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20 Cards in this Set
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SUFFRAGE
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The right to vote.
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CAUCUS
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A closed political meeting.
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NOMINATING CONVENTION
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A meeting where delegates from each state cast their votes for politcal candidates.
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SPOILS SYSTEM
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Handing out politcal jobs to your supporters-even if they might not be the best people for the job.
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KITCHEN CABINET
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The personal advisors of Andrew Jackson.
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PET BANK
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Certain state banks that federal money was put into instead of the Bank of the United States. (Think pet as in favorite)
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NICHOLAS BIDDLE
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President of the Bank of the United States and someone whom Andrew Jackson hated because he felt Biddle was a representative of the wealthy Easterners.
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ROGER TANEY
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Secretary of the Treasury. He did what Jackson told him to do.
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TARIFF
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A tax of some sort. Usually placed on imported goods. (That means money you pay as a tax on things made in other countries.)
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SOVEREIGN
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Independent States
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STATES' RIGHTS
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The belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority. (A state can say the federal government is butting in too much).
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NULLIFICATION
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The right of states to declare federal laws illegal.
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SECEDE
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To leave the Union of the United States.
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TRAIL OF TEARS
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The forced march of the Cherokee Indians from their homelands. This was forced by the government. Many Indians died during this march to Indian Territory.
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JOHN C. CALHOUN
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President Andrew Jackson's vice-president.
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DANIEL WEBSTER
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A senator from Massachusetts who delivered a big speech attacking states' rights. He was challenging a speech made by another senator.
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SEQUOYA
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A leader of the Cherokee who made a written alphabet for the Cherokee Indians that allowed them to read and write.
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OSCEOLA
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A Seminole Indian leader from Florida who refused to listen to soldiers who wanted the Seminole to give up their land.
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ROBERT HAYNE
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A senator from South Carolina who had given a speech for states' rights. He defended nullification (the right of states to declare federal laws illegal). He was opposite Daniel Webster.
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SPECIE
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Hard cash in the form of gold or silver.
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