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| nominating conventions | a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate; first held in the 1820s |
| Jacksonian Democracy | an expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration |
| Democratic Party | a political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824 |
| John C. Calhoun | American politician and supporter of slavery and states' rights, he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis |
| spoils system | a politicians' practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters |
| Martin Van Buren | American politician and secretary of state under Andrew Jackson, he later became the eighth president of the United States |
| Kitchen Cabinet | President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen |
| Tariff of Abominations | the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it |
| states' rights doctrine | the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government |
| nullifications crisis | a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution |
| Daniel Webster | American lawyer and statesman, he spoke out against nullification and states' rights, believing that the country should stay unified |
| McCulloch v Maryland | U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it |
| Whig Party | a political party formed ikn 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature |
| Panic of 1837 | a financial crisis in the Unites States that led to an economic depression |
| William Henry Harrison | American politician, he served as the governor of Indian Territory and fought against Tecumseh in the Battle of Tippecanoe. He was the ninth president of the United States |
