American History test 3

Kentucky and Virginia Resolution

These documents advocated the right of states to overturn federal law

Daniel Webster

Massachusetts man who staunchly supported the union

Martin Van Buren

Only president who was not a native English speaker

Aaron Burr

The vice president who killed Alexander Hamilton

Popular Sovereignty

Means the people of a state decide an issue for themselves

Alamo

A mission complete in San Antonio

Dolly Maddison

Saved a portrait of Washington and important papers while Washington was burning

Monroe Doctrine

Written by John Quincy Adams said we would protect South American nations

Abolitionists

Wanted freedom for all states

Ft McHenry

Home of the original Star Spangled Banner

Thomas Jefferson

Died in Virginia on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

John Quincy Adams

Died of a stroke in the House of Representatives in the 1840's, passionately anti-slavery

Panic

An economic downturn not as serious as a recession

Spoils System

Policy by which people get jobs in exchange for political support

Maysville Road Bill

Jackson vetoed this bill because it was to be built all in one state

William Loyd Garrison

Editor of the Liberator, an abolitionist paper

Underground Railroad

A system of escape routes for slaves

Manifest Destiny

Name for the belief that the U.S. had the right to spread from sea to sea

The Force Act

This allowed the use of federal troops against an individual state

John C Calhoun

South Carolina senator who advocated radical state rights