| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 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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