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| Henry Clay | A House Speaker who promoted the American System. |
| American System | Pre-Civil War set of measures designed to unify the nation and strengthen its economy by means of protective tariffs, a national bank, and such internal improvements as the development of a transportation system. |
| John C. Calhoun | A Southerner from South Carolina who convinced congressmen from his region to approve the Tariff of 1816. Served as vice-president to John Quincy Adams (1824) and Andrew Jackson (1828). |
| Missouri Compromise | A series of laws enacted in 1820 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states. |
| Andrew Jackson | Wealthy slave owner from humble roots, elected president in 1828. |
| Trail of Tears | The routes along which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way. |
| Daniel Webster | A Senator of Massachusetts who opposed nulification. |
| Martin Van Buren | Elected President in 1836 at a time of great financial crisis. |
| John Tyler | A Democrat vice president who gained the presidency after the death of Whig president William Henry Harrison. |
| Jacksonian democracy | Jackson's political philosophy, based on his belief that common people were the source of American strength. |
| John Quincy Adams | Elected President in 1824 splitting the Democratic-Republican party into National Republicans who favored Clay, and the Democratic party who favored Jackson. |
