| A | B |
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| In favor of spoils system | gives more odinary people the chance to have a political position and voice, variety and diversity of people, president knows them personally, cooperation |
| spoils system | the practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs. Without this system, only rich men from political families generally got the opportunity to have a political position. |
| Old Hickory | soldiers who served under Jackson gave him this name. |
| Kitchen Cabinet | a group of unofficial advisors who met in the white house kitchen |
| Nicholas Bibble | president of the National Bank since 1823. |
| pet banks | state bank in which President Jackson and Secretary of the Treasury deposited federal money. |
| Tariff of Abominations | the highest tariff passes by Congress. Southerners were strongly against it. |
| Nullification Crisis | when South Carolina repealed the Nullification Act. |
| Sequoyah | a leader who created a written alphabet for his people. The cherokees used the alphabet to write a constitution. |
| Indian Removal Act | forced many Native Americans to move west of Mississippi, driven from their homes. |
| Trail of Tears | the Cherokee's long and sorrowful journey west. Thousands perished and they were in terrivble condition. (about 1/2 Indians died) |
| Osceola | the chief of the Seminole Indians who led in a fight against the US army. |
| Seminole War | the 1835-1842 war. The US army vs. Seminole Indians. More than 1,500 soldiers died and 20 million dollars were spent, Seminoles were defeated in the end. |
| nullification | the idea that states had the right to cancel a federal law they considered to be unconstitutional |
| state's rights | the right of states to limit the power of the federal government. |
| secede | to withdraw |
| When did these occur? Jackson elected, Indian Removal Act, Supreme Court decision for Cherokees, Van Buren elected, Trail of Tears? | 1828 Jackson elected, 1830 Indian Removal Act, 1832 Supreme Court decision for Cherokees, 1838 Van Buren elected, 1838 Trail of Tears |
| Martin Van Buren | elected as President after Jackson, March 1837. A politician described as "artful, cunning, intriguing, selfish, lawyer." He believed in Laissez Faire, and he was balmed for the Panic of 1837. He was Vice President during Jackson's second term. |
| Panic of 1837 | economic crisis van Buren faced. Too much money was circulating, many banks did not have enough gold and silver to back the money, so they had to close. People lost money because speculators took out loans, too much cotton was produced so the price decreased. |
| William Henry Harrison | canidate for the Whigs, from Ohio, known as the hero of Battle of Tippecanoe. |
| John Tyler | became the first vice president to secceed a President who dies in office. He was a Whig who failed to live up to the Whig's expectations, so he was kicked out and welcomed by the Democrats. |
| speculators | person who invests in a risky venture in hope of making a large profit. |
| llaissez faire | the idea that government should play as small role as possible in the nations economic affairs. |
| mudslinging | use of insults to attack an opponents reputation |
| depression | a period when business declines and many people lose their jobs |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| caucus | private meeting to choose canidates. |
| nominating convention | meeting where state delegates choose canidates. |
| In which section of the country did Adams get the most support? | northeast |
| majority | more than half |
