| A | B |
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| Monroe Doctrine | declared that North and South America were off limits to future colonization by any foreign power |
| Missouri Compromise | agreement in which Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state while Maine joined as a free state |
| American System | The plan for using high tariffs to pay for internal improvements |
| tariff | tax on imported goods |
| John Quincy Adams | won the presidential election of 1824 |
| Andrew Jackson | won the most popular votes in the election of 1824. |
| Old Hickory | nickname for Andrew Jackson implying that he was tough |
| John C. Calhoun | vice-president who resigned under Jackson |
| spoils system | a practice where supporters are rewarded with governmental jobs |
| Democratic Party | party started by Andrew Jackson |
| John C. Calhoun | strong supporter of states rights |
| kitchen cabinet | informal group of trusted advisors to President Jackson |
| kitchen cabinet | informal group of trusted advisors to President Jackson |
| states rights | belief that state power should be greater than federal power. |
| nullification | idea that staes had the right to disobey federal laws |
| Panic of 1837 | financial crisis that occurec shortly after Van Buren took office which led to a servere economic depression |
| House of Representatives | finally decided the election of 1824 |
| farmers and workers | people who supported Jackson in the election of 1824 |
| South Carolina | threatened to secede from union over high tariffs |
| nullify | to declare a law not in force or to cancel |
| Monroe Doctrine | official document that said the U.S. would stay out of European affairs out of |
| Martin Van Buren | became vice-president under Jackson after Calhoun resigned |
| Andrew Jackson | started the Democratic party |
| Tippicanoe and Tyler too | slogan for the election of 1840 |
| Indian Removal Act | said Native Americans had to move west of the Mississipi River |
| only states had rights to charter banks | reason why Jackson said that the Bank of U.S. was unconstitutional |
| People stood behind Jackson's veto of the bank | what election of 1832 showed |
