| Term | Definition |
|---|
| James Monroe | A rebuplican pres. who was elected in 1816 and 1820 he served during the era of good feelings |
| Rush-Bagot Agreement | Agreement that limited naval power on the Great Lakes to the United States and British Canada |
| Convention of 1818 | Agreement between the US and GB that settled fishing rights and established new North American borders |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States |
| Simon Bolivar | Called the liborater while countrys were declaring there independence from spain. He led revolutions with what is today Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru |
| Monroe Doctrine | President James Monroe's statement forbidding further colonization in the Americas and declaring that the United States would view any attempt by a foreign country to colonize as a hostile act |
| Henry Clay | Known as the great Pacificator made the missouri comp. and helped Quincy Adams get elected in1824 then served as Sec. of State for Quincy Adams |
| Missouri Comprimise | Agreement proposed by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine to enter as a free state also outlawed slavery in any territories or states north of the 36 /30 line |
| American System | enry Clay's plan for raising tarrifs to pay for internal improvements such as better roads and canals |
| Cumberland Road | First federal road project, construction of which began in 1815; ran from CT, MD to present day Wheeling West Virginia |
| Erie Canal | Canal that ran from Albany to Buffalo New York ; completed in 1825 |
| John Quincy Adams | Served as pres in 1284 and was accused of corrupt bargain with Henry Clay |
| nominating conventions | Meetings where a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidates; first held in the 1820's |
| spoils system | Politicians practice of giving government jobs to their supporters |
| kitchen cabinet | President Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisors; so called because they sometimes met in the white house kitchen |
| states' rights | belief that the power of the federal government regarding the states is strictly limited |
| nulification crisis | a dispute between South Carolina and the federal government in the late 1820's over the state's right to nullify or cancel an unpopular tariff |
| Andrew Jackson | President in 1228 first person to run on Democratic Party and had support of slave states farmers and westerners |
| Democratic Party | Political Party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the Presidential election of 1824 |
| John C. Calhoun | South Carolina Senator who was made VP under Jackson. Also resinded from position during SC rebelion |
| Tariff of Abominations | Nickname given to new tarrifs by southerners who opposed it |
| Daniel Webster | Senator of Massatuchettes who was against nullification cisis |
| McCulloch V. Maryland | UsS supreme Court case that declared the second bank of the United States was constitutional and that because it was a federal institution Maryland could not interfere with the bank's operations |
| Whig Party | Political party formed by opponents of Andrew Jackson in 1834 who supported a strong legislature |
| Panic of 1837 | A financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression |
| William Henry Harrison | ran and won election of 1840 under the whig party (is a general from Tippecanoe) |
| Black Hawk | Indian chief of the Sauk who refused to leave his home land |
| Indian Removal Act | Congressional Act that authorized the removal of American indians who lived east of the Mississippi River |
| Indian Territory | Area covering most of present day Oklahoma to which most American Indians in the southeast were forced to move in the 1830's |
| Bureau of Indian Affairs | Government agency created in the 1800's to oversee federal policy toward American Indians |
| Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | Agreement in which the Choctaw gave up more than 10 million acres of land in Mississipi and accepted removal to Indian Territory |
| John Ross | a seccessful plantation owner elected as the first principle chief for the Cherokee |
| Worcester v. Georgia | Supreme court ruling that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct territory over which only the federal government had authority; ignored by both President Andrew Jackson and the state of Georgia |
| Trail of Tears | An 800 mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of thousands of Cherokee |
| Oceola | Seminole Leader |
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