CH 11 SS
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Created by:
PinkDumbledore on February 26, 2009
Subjects:
social studies, social studies vocabulary, american history, andrew jackson, history
Description:
Chapter 11 in the book, all the terms they said to review at the end of the chapters, almot complete! and for those who find mistakes or want to make this set better, the password is our villages nickname, no spaces or anything. HINT: its not village love.
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Andrew Jackson | The nations 7th President, a war hero and Democratic- Republican |
| Henry Clay | Ran again John Adams and Andrew Jackson and ended up being appointed John Adams Secretary of State |
| Democratic- Republicans | Supporters of states rights, more popular with lower classes |
| National Republicans | Supporters of a strong central government who favored road building and supported the Bank of the United States to shape the nation's economy; many were farmers or merchants |
| Favorite Son | A politician favored mainly in his or her home state |
| Majority | More then half of voters |
| Plurality | Largest amount of voters |
| Mudslinging | The campaign tactic, introduced in the 1828 campaign, in which opponents are insulted |
| Landslide | An overwhelming victory |
| Nullification Act | Act passed by the South Carolina state legislature declaring that it would not pay "illegal" tariffs |
| Force Bill | The bill authorized President Andrew Jackson's use of whatever force necessary to execute laws |
| Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Bureaucracy | System in which nonelected laws and officials carry out laws and policies |
| Spoils System | System where presidents can appoint their supporters to gevernment positionss |
| Caucus | A private meeting of members of a political party to select candidates. |
| Nominating Convention | A meeting where states send delegates to select the party's political candidate for the Presidency |
| Tariff | a government tax on imports or exports |
| Nullify | To make void |
| Secede | To withdraw from union or association like the Government of America |
| State's Rights | the belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority |
| Indian Removal Act | Bill passed which allowed treaties to be negotiated with the American Indians in which they would give up their land and move west |
| General Winfield Scott | American general who led 7,000 troops to slaughter the Cherokee and basically whip them to Ohio |
| Trail Of Tears | The long, tragic march that Native Americans were forced on because they were relocated |
| Black Hawk | Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States |
| Osceola | Led a band of Seminoles that hid in the Everglades and used guerrilla tactics to defeat the U.S Army |
| Relocate | To move or establish in a new location |
| Guerilla | Hit and run military tactics |
| Nicholas Biddle | Head of the Second Bank of America, forced to close it down |
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