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Social Studies RRMS
Antebellum SC and Civil War
name | description |
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Federalists | group Jefferson had to deal with |
Marbury v. Madison | court case that established Judicial review |
Judicial review | Supreme Court has right to declare act of Congress unconstitional |
Lewis & Clark | explorers of the western territory |
Embargo Act | prohibited trade with all foreign nations |
Non-intercourse Act | replaced the Embargo Act |
Tecumseh | Indian who wanted to unite American Indians to fight expansion |
Battle of Tippecanue | Indians were defeated and Tecumseh lost support for Indian nation |
War Hawks | Americans who wanted to fight Britain |
War of 1812 | war with Britain |
William Henry Harrison | led army against Indians and Tecumseh |
Battle of Horseshoe Bend | Andrew Jackson victorious against Creek Indians and gained lots of land |
Treaty of Ghent | peace treaty with Britain |
Rush-Baggot Agreement | limited naval power of Great Lakes for US & Britain |
Convention of 1818 | established borders between US & Canada as far as Rockies |
Andrew Jackson | sent to secure border with Spanish Florida |
Monroe Doctrine | North & South America off limits to other countries and any colonization considered hostile act |
Who supported Andrew Jackson as president? | Farmers, slave holders, frontier settlers |
Spoils system | rewarding political supports with government jobs |
kitchen cabinet | informal advisers who met in White House kitchen |
Tariff of Adominations | tax on imports |
Calhoun's belief about states rights & nullification | state power should be greater than Federal & states had right not to obey law disagreed with |
Whig Party | formed because some Congressmen believed A. Jackson abused his political power |
Black Hawks victory | caused Indians to resist removal & fight US army |
Indian Removal Act | authorized removal of Indians to east of Mississippi |
Bureau of Indian Affairs | created to oversee Indian removal |
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | Choctaw Indians gave up lots of land moved to Indian territory |
Worchester v. Georgia | ruled that Cherokee dependent nation & federal gov., not states, had authority |
Trail of Tears | Cherokee removal in which lots died |
Osceola | Seminole leader that helped cause Second Seminole War |
William Barrett Travis & James Bonham | SC who moved to Texas & fought for it's independence |
Alamo | first large battle for Texas' independence |
Santa Anna | attached Alamo and Goliad |
Sam Houston | attached Santa Anna & said Remember the Alamo |
James K. Polk | president who promised to add Texas & Oregon |
Treaty of Guadalupe Haldgo | ended war with Mexico |