| A | B |
| spoils system | giving benefits to members of winning party |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that US should expand from sea to sea |
| Trail of Tears | forced Cherokee to march west leaving their homes |
| interchangeable parts | method that allows mass production of goods |
| cotton gin | led to spread of slavery |
| American System | Henry Clay's plan to promote nationalism and unite country |
| Bank of United States | controversial federal bank that Jackson wanted to kill |
| Alamo | famous battle against Mexicans |
| Monroe Doctrine | kept Europe out of western hemisphere |
| veto | check of president on Congress, used quite often by Jackson |
| Panic of 1837 | economic situation which led to bank failures |
| champion of common man | Jackson's appeal to regular people, no more land requirements to vote |