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| Democratic-Republican from Massachusetts who won the election of 1824. |
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| The idea of spreading political power & ensuring majority rule. |
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| The practice of giving government jobs to political supporters. |
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| A Cherokee Indian who invented a written language in 1821 for the Cherokee Nation. |
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| Congressional Act passed in 1830 requiring Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. |
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| The forced movement of 16,000 Cherokee Indians to Oklahoma Territory in the Fall & Winter of 1838-39; 25% died. |
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| The idea that a state could declare its independence from the United States and withdraw from the Union to become its own country. |
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| An increase in prices and a decrease in the value of money. |
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| A severe economic slump characterized by high unemployment, inflation, and decreased purchasing power. |
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| A political party begun in the 1830's by Henry Clay & Daniel Webster which opposed the concentration of political power in the presidency; named after a British party which opposed royal power. |
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