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Chapter 13
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History
11th Grade
10/13/2009

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Andrew Jackson
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7th president; commander of battle of New Orleans; opposed and buried The Bank of the United States; spoils system; corrupt bargain
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John C Calhoun
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7th vice pres.; for slavery; for state's rights; limited gov't
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Henry Clay
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House of Rep.; Senate; founder/leader of Whig party; Corrupt Bargain; Became secretary of state; then president.
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Martin Van Buren
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8th pres.; 10th secretary of state; panic of 1837-every bank stopped paying in sliver/gold, followed by 5yr depression + severe unemployment rates.
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William Crawford
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politician/ judge; U.S secretary of war; U.S secretary of treasury; congressman; Georgian Senate
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John Quincy Adams
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6th pres.; senator of Mass.; Corrupt Bargain; Whig party; enhanced the education and modernization of U.S (which south did not like-tariffs)
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Daniel Webster
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Whig leader; Secretary of state; senator; House of representative; Dartmouth vs. Woodward
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Nicholas Biddle
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pres. of second bank of U.S; Enemy of Jackson; miserly had too much power over huge amount of federal money.
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Osceola
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war chief in Florida that resisted the americans, but was captured and all the hopes of the native americans were smashed like his head.
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Stephen Austin
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'Father of Texas'; Austin, Tx; helped colonize region
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