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Henry Clay
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Speaker of the House of Representatives who promoted the American System in an effort to strengthen nationalism.
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American System
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A pre-Civil war set of measures designed to unify the nation and strengthen its economy by means of protective tariffs, a national bank,
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John C. Calhoun
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Congressman from South Carolina who helped convince other congressmen to approve the Tariff of 1816, a tariff on British imports which would protect U.S. industry from British competition.
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Missouri Compromise
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A series of agreements passed by Congress in 1820-1821 to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states.
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Andrew Jackson
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Elected president in 1828. Favored policy of expansion for the U.S. - expanding economies, expanding territory, and expanding democracy.
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John Quincy Adams
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Elected president in 1824. Believed in the American System. Was accused by Andrew Jackson of striking a corrupt bargain and stealing the election with Henry Clay.
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Andrew Jackson's political philosophy based on the belief that common people were the source of American strength.
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The Spoils System
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Part of Jackson's philosophy in which new administrations hire their own supporters to replace supporters of the previous administration. Jackson gave away huge numbers of jobs to friends and political allies.
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Trail of Tears
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The marches in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from Georgia to the Indian Territory in 1838-1840, with thousands of the Cherokee dying on the way.
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