native Americans were relocated |
| Trail of Tears | Harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory |
| Osceola | Hiding in Evergreens, he and his band used a suprise attack to defeat many US armies in battle; 1847 he was tricked into being captured and came to peace talks during a truce |
| John C. Calhoun | A Congress leader who supported a strong government, but soon changed to the belief in state's rights |
| Tariffs of Abomination | A bill that raised the tariffs on raw material and manufactured goods |
| doctrine of nullification | A state had the right to nullify a federal law that was considered unconstitutional |
| Webster-Hayne debate | The argument between the senator of S.Carolina, Robert Y. Hayne, and the senator of Massachusetts, Daniel Webster that argued over state's rights |
| Daniel Webster | A senator of Massachusetts that argued that it was the people who made up the union not the states and was against nullification |
| secession | Withdrawal from the Union |
| inflation | The increase in prices and decrease in the value of money |
| Martin Van Buren | The president elected during 1836 because of the popularity of Jackson during his vice-presidency |
| Panic of 1837 | During 1837, a widespread fear about the state of the economy |
| depression | severe economy slump |
| Whig Party | A party formed by Clay, Webster, and other Jackson opponents that opposed the concentration of power in the chief executive |
| William Henry Harrison | The representative of Ohio that the Whigs Party chose to run for president in 1840 and became president in 1840 but died in 1841 |
| John Tyler | The representative of Virginia that the Whigs Party chose to run for vice president but after Harrison died in 1841, he became president |
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