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Social Studies Test

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John Quincy Adams   Monroe's Secretary of State; New England's choice for President  
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Andrew Jackson   a former military hero from Tennessee; the South's choice for President  
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Jackson democracy   the idea of spreading political power to all the people, thereby ensuring majority rule  
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spoils system   the practice of winning candidates giving government jobs to political backers or supporters  
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Sequoya   a brilliant Cherokee that invented a writing system for the Cherokee language in 1821  
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Indian Removal Act   this 1830 act called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require Native Americans to relocate west  
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Indian Territory   present-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were moved under the Indian Removal Act of 1830  
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Trail of Tears   the tragic journey of the Cherokee people from their homeland to Indian Territory between 1838 and 1839; thousands of Cherokee died  
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Osceola   one of the most important leaders in the war; used surprise attacks to defeat the U.S. Army; tricked into capture when he came to peace talks during a truce and later died in prison  
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John C. Caloun   was elected to the U.S. Congress at the age of 28 and he supported the need for a strong, central government  
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Tariff of Abominations   an 1828 law that raised the tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods; it upset the Southerners who felt that economic interests of the Northeast were determining national economic policy  
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Doctrine of Nullification   a right of a state to reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional  
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Webster-Hayne Debate   an 1830 debate between Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne over the doctrine of nullification  
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Daniel Webster   a senator from Massachusetts and the most powerful speaker of his time  
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Secession   withdrawl  
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inflation   an increase in the price of goods and services and a decrease in the value of money  
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Martin Van Buren   vice-president to Jackson and elected president in 1836  
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Panic of 1837   a financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system collapsed  
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depression   a severe economic slump  
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Whig Party   a political party organized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson  
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William Henry Harrison   in 1840 Whigs hose him to run for president because of his military record and his lack of strong political views; he led the army, defeated the Shawnees in 1811, and ended up winning the election  
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John Tyler   Whigs chose him to run for president but Harrison was more popular, so he ended up losing the election  
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