A | B |
Tariff | tax on imported goods |
Doctrine of Nullification | States can ignore laws passed by Congress that favor one section of the country |
John Calhoun | Vice President of U.S. under Jackson from South Carolina |
Sectionalism | Each section of the country has it's own needs |
Daniel Webster | Mass. Senator that debated Robert Hayne over states rights |
Henry Clay | Known as "the Great Compromiser" |
Osceola | Seminole leader who was captured when meeting uner a flag of truce |
Sequoya | He developed an alphabet for the Cheokee language |
pet banks | state banks which offer credit based on paper money not silver or gold |
Andrew Jackson | President #7 "Old Hickory" |
Martin Van Buren | President #8 |
William Henry Harrison | Presdient for only one month (#9) |
John Tyler | President #10 (1st VP to be made president due to presidents death) |
Missouri Compromise | maintained a balance of power between slave and free states in the Senate and banned slavery north of the 36 parallel |
Election of 1824 | Jackson won popular vote but not majority so Congress decided outcome by electing John Quincy Adams |
Jacksonian Democracy | When the common man becomes involved in politics |
Spoils System | Jackson stated this system of giving government jobs to people that supported his campaign |
Indian Removal Act | Forced Indians to move to new lands west of the Mississippi River |
The Trail of Tears | Harsh journey west that killed more than 4000 Inidans |
Indian Territory | Modern Day Oklahoma |