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 |