Anerican History | Chapter 10 | A Changing Nation | 1815-1840 Test Questions – Flashcards
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Henry Clay
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from west; supported construction of roads and canals
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John C. Calhoun
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from south; opposed tarrifs; supports states rights
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Daniel Webster
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from north; supported tarrifs; liked New England
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charter
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a legal document giving certian rights to a person or company
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dumping
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selling goods in another country below market prices
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Tariff of 1816
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made because of British dumping into United States; put tax on things from Britian to boost US economy
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
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supreme court case the protected the second Bank of the USA
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contract
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an agreement between two or more parties that can be enforced by law
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interstate commerce
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trade between two or more states
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cede
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to give up
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Miguel Hidalgo
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organized army of Native Americans that freed Mexican provinces
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Simn Bolivar
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called Liberator; led independance movements in Northern South America
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James Monroe
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wrote Monroe doctrine; President
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John Quincey Adams
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Secretary of State under Monroe
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self government
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the right of the people to rule themselves independentley
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Andrew Jackson
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The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers. Also, he put in place Indian Removal Act.
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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caucus
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the meeting of members of a political party
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nominating conventions
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large meetings of party delegates to choose canidates for office
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spoils system
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practice of awarding government jobs to loyal supporters of the party that wins the election
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Seqouyah
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created a written alphabet for the Cherokees
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nullification
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an action by a state the cancels a federal law to which the state objects
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Martin Van Buren
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President after Andrew Jackson; took office during the Panic of 1837
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William Henry Harrison
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won presidencey after Van Buren's 1st term
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log cabin
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campaign that said the Harrison was a good president for people who were comfortable in a "log cabin"
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Panic of 1837
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when Great Britian's economy was in an economic slowdown they didn't buy as much cotten so the cotten farmers could not pay back money so the banks crashed
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monroe doctrine
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a message to Congress by President Monroe stating that the United States would not allow Europeans to create colonies or interfere with the free nations of Latin America
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politics of 1840
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Harrison v. Van Buren; log cabin campaign
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South California
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this state threatened to secede in 1832; this state did not believe that they needed to pay the federal tarrifs; when this state was not able to gain other states support on the matter they did not secede; this was the start of tentions that would begin the Civil War
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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the name of the treaty that got the US Florida; France could not defend it so they decided to cede it to the US
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National Bank
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Jackson did not like this; called it a monster; tried to abolish it
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Indian Removal Act
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the act that was made to move the indians west
