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| "Corrupt Bargain" | political deal that allowed Henry Clay to become Secretary of the State when John Q. Adams became president. |
| Twelfth Amendment | In a presidential deadlock, the House of Representatives must choose among the top three candidates. |
| Secretary of State | Served in the President's cabinet and often became presidents later. |
| Nationalistic Views | Supported by John Q. Adams but not appreciated by a country that had outgrown these ideals. |
| Cherokee Indians | One of the Five Civilized Tribes that regardless of a supporting Supreme Court decision were moved by the Jackson administration. |
| Trail of Tears | Over 100,000 Native Americans forcibly moved from tribal lands. |
| mudslinging | A form of political campaigning that focused not on the issues but on scandals and candidate's reputations. |
| Spoils System | A form of patronage used extensively by Andrew Jackson, it included giving public service jobs to individuals as favors not because they were qualified. |
| Tariff of Abominations | So named by South Carolina, who said the tax was discriminatory against the South. |
| Nullification | Proposed by John C. Calhoun as the anwer to the Tariff of 1828. It stated that states could determine if federal laws were unconstitutional and void or nullify them. |
| The South Carolina Exposition | Written in secret by vice-president, John C. Calhoun, this pamphlet denounced the tariff of 1828 as unconstiutional. |
| Bank War | Between Andrew Jackson and Nicholas Biddle. |
| Bank of The United States | Private financial institution that held federal monies. Very powerful and accused of acting like another branch of government. |
| McCulloch v. Maryland | Supreme Court decision by John Marshall that stated that the Bank of the United States was constitutional. |
| Specie Circular | Law that stated all land sales must be made with metallic or hard money only. A response to inflationary economy of 1836. |
| Whigs | Political party formed in opposition to Jackson and the Bank War. Soon other anti-Jackson groups joined. |
| Martin Van Buren | 8th president. Hand picked by Jackson to be Jackson's "yes man" in the White House. |
| King Andrew I | So called by his detractors, who said that Jackson was more a tyrant than a president. |
| Divorce Bill | A Van Buren bill that withdraw federal monies for any and all private financial institutions and created an independent treasury. |
| Alamo | Fort attacked by Santa Anna and troops. All men killed even those who surrendered. |
| Sam Houston and Stephen Austin | Texas independence leaders. |
| sectional balance | The ridiculous idea that the # of free and slave states could be kept in equal numbers. |
| Log Cabins, Hard Cider | An insult that was turned into an enthusiastic endorsement for General William Henry Harrison. |
| Panic of 1837 | Caused by Jacksonian financial dealings, speculation, wheat crop failures, and economic crisis abroad. |
| "nullies" | Supporters of South Carolina's right to nullify federal laws that the state deemed unconstitutional. |
| Old Hickory | Nickname given to Andrew Jackson due to his bravery during the War of 1812. |
| Old Tippecanoe | Nickname given to William Henry Harrison for his bravery during the War of 1812. |
| Anti-Masonic Party | For the 1st time ever, a third party entered the presidential election. Detractors of Jackson, soon gathering into a potent political force. |
