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30 Cards in this Set
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John C. Calhoun
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Former vice president, leader of South Carolina nullifiers, and bitter enemy of Andrew Jackson
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Henry Clay
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Aloof New England statesman whose elitism made him an unpopular leader in the new era of mass democracy
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Nicholas Biddle
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Talented but high-handed bank president who fought a bitter losing battle with the president of the United States
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Sequoyah
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Cherokee leader who devised an alphabet for his people
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John Quincy Adams
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Jackson's rival for the presidency in 1832, who failed to save the Bank of the United States
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David Crocket
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Former Tennessee governor whose victory at San Jacinto in 1836 won Texas its independence
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Stephen Austin
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Original leader of American settlers in Texas who obtained a huge land grant from the Mexican government
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Sam Houston
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A frontier hero, Tennessee Congressman, and teller of tall tales who died in the Texas War for Independence
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Osceola
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Seminole leader whose warriors killed fifteen hundred American soldiers in years of guerrilla warfare
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Santa Anna
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Mexican general and dictator whose large army failed to defeat the Texans
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Martin Van Buren
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The "wizard of Albany," whose economically troubled presidency was served in the shadow of Jackson
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Black Hawk
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Illinois-Wisconsin area Sauk leader who was defeated by Americans
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William Henry Harrison
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"Old Tippecanoe," who was portrayed by Whig propagandists as a hard-drinking common man of the frontier
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Whigs
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Political party that favored a more activist government, high tariffs, internal improvements, and moral reforms
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Democrats
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Political party that generally stressed individual liberty, the rights of the common people, and hostility to privilege
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National Convention
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New, circus-like method of nominating presidential candidates that involved wider participation but usually left effective control in the hands of party bosses
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National Republicans
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Small, short-lived third political party that originated a new method of nominating presidential candidates in the
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"Corrupt Bargain"
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Contemptuous Jacksonian term for the alleged political deal by which Clay threw his support to Adams in exchange for a high cabinet office
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Secretary of State
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Office to which President Adams appointed Henry Clay
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Spoils System
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The popular idea that public offices should be handed out on the basis of political support rather than special qualifications
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Tariff of Abominations
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Scornful southern terms for the high Tariff of 1828
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The South Carolina Exposition
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Theory promoted by John C. Calhoun and other South Carolinians that said states had the right to disregard federal laws to whice the objected
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B.U.S. (Bank of United States)
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The "moneyed monster" that Clay tried to preserve and that Jackson killed with his veto in 1832
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Masons
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Ritualistic secret societies that became the target of a momentarily powerful third party in 1832
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Evangelical Protestants
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Religious believers, originally attracted to the Anti-Masonic party and then to the Whigs, whosought to use political power for moral and religious reform
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Cherokees, Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Seminoles
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Southeastern Indian peopls who were removed to Oklahoma; "Five Civilized Tribes"
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Trail of Tears
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The sorroful path along which thousands of southeastern Indians were removed to Oklahoma
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Mexico
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The nation from which Texas won its independence in 1836
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Anti-Masonic Party
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Anti-Jackson political party that generally stood for national community and an activist government
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Honest hard cider and the sturdy log cabin
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Popular symbols of the bogus but effective campaign the WHigs used to elect "poor-boy" William Henry Harrison in 1840
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