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Jacksonian Democracy

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Andrew JacksonBoth his parents died before he was 14 years old; first "western-born" president
Rachael JacksonShamed by a scandal involving her marriage; died before her husband was inaugurated
Eli Whitneyinvented the cotton gin and interchangeable musket parts
cotton gininvention which helped revive the dying slave system in the South
Industrial Revolutionitems previously made at home were now made in factories
Indian Removal Actpassed by Jackson, all Native Americans had to live west of the Mississippi River
Trail of Tearsnickname for the forced journey the Cherokee and other tribes took
Macadaminnovation in road building using crushed stones and clay with tar on top
Built from Cumberland, MD to Wheeling WVNational Road
The National Road passed through this Ohio cityColumbus
First Steam LocomotiveTom Thumb
The Erie Canal connected Buffalo on Lake Erie to ___Albany on the Hudson River
A toll is paid for road upkeep on this type of roadTurnpike
The U.S. would stay out of Europe's affairs; they should stay out of North and South AmericaMonroe Doctrine
Who owned Florida before the U.S. bought it after the Seminole War?Spain
Spoils SystemA president gives jobs to people who helped get him elected
Kitchen CabinetJackson's informal advisors
Jackson's use of vetoon any bill he did not like
Percentage of southerners who owned slavesless than half
Cash crop in the south in the 1850'scotton
Subwayunderground train
Hackneyhorse drawn carriage
omnibusshort horse-drawn stage line
cable carstreetcars pulled along as they gripped a moving cable
trolleyelectric streetcar
elstrain systems in cities that are built overhead
James MonroePresident during the "Era of Good Feelings"
delegates from each state select the Presidential candidate for their partyNational nominating convention
Old HickoryJackson's nickname
John Q. AdamsJackson's opponent in 1824 and 1828
Manifest Destinythe idea that whites were destined to control the land from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Gibbons v. Ogdenestablished the national government's right to regulate interstate commerce


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Greeneview High School
Jamestown, OH

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