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12th Amendment

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Created a seperate ballot for president and vice-president

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Convention of 1818

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-Firmly established the border between the United States and Canada at the 49th Parallel
-agreed to joint occupation of the Pacific Northwest

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American System

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The plan for using high tariffs to pay for internal improvements

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Hudson River School

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a group of artists that painted primarily landscapes

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Black Hawk

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A Suak American Indian leader who refused to be driven from his land in the Northwest Territories

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Indian Removal Act

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authorized the removal of American Indians who lived east of the Mississippi

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James Fenimore Cooper

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-He popularized a type of writing called Historical Fiction
-Wrote The last of the Mohicans

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Andrew Jackson

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the 7th President of the Untied States

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George Caleb Bingham

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tried to combine rugged landscapes with scenes of frontier life

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Rush-Bagot Agreement

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limited naval power of both sides on the Great Lakes

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John Quincy Adams

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6th President of the United States

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Henry Clay

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Kentucky representative who helped Congress reach the Missouri Compromise

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Nominating Conventions

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public meetings to select the party's presidential and vice presidential candidates

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John C. Calhoun

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Jackson's running mate in the election of 1828

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Martin Van Buren

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Jackson's Secretary of State

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States' rights

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the idea that the federal government's authority is strictly limited by the Constitution

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Spoils System

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the practice of rewarding supporters with government jobs

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William Henry Harrison

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-9th President of the United States
-He belonged to the Whig Party

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nullification crisis

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the dispute between the state and federal governments

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Indian Territory

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a new American Indian homeland created by Congress in what is now called Oklahoma

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Whig Party

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Jackson's opponents formed this party

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Worcester v. Georgia

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the Supreme Court ruled that the state's had no authority over the Cherokee

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Cumberland Road

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-the first federal road project
-it ran from Cumberland to Wheeling..Later it was expanded to reach to Illinois

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Osecola

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A Seminole leader who called upon his followers to resist removal by force

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Trail of Tears

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The Cherokee's 800 mile march from their land. Almost 1/4 of their people died.

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Missouri Compromise

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-Missouri enters the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state
-Slavery would be prohibited in new territories north of the 36 30 line

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Erie Canal

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-ran from Albany to Buffalo
-Opened up transportation to all of the towns on the great lakes to New York City

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Democratic Party

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This party was formed, in part, by followers of Andrew Jackson because they thought that Jackson was robbed in the election of 1824

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Catharine Maria Sedgwick

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-Famous writer who wrote the novel A New England Tale
-Most successful female author of her time

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Washington Irving

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famous American writer who wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

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Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

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the Choctaw gave more the 7.5 million acres of their land away

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Sequoya

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a Cherokee who developed a written language

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Bureau of Indian Affairs

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was created to oversee federal policy toward American Indians

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John Ross

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A successful plantation owner who was also elected chief of the Cherokee

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Panic of 1837

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financial crisis that occurred while Van Buren was president

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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Spain gave Florida to the United States

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McCulloch v. Maryland

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The Supreme Court:
- supported the right of the national bank to exist
-federal law is superior to state law

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Monroe Doctrine

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declared that North and South America were off limits to future colonization by any foreign power

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Tariff of Abominations

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a protective tariff that southerners believed favored the north and was a clear example of the federal government abusing its power over the states

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Daniel Webster

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Famous Senator from Massachusetts

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Kitchen Cabinet

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Jackson's informal group of advisors

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Treaty of Greenville

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-Gave the U.S. access to the American Indian lands in the Northwest Territory
-American Indians received $20,000 in goods and acknowlegment of their claim to the lands they still held

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Right of Deposit

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this right would allow American boats to transfer their goods at New Orleans without peaying fees on their cargo

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Jay's Treaty

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-U.S. agreed to pay pre-revolution debts
-British would abandon forts on the northwestern frontier
-Small U.S. merchant ships were allowed to trade certain goods in the Caribbean

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John Jay

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who was sent to Britian by Washington to try to avert war

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Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

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-stated that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutinal
-state governmnets had the right to ignore laws that they believed were unconstitutional

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Alien and Sedition Acts

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-allowed the president to have foreigh residents removed from the country
-citizens could not write, utter, or publish any hostile words towards the government

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Federalist Party

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-wanted to make the federal government stronger
-wanted to promte industry and trade

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Political Parties

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groups that help elect government officals and shape policies