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Chapter 12 All
U.S. History
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8th Grade
02/13/2011

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John Quincy Adams
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6th President doesn’t win popular vote.
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Andrew Jackson
Definition
Wins popular vote as 6th president but doesn’t win. Becomes 7th President.
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Spoils system
Definition
The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters.
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Jacksonian Democracy
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Spreading political power to all the people and ensuring majority rule.
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Sequoya
Definition
Cherokee who invented a writing system for the Cherokee Nation.
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Indian Removal Act
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Area that is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were moved
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Trail of Tears
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Route the Cherokees were forced to travel from Georgia to Indian Territory
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Indian territory
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Where Indians were moved- OK, parts of Neb.
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Osceola
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Where Indians were moved- OK, parts of Neb.
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“Tariff of Abominations”
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The tariff of 1828
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John C. Calhoun
Definition
Vice-Pres. & Congressional leader from SC
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Doctrine of nullification
Definition
The belief that states could ignore federal laws that they did not like
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Webster
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Hayne debate- debate between Senators Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne over nullification
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Daniel Webster
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A Senator leader from MA
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Secession
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Withdrawal from the Union
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Inflation
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An increase in prices and a decrease in the value of money
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Martin Van Buren
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Eighth president
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Depression
Definition
A severe economic slump
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Whig Party
Definition
Political party form by opponents of President Jackson
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William Henry Harrison
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Ninth president for 1 month
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John Tyler
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Tenth president, VP to Harrison
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Panic of 1837
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A widespread fear about the economy
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Nicholas Biddle
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Head of 2nd National Bank
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