American History 5B Vocab

nationalism

loyalty and devotion to one's nation

Henry Clay

an American politician who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from the state of Kentucky

American System

Henry Clay's federal program designed to stimulate the economy with internal improvements and to create a self-sufficient nation

John Quincy Adams

the sixth President of the United States

Adams Onis Treaty

an 1819 treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States

Monroe Doctrine

a foreign policy doctrine set forth by President Monroe in 1823 that discouraged European intervention in the Western Hemisphere

Missouri Compromise

an 1861 proposed constitutional amendment that attempted to prevent secession of the southern states by allowing slavery in all territories south of the Missouri Compromise line

Jacksonian Democracy

Andrew Jackson and his followers' political philosophy concerned with the interests of the common people and limiting the role of the federal government

Caucus

a closed meeting of party members for the purpose of choosing a candidate

Andrew Jackson

an American military officer before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, and finally as the seventh U.S. President from 1829 to 1837

Martin Van Buren

the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841

Spoils System

the practice of the political party in power giving jobs and appointments to its supporters, rather than to people based on their qualifications

Indian Removal Act

an act passed by Congress in 1830 that allowed the federal government to negotiate land exchanges with the American Indians in the Southeast

Trail of Tears

a forced march of the Cherokee Indians to move west of the Mississippi in the 1830s

Tariff of Abominations

an 1828 protective tariff, so-named by its southern opponents

John C. Calhoun

a major American politician who served as U.S. Vice President, secretary of war, secretary of state, and in both houses of Congress

nullification

a theory that states could nullify, or void, any federal law they deemed unconstitutional

Whigs

members of the nationalist political party formed in 1832 in opposition to the Democrats