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Chapter 12 Vocab.
8th Grade/Mrs. Link
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A former military hero from Tennessee | Andrew Jackson |
| The practice of giving government jobs to political backers | spoils system |
| Led Seminole Indians in fight against removal | Osceola |
| A states right to nullify or reject a federal law that it considers unconstitutional | doctrine of nullification |
| great debate in Congress over the doctrine of nullification | Webster-Hayne debate |
| senator from Massachusetts,powerful speaker of his time | Daniel Webster |
| withdrawal from the Union | secession |
| an increase in prices and decrease in the value of money | inflation |
| a widespread fear about the state of the economy | Panic of 1837 |