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16 Cards in this Set
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Jacksonian Democracy
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the spreading of political power
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Indian Territory
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the region that is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska
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Trail of Tears
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the Cherokee journey to Indian Territory
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doctrine of nullification
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the idea that states can reject federal laws
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John C. Calhoun
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a nationalist who later defended sectionalism
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secession
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the act of withdrawing from the union
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John Quincy Adams
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the man the House of Representatives selected as president
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Osceola
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a seminole leader in Florida
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depression
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a severe economic slump
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Sequoya
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a Cherokee who made a writing system
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Panic of 1837
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An economic disaster that sent the United States into a depression
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Worcester v. Georgia
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Supreme Court ruling that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority. Ignored by both Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia
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John Ross
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The chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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Martin Van Buren
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Became president in 1836
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William Henry Harrison
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Governor of the Indiana territory. Became president in 1841
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Whig Party
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The party of William Henry Harrison. Oppossed to Jackson.
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