Mod 10 Find & Define Flashcards
Nominating conventions
party members choose the party candidates instead of the party leaders
Jacksonian Democracy
the period of expanding democracy in the 1820’s and 1830’s
Democratic Party
to support Jackson’s candidacy
John C. Calhoun
Jackson chose him as his vice presidential running mate.
Spoils system
the practice of giving government jobs back to political backers
Martine Van Buren
one of jackson’s strongest allies in his official cabinet
Kitchen Cabinet
an informal group of trusted advisers
Tariff of Abominations
congress placed a high tariff on imports
States’ right doctrine
state power should be greater than federal power
Nullification crisis
conflict between the supporters and the opponents of nullification
Daniel Webster
argued that the united states was one nation
McCulloch v. Maryland
the court decision was that the national bank was constitutional
Whig Party
favored an idea of a weak president and a strong congress
Panic of 1837
a severe economic depression
William Henry Harrison
an army general
Indian Removal Act
authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of Mississippi River
Indian Territory
U.S land in what is now Oklahoma
Bureau of Indian Affairs
a new government agency
Sequoya
a cherokee who used 86 characters to represent the Cherokee syllables to create a writing system
Worcester v. Georgia
the court that rules the Cherokee nation
Trail of Tears
the Cherokees 800-mile forced march
Black Hawk
a leader of the Fox and Sauk Indians
Osceola
called people to resist with force and the Second Seminole War began
