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a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate; first held in the 1820s
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an expansion of voting rights during the popular Andrew Jackson administration
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a political party formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824
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Andrew Jacksons Vice President during his 1829-1833 presidency
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a politician’s practice of giving government jobs to his or her supporters
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Andrew Jacksons secretary of state during his 1829-1833 presidency
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Pres. Andrew Jackson’s group of informal advisers; so called because they often met in the White House kitchen
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(1828) the nickname given to a tariff by southerners who opposed it
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the belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government
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a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said that states could ignore federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
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staunchly championed the Constitution and national unity.
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(1819) U.S. Supreme Court case that declared the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional and that Maryland could not interfere with it
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A political party that favored the idea of a weak president and a strong Congress. Unable to agree on a candidate, the Whigs chose four men to run against Van Buren.
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a financial crisis in the United States that led to an economic depression
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an army general who won the 1840 presidential election
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(1830) a congressional act that authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River
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an area covering most of present-day Oklahoma to which most Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to move in the 1830s
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a government agency created in the 1800s to oversee federal policy toward Native Americans
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A Cherokee that created a writing system for their complex language
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(1832) the Supreme Court ruling that stated 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
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(1838–39) an 800-mile forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland in Georgia to Indian Territory; resulted in the deaths of almost one-fourth of the Cherokee people
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a leader of the Fox and the Sauk Indians
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A Seminole leader that started the second Seminole war
