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23 Cards in this Set
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nominating conventions
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meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate; first held in 1820
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Jacksonian Democracy
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expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration
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Democratic Party
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political party founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824
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John C. Calhoun
(1782-1850) |
American politician and supporter of slavery and states' rights, he served as vice president to Andrew Jackson and was instrumental in the South Carolina nullification crisis
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spoils system
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politician's practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters
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Martin Van Buren
(1782-1862) |
American politician and secretary of state under Andrew Jackson, he later became the eighth president of the United States
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Kitchen Cabinet
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President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisors; so called because they often met in the White House
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Tariff of Abominations
(1828) |
nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it; tax was placed on imports of wool
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states' rights doctrine
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belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government; John C. Calhoun supported this idea
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nullification crisis
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dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
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Daniel Webster
(1782-1852) |
American lawyer and statesman, he spoke out against nullification and states' rights, believing that the country should stay unified
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland cound not interfere with it
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Whig Party
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political party formed in 1834 by opponents of Andrew Jackson and who supported a strong legislature; named after an English political party that opposed the monarchy
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Panic of 1837
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financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression; Americans blamed Martin Van Buren
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William Henry Harrison
(1773-1841) |
American politician, he served as the governor of Indian territory and fought Tecumseh in the Battle of the Tippecanoe; he was the ninth president of the United States; Army general; Whig Party candidate
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Indian Removal Act
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congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
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Indian Territory
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area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans
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Sequoya
(1760/1770-1843) |
American Indian scholar and craftsman he created a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught lireracy to many Cherokee
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Worchester v. Georgia
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Supreme Court ruling that stated that the Cherokee nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by both President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia
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Trail of Tears
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an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people
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Black Hawk
(1767-1838) |
Native American leader of Fox and Sauk Indains, he resisted the U.S.-ordered removal of Indian nations from Illinois and raided settlements and fought the U.S. Army
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Osceola
(1804-1838) |
Florida Seminole leader, he resisted removal by U.S. government despite an earlier treaty that Seminole leaders had been forced to sign; he was eventually captured and died in prison
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