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Jefferson
| Republican; purchased Louisiana; Embargo of 1807 |
Madison
| Republican; War of 1812 |
Monroe
| Republican; told European nations to stay out of Western Hemisphere |
JQ Adams
| Republican; given election by Henry Clay; fought Jackson's supporters for 4 years |
Jackson
| Democrat; Indian Removal Act; Bank Crisis; Nullificaton Crisis |
van Buren
| Democrat; Panic of 1837 |
Harrison
| Whig; died 31 days after inauguration |
Tyler
| Whig; first VP to take over after death of a president |
Henry Clay
| author of the "American System" |
American System
| plan that included a national bank, tariffs, and infrastructure |
John Marshall
| judge that gave Supreme Court power of judicial review |
Roger Tanney
| Judge that undid many of Marshall's federalist notions |
Tecumseh
| organized tribes along to the Mississippi to fight the settlers |
Merriwether Lewis
| led expedition of soldiers to the OR coast |
Aaron Burr
| Jefferson's VP; shot Alexander Hamilton |
Washington Irving
| American author; wrote <i>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</i> |
Samuel Slater
| British Mechanic; brought factory technology to America |
Francis Cabot Lowell
| American businessman; hired farm girls to work his factory |
Robert Fulton
| inventor of the steamboat |
<i>Clermont</i>
| the first steamboat |
Marbury v. Madison
| case that gave the SC power of judicial review |
Erie Canal
| project connecting Albany to Buffalo, NY |
Tariff of Abominations
| increased the price of manufactured goods in the South |
Monroe Doctrine
| US foreign policy; stated European nations should stay out of Western Hemisphere |
<i>Worchester v Georgia</i>
| case meant to protect the Cherokee nation in the East |
the Panic of 1837
| depression caused by Jackson's emptying of the Bank of the US |
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