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| What was the Convention of 1818? |
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| Agreement between the United States and Britian that dealt with fishing rights and establised the new U.S.-Candaian border. |
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| Who was Osceola vs. who was Sequoyah? |
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| He was a seminole leader in florida. He was a Cherokee and he produced a writing system. |
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| What was the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek? |
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| Agreement in which the Choctaw gave up more than 10 million acres of land to Mississippi and accepted removal to Indian Territory. |
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| What was the American System? |
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| Henry Clay's plan to raise terrioffs to pay for inernal improvements, such as better roads and canals. |
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| Who was president dur the Era of Good Feelings? |
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| What did the Missouri Comproise do? |
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| Missori slave and Maine free and 36 degrees 30'N line w/ no slaves above line. |
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| What is a nominating Convention? |
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| Meetings where a polictical pary selects its presidental and vice presidental candiates. First held in the 1820's and allowed more voter input. |
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| What is the spoils system? |
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| Politicans practice of giveg goverment jobs to their supporters. |
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| What present day state was the Indian Territory? |
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| What is the beleif behind state rights? |
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| belief that stae powere should be greater the federal power. |
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| Who is the Hudson River School? |
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| Group of American artists and painters in the mid-1008s that painted pictures of the American Landscape. |
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| What did the Whig Party support? |
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| Political Party formed by oppents of President Andrew Jackson in 1834; supported a strong legilature and weak president. |
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| What does nullification mean in regards to the states? |
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| Belief that states had the right to disobey federal laws with which they diagree. |
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| Who beleived that a way to avoid conflicts was linked to the national economy? |
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| What was the name of the agencey who was in charge of the Natives? |
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| Leader of Independence in Latin America. |
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| What was Catherine Maria Sedgwick writing about? |
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| Women and weakness in Early America. |
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| What were internal improvements that were taking place to transprotation? |
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| Waht was the Rush-Bagot Agreement? |
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| Limited Naval powere on the Great lakes. |
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| What was the latitude line establishe for slave states in the Missouri Compromise? |
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| Where the new architect modeling their building styles from? |
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| What did Monroe Doctrive state? |
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| North and South America where off limits to the future colonization to any foregn power. |
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| Where did the funding for Cumber Road and the Eric Canal come from? |
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| What was the name of the group who Jackson relied on for advice and often met with him in his kitchen? |
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