| A | B |
|---|
| John Quincy Adams | Chosen to be President by the House of Representatives after the election of 1824, had many good ideas but lacked political skills to push them through |
| Trail of Tears | the forced removal of the Cherokees to Oklahoma (Indian Territory) |
| William Henry Harrison | First presidential candidate of the Whig Party, ran a "log cabin campaign" |
| Martin Van Buren | President during the Panic of 1837, his presidency was ruined by 6 years of financial hardships |
| Andrew Jackson | Military hero, known as common people's President, presidency marked by growing spirit of democracy and struggles over nullification and states' rights, used the spoils system |
| Sequoyah | Cherokee leader who developed a special alphabet of the Cherokee language |
| national nominating convention | large meetings of party delegates to choose candidates for office; made nominating candidates more democratic |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| Indian Removal Act of 1830 | gave President Jackson authority to offer Native Americans lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for their lands |
| spoils system | the practice of replacing government workers with one's supporters |
| caucus | a meeting of a party's members in Congress to nominate candidates for office |
