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16 Cards in this Set
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strict constructionist |
Believed that the constitution grants the government only specific powers. |
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"Kitchen Cabinet" |
A group of close friends that advised Jackson and rendered his presidential cabinet functional redundant
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Specie circular |
a statement requiring all public lands be payed for in gold or silver
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state's rights |
believes that our Constitution is an agreement among separate but equal states, who voluntarily formed a union but can decide for themselves what is best for their own population
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nullification doctrine |
The idea that a state can nullify, or cancel, a federal law
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secession |
The actual leaving of a union by a state
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Compromise Tariff of 1833 |
This would lower duties on foreign goods coming into the country over a period of 10 years
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Force Bill |
this gave the President the authority to use the army and the navy to enforce tariff laws, if necessary
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Jacksonian Era |
The years of Andrew Jackson's presidency are referred to as this
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spoils system |
When a leader of a particular party is elected, he will boot out government officials of other parties, and hire his own officials. This led to the appointment of unqualified officials to government posts.
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Indian Removal Act |
required that American Indians living on lands east of the Mississippi river to move to lands farther west
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Black Hawk's War |
When an Indian tribe refused to leave their homeland, the governor called out the state militia.
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Trail of Tears |
This was the name the Cherokee gave to their long trip to Oklahoma
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Nat Turner Revolt |
A black preacher stored up a slave rebellion in Virginia. About 60 white people, mostly women and children, were murdered.
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Whig Party |
A new party made up of former National Republicans and members of other political groups. They were united only by their dislike of President Jackson
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty |
By the terms of this treaty, the US gained more than half the disputed territory between Maine and Canada.
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