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American System | Henry Clay's plan to develop transportation systems; establish a protective tariff; establish a national bank |
John Quincy Adams | Won contested election of 1824 over Jackson, later fought slavery |
John Marshall | Undermined by Jackson in Worcester V. Ga. |
Adams-Onis Treaty | Spain sells Florida to the United States and gives up claims to Oregon |
Monroe Doctrine | warned Europeans to stay out of the Western Hemisphere |
Missouri Compromise (1820) | Missouri(slave) and Maine (free) admitted to the Union; slavery prohibited north of Missouri border in the Louisiana Territory |
Andrew Jackson | hero of New Orleans; Old Hickory, Cheated in 1824, victorious 1828 & 1832, destroyed Bank of US and fought Nulliicationists |
Democratic Republican Party | Forerunner of today's Democratic Party |
spoils system | Appointing political supporters and friends to government office |
Indian Removal Act (1830) | Jackson's policy of removal of Native Americans from the Southeast started with this legilsalation. |
Trail of Tears | Describes the suffering of Native Americans as they were forced West to Oklahoma |
Daniel Webster | Great orator; champion of Union; senator from Mass. |
John C. Calhoun | Laid out a theory of nullification |
Tariff of Abominations | Tariff of 1828; coined by John C. Calhoun. Very high taxes on imported goods. Hated in the South. |
Bank of the United States | Central bank; hated by Jackson who vetoed the act to renew its expiring charter |
pet banks | Where Jackson placed US funds after he withdrew them from the Bank of the uS |
Whig Party | Founded by former federalists opposed to Jackson's policies. They viewed him as King Andrew I. |
Panic of 1837 | Economic downturn caused in part by Jackson |
William Henry Harrrison | Whig candidate in 1840; "Old Tippecanoe" the Indian fighter, made to look like the common man. |
John Tyler | Successor to William Henry Harrison;first VP to ascend to Presidency via death of President, His Accidency |
King Veto | Jackson's nickname as a result of his frequent use of the veto |
Log Cabin Campaign | The modern "image" type campaign of 1840 run by Harrison's supporters |
Seneca Falls | Site of Women's Rights Convention in 1848 |
Cherokee | Tribe most prominently featured in Trail of Tears |
Sequoya | Cherokee who invented an alphabet for his people |
Seminole | Florida tribe who never officially surrendered, hid in Everglades |
Corrupt Bargain | Term used to describe Clay's support for J Q Adams in 1824 |
Suffrage | Means the right to vote |
National Convention | Replaced King Caucus for selecting Presidential candidates |
Nullification | Theory said states could strike down or nullify federal laws they did not like |
Force Bill | 1833 law authorized Jackson to use force if need be to enforce fedral laws |
Henry Clay | Great Compromiser, crafted Compromise on Tariffs |