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Chapter 12 Vocab S.S
Chapter 12 Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| president in 1824 Henry Clay came out of the running and supported him | John Quincy Adams |
| former military hero from Tennessee popular in the west won most popular votes | Andrew Jackson |
| idea of spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule | Jacksonian Democracy |
| practice of giving government jobs to political backers | spoils system |
| invented the writing system for the Cherokee language without ever having to learned to read or write in any other language | Sequoya |
| called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west | Indian Removal Act |
| Native Americans would moved to an area that covered what is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska | Indian Territory |
| harsh journey of the Cherokee from their homeland to Indian Territory | Trails of Tears |
| supported for a strong central government spoke against sectionalism vice president of Andrew Jackson | 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 most powerful speaker of his time | Daniel Webster |
| withdrawal from the Union | secession |
| increase in prices and decrease in the value of money | inflation |
| elected president in 1836 | Martin Van Buren |
| widespread fear about the state of the economy spread throughout the country | Panic of 1837 |
| severe economic slump | depression |
| Clay, Webster, and other Jackson opponents had formed named after a British party that opposed royal power opposed the concentration of power in the chief executive | Whig Party |
| Whigs chose him to run for president 1840 | William Henry Harrison |
| Whig chose him to run for vice president 1840 | John Tyler |
| One of the most important leaders in the Second Seminole War. | Osceola |