| A | B |
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| Andrew Jackson | U.S. president from 1829-1837 |
| John Quincy Adams | 1824 presidential candidate favored by New Englanders |
| Jacksonian democracy | idea of widening plitical power to more of the people |
| spoils system | practice of giving government jobs to political backers |
| Tariff of Abominations | 1828 law that significantly raised tariffs on raw materials and manufactured goods |
| John C. Calhoun | Jackson's vice president who supported nullification |
| doctrine of nullification | idea that a state had the right to nullify, or reject, a federal law that it considers unconstitutional |
| secede | to withdraw |
| states' rights | the rights of the states to make decisions without interference from the federal government |
| Secretary of State | position Clay was given as a result of giving up running for the president and giving his supporters to Adams and Jackson considered this a "corrupt bargain". |
| John Quincy Adams | won the election of 1824 even though Jackson won more popular votes |
| Andrew Jackson | won the presidential election of 1828 |
| war hero, known as the common man | characteristics that made people like Jackson |
| two parties formed | happened as a result of the election of 1824 |
| Democrats | party that was formed by Jackson supporters |
| National Republicans | party formed by Adams supporters |
| John Quincy Adams | supported by New Englanders in the election 1824 |
| Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson | 2 candidates supported by Westerners in the election of 1824 |
| Anmdrew Jackson and William Crawford | 2 candidates suppported by Southerners in the election of 1824 |
| West | section of the country that wanted the federal governemnt to sell land at low prices in order to encourage settlement and give the section more political power |
| Northeast | section of country that worried that cheap land would lure workers who were needed in the factories |
| Northeast and West | sections of the country that wanted better transportation routes to help bring food and raw materials to the NE and manufactured goods to Western markets |
| South | section of country that opposed federal spending on transportation because they were funed by tariffs |
| high tariffs | hurt the Southern economy |
| he supported state's rights but didn't think that states should nullify federal law | Jackson's position on states rights |
| South Carolina | state that first threatened to seced if the federal government tried to collect tariffs |
