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| Tariff of Abominations | In 1828 Congress passed the highest tariff in the nation's history and made European goods cost more which hurt southern planters |
| John C. Calhoun | V.P. who said the states had the right to cancel a federal law. |
| nullification | The idea of a state declaring a federal law illegal |
| Calhoun's argument | The states existed before the Constitution was ratified |
| Daniel Webster | He disagreed with Calhoun's argument over states rights |
| Webster's argument | If states had the right to nullify federal laws then national government would be powerless thus no united states |
| secede | to separate or withdraw |
| Nullification Act | South Carolina passed this law declaring the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 illegal |
| "force bill" | law allowing Jackson to use the army to enforce the law in South Carolina |
| Sequoyah | Cherokee from Tennessee who created a written alphabet allowing his people to learn to read and write |
| Georgia | This state claimed the right to seize Cherokee lands |
| Cherokee lawsuit | They argued that the federal government had signed a treaty which protected their land |
| John Marshall | Chief Justice who upheld the Cherokee's right to keep their land |
| Nullification Crisis | Problem in which the states said they had the right to declare federal law illegal |
| Indian Removal Act | It stated that the Native Americans had to move west of the Mississippi River |
| Trail of Tears | Between 1835 and 1838 the U.S. Army forced Native Americans,at gunpoint, to move west of the Missisisppi. Thousands died along the way |
| Seminole War | It was led by Chief Oseola from 1835-1842 against the U.S. Army but ended in defeat |
