Trail of Tears - the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma, Tariff of Abominations - Tariff passed by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South, Nullification Crisis - Argument between South Carolina and the federal government regarding the role of national government, Protective Tariff - A tax on imported goods that raises the price of imports so people will buy domestic (American) goods, Indian Removal Act - law passed in 1830 that forced many Native American nations to move west of the Mississippi River, Monroe Doctrine - an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from European powers, Missouri Compromise - "Compromise of 1820" over the issue of slavery in Missouri. It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states., Jacksonian Democracy - A policy of spreading more political power to more people. It was a "Common Man" theme., James Monroe - fifth President of the United States (1817-1825).His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820) and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), Spoils System - A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends, Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) - Andrew Jackson's vice president. Was in office during the Panic of 1837, American System - Economic program advanced by Henry Clay that included support for a national bank, high tariffs, and internal improvements; emphasized strong role for federal government in the economy., Sectionalism - Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole, Worchester v. Georgia - The Supreme Court decided Georgia had no jurisdiction over Cherokee reservations. Georgia refused to enforce decision and President Jackson didn't support the Court.,

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