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Chapter 12 vocab JB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He was the sixth president. He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. | John Quincy Adams |
| 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the presidency (1767-1845) | Andrew Jackson |
| Jacksonian democracy is the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed the era of Jeffersonian democracy which dominated the previous political era. | Jacksonian Democracy |
| The practice of a successful political party giving public office to its supporters | spoils system |
| Cherokee Indian scholar, he invented a new writing system for the Cherokee language and taught many how to read and write. | Sequoya |
| This legislation passed by Congress in 1830 provided funds for removing and resettling eastern Indians in the West. It granted the president the authority to use force if necessary. | Indian Removal Act |
| The Trail of Tears was the forcible relocation and movement of Native Americans to Indian Territory | Trail of Tears |
| leader of the Seminole Indians. Resisting all government efforts to remove his people from their homeland in Florida, he led them in the Seminole Wars 1835–42. He was captured while bearing a flag of truce | Osceola |
| He was the seventh Vice President of the United States and a leading Southern politician from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century. | John C. Calhoun |
| It was a doctrine asserting the right of states to ignore any federal law that they deem unconstitutional. | doctrine of nullification |
| The Tariff of 1828, was a protective tariff passed by the Congress of the United States on May 19, 1828 designed to protect industry in the northern United States. | Tariff of Abominations |
| A famous debate in the U.S. between Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Senator Robert Y. Hayne of South Carolina that took place on January 19-27, 1830 regarding protectionist tariffs. | Webster-Hayne debate |
| a leading American statesman during the nation's Antebellum Period. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests. ... | Daniel Webster |
| The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, esp. a political state | secession |
| A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money | inflation |
| The 8th president of the United States | Martin Van Buren |
| a financial crisis in the United States built on a speculative fever. The bubble burst on May 10, 1837 in New York City, when every bank began to accept payment only in specie (gold and silver coinage). ... | Panic of 1837 |
| The financial and industrial slump of 1929 and subsequent years | depression |
| a former political party in the United States; formed in 1834 in opposition to the Democratic Party; advocated a loose interpretation of the Constitution and high protective tariffs | Whig party |
| The 9th president of the United States | William Henry Harrison |
| The 10th president of the United States | John Tyler |
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