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29 Cards in this Set
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a meeting where party members choose the party's candidates
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nominating conventions
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a period of expanding democracy in the 1820's and 1830's
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Jacksonian democracy
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a political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824
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Democratic Party
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the practice of giving government jobs to political backers
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spoils system
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an informal group of trusted advisers who sometimes would meet in the White House Kitchen
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Kitchen Cabinet
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a nickname given to a high tariff on imports by angry southerners who opposed it
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Tariff of Abominations
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stated that since the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power
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states' rights doctrine
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conflict between the supporters and the opponents of nullification; dispute that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
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nullification crisis
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ruled that the national back was constitutional
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
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favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress
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Whig Party
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a severe economic depression
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Panic of 1837
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authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River to lands in the West
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Indian Removal Act
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U.S. land in what is now Oklahoma where Native Americans were moved to
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Indian Territory
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the creation of a new government agency that managed Indian removal to western lands
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
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the court ruling that the Cherokee nation was a distinct community in which the laws of Georgia had no force
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Worcester vs. Georgia
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The Cherokees' 800-mile forced march
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Trail of Tears
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nicknamed "Old Hickory"; was the seventh president of the United States; known as the hero of the War of 1812 and formed an era of democracy
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Andrew Jackson
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sixth President of the United States; ran against Andrew Jackson in the election of 1828 and was know as " out of touch with everyday people."
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John Quincy Adams
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presidential running mate and vice president to Andrew Jackson; was instrumental in the nullification crisis
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John C. Calhoun
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secretary of state under Andrew Jackson; on of Jackson's strongest allies in his official cabinet; eighth president of the united States
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Martin Van Buren
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spoke out against nullification and states' rights, believing that the country should stay unified; American lawyer and statesman
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Daniel Webster
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American politician from Kentucky; proposed a compromise that would lower the tariff little by little over several years
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Henry Clay
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cashier of the Bank's brach in Maryland; stated a court case because he refused to pay the new tax in Maryland
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James McCulloch
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the Bank's director; decided to push for a bill to renew the Bank's charter in 1832
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Nicholas Biddle
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ninth president of the United States and army general; served as the governor of Indian Territory
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William Henry Harrison
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Cherokee Indian scholar; developed a writing system for the Cherokee language and taught literacy to many of the Cherokees
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Sequoya
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Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; agreed with the Cherokee that they were an independent nation and that the government had no power over their lands
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John Marshall
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leader of the Fox and Sauk Indians; resisted the U.S. removal of Indian nations and raided settlements and fought the U.S. Army
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Black Hawk
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Florida Seminole leader; resisted removal by the U.S. government which started the Second Seminole War
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Osceola
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