Chapter 11

President of the United States, 1825-1829, and Son of President John Adams

War hero who lost the presidential election of 1824 despite having more votes than the winner

Speaker of the house of representatives, ran for president in 1924, appointed by John Quincy Adams as a secretary of stateNa

Political party formed by Adams and his followers

Political party formed by Jackson and his followers

A catchy phrase to attract attention

The laws that tell who can vote and when; the civil right to vote

A political movement that celebrated the common man and defended the will of people, named for president Andrew Jackson

The practice of rewarding political backers with government jobs

Related to agriculture or farming

The term used by southerners to refer to the Tariff of 1828 because it stirred feelings of disgust and hatred

Former vice president and senator from South Carolina who supported the doctorate of nullification

The idea a state could nullify federal law they believed unconstitutional

A US senate debate over nullification

US senator from Massachusetts who oppose nullification

US senator from South Carolina who supported nullification

The act of formally withdrawing from an organization, a nation, or any other group in order to be independent

The crime of aiding the enemy of one’s nation or plotting to overthrow one’s nation; the act of being disloyal to one’s nation

To adopt the culture or way of life of the nation in which one currently lives; to become absorbed in a culture or country

Cherokee who developed a writing system and began publishing newspapers

A law that ended the U.S. government’s earlier policy of respecting the rights of Native Americans to remain on their land

The area of land in present-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were forced to migrate

A decrease in the value of money that causes an increase in the price

President of the bank of the United States

To formally reject a law passed by Congress

The widespread fear of a failing economy that caused the beginning of a U.S. economic recession that lasted until 1840

A period of slow economic activity

Eighth President of the United States 1837-1891

A political party form to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson

Ninth President of the United States, 1841. The first president to die in office

Tenth President of the United States, 1841-1845. The first president to take office upon the death of William Henry Harrison

A tribe of Native Americans who refused to leave their lands near the Everglades

A large wetlands region in southern Florida

Seminole leader who led an attack against American soldiers

An agreement to stop fighting

Sauk Leader who lead his people back to their lands in Illinois where they were meant to stay

A young captain who served during a Blackhawk war

Cherokee chief who tried to negotiate with the US government to keep tribal land

Led US troops to remove the Cherokee people from their land

The route the Cherokees and other Native Americans took during their forced migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma