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John Quincy Adams
President of the United States, 1825-1829, and Son of President John Adams
Andrew Jackson
War hero who lost the presidential election of 1824 despite having more votes than the winner
Henry Clay
Speaker of the house of representatives, ran for president in 1924, appointed by John Quincy Adams as a secretary of stateNa
National Republicans
Political party formed by Adams and his followers
Democrats
Political party formed by Jackson and his followers
Slogans
A catchy phrase to attract attention
Voting Rights
The laws that tell who can vote and when; the civil right to vote
Jacksonian Democracy
A political movement that celebrated the common man and defended the will of people, named for president Andrew Jackson
Spoils System
The practice of rewarding political backers with government jobs
Agrarian
Related to agriculture or farming
Tariff of Abominations
The term used by southerners to refer to the Tariff of 1828 because it stirred feelings of disgust and hatred
John C. Calhoun
Former vice president and senator from South Carolina who supported the doctorate of nullification
Doctrine of Nullification
The idea a state could nullify federal law they believed unconstitutional
Webster-Hayne Debate
A US senate debate over nullification
Daniel Webster
US senator from Massachusetts who oppose nullification
Robert Y. Hayne
US senator from South Carolina who supported nullification
Secession
The act of formally withdrawing from an organization, a nation, or any other group in order to be independent
Treason
The crime of aiding the enemy of one’s nation or plotting to overthrow one’s nation; the act of being disloyal to one’s nation
Assimilate
To adopt the culture or way of life of the nation in which one currently lives; to become absorbed in a culture or country
Sequoya
Cherokee who developed a writing system and began publishing newspapers
Indian Removal Act
A law that ended the U.S. government’s earlier policy of respecting the rights of Native Americans to remain on their land
Indian Territory
The area of land in present-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were forced to migrate
Inflation
A decrease in the value of money that causes an increase in the price
Nicholas Biddle
President of the bank of the United States
Veto
To formally reject a law passed by Congress
Panic of 1837
The widespread fear of a failing economy that caused the beginning of a U.S. economic recession that lasted until 1840
Depression
A period of slow economic activity
Martin Van Buren
Eighth President of the United States 1837-1891
Whig Party
A political party form to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Ninth President of the United States, 1841. The first president to die in office
John Tyler
Tenth President of the United States, 1841-1845. The first president to take office upon the death of William Henry Harrison
Seminole
A tribe of Native Americans who refused to leave their lands near the Everglades
Everglades
A large wetlands region in southern Florida
Osceola
Seminole leader who led an attack against American soldiers
Truce
An agreement to stop fighting
Black Hawk
Sauk Leader who lead his people back to their lands in Illinois where they were meant to stay
Abraham Lincoln
A young captain who served during a Blackhawk war
John Ross
Cherokee chief who tried to negotiate with the US government to keep tribal land
Winfield Scott
Led US troops to remove the Cherokee people from their land
Trail of Tears
The route the Cherokees and other Native Americans took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma
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