us history exam 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 J.Q. Adams | -in election of 1824 -won presidency -N.R. Candidate in 1828 |
| andrew Jackson | Tennesse -indian fighter -hates british -war hero -democratic republican -candidate in 1824 won pop vote but lost to house of reps -had marriage problems -1828 won election -1832 won again -"Age of The Common Man" hated national bank -indian removal |
| henry clay | -kentucky -democratic republican candidates -speaker of the house of reps during/after election -secretary of state under "corrupt bargain" -N.R. for president in 1932/lost to A.J. |
| John Marshal | -supreme justice to supreme court. 1801-1835. -federalist -clashed w/ Jackson over indian removal -lost |
| Robert Fulton | owner and builder of the Clermont (steamboat) |
| Samuel Slater | -English -illegally brought plans for speaking equipment for U.S. (in his head) -brains |
| moses brown | rich american quaker -financed 1st textile mill |
| francis cabot lowell | -owner of famous cotton mill -town named after him -first to make use of power loom |
| John Deere | invented Steele Plow |
| Cyrus McCormick | invented Mechanical reaper -made it quick to cut grain -virginian |
| Elias How and His Sewing Machine | invented sewing |
| Eli Whitley | -tutor for widow of Nat. Greene -from New England -Interchangeable Parts -cotton gin |
| Federick Douglas | -Literate -successful runaway -anti-slavery advocate -excellent speaker -publisher of north star |
| Gabriel Prosser | -Led a slave revolt -someone told on him |
| Denmark Vessey | -free'd slave -economically prosperous -led a failed slave revolt |
| Nat Turner | -read and write -preacher -crazy -bloodiest save revolt in American History -Hanged after protracted trial |
| Hariet Tubman | -ex-slave from maryland -brain injury -suffered from seizures -successfully ran away on Christmas Eve -multiple return trips to save others -always armed -heavy bounty -spy during civil war |
| John C. Calhoun | -from south carolina -married rich cousin -states rights -VP for Andrew Jackson -clashed w/ Jackson (personal) -nullification crisis |
| Nicholas Biddle | -President of Second Bank of U.S. -clashes w/ Jackson about Bank -looses battle/end of career |
| Martin VanBuran | -New Yorker -"little magician" -founder of democratic party -VP for Jackson -Democrat for Pres. in 1836 -blamed for panic of 1837 -"vanRuin" -D. for President in 1840(looses) |
| William Henry Harrison | -the WHIG for president in 1840 -WINS -Portrays himself as common man -he died after a couple months in white house |
| John Tyler | -William H. H.'s VP -first VP to take over due to Pres. death -drove whigs crazy |
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