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History ch12
Term | Definition |
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John Quincy Adams | Monroes secratary of state |
Andrew jackson | tride to be president and a war hero from Tennese |
Jacksonian democracy | idea of spreding political power to all the people there by ensuring majority rule |
spoils system | practice of winning candidits giving gov. jobs to political backers or supporters |
Sequoya | a cherokee man who tride to teach his people to write |
Indian Territory | present day Oklahomeand parts of Kansas and Nebraskato which NA were moved under the IRA |
Indian removal act | 1830 act called for gov. to negotiate treaties that would require NA to relocate west |
trail of tears | tragig jourmy of the Cherokee people from there home land to indian territory, thousends died |
Osceola | most important leader of the war lead suprise attacks |
John C. Calhoum | leader of the U.S congress |
Tariff of Abominations | 1828 law that raisedthe tariff on raw materials and manufactured goods |
Doctrine of Nullification | right of a state to reject a federal law that is unconstitutional |
Webster-Hayne debate | 1830 debat between Daniel webster and Robert Hayne over the doctorin of nullification |
Daniel webster | a senitor from Mass. ,the most important speaker of his time |
secession | withdrawl |
inflation | i9ncreas on the price of goods and servacis and decreased in the value of money |
Martin Van Buren | Vice president to Jakson |
Panic of 1837 | financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system colapsed |
depression | sever economic slump |
Whig party | political party orginized in 1834 to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson |
John Tyler | chosen by the Whigs to run for Vice president |
William Henry Harrison | man from Ohio who was chosen by the Whigs to run for president |