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Chapter 14 VTC
Vocabulary words for chapter 14 U.S. history
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8th Grade
12/03/2013

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mudslinging
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Reckless acusations against an opponent mostly in polotics.
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"Old Hickory"
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A nickname given to Andrew Jackson by his troops because he is "as tough as the hardest wood in creation."
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well-born
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Someone born into a family of wealth.
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"common man"
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normal citizens that do not have wealth.
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monied interests
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the rich using money to get places.
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public money
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money collected from the people as taxes that is used for public buildings
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"the people"
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the U.S. citizens
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self-made
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achieving wealth or influence through one's own effort rather than being born to a privileged family.
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Andrew Jackson
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A general when fighting the british then was a lawyer. After that he became a politition then the president.
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Charles Dickinson
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A slave trader that thretened Jackson.
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"The Hunters of Kentucky"
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A song sung by supporters of Jackson.

 

 

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Jacksonian Democracy
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The idea that the common people should control their government.
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Kitchen Cabinet
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A group of advisors to the president that held their meetings in the White House kitchen.
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Civil Servants
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Employees of the government
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Spoils System
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The practice of rewarding political supporters with government jobs.
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Tariff of Abominations
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A tax imposed by the government on goods imported from anpther country.
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Nullification
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the right to nullify, or reject, something.
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Secede
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to withdraw from an organization or alliance.
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pet banks
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banks run by the presidents supporters
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Sequoyah
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A Cherokee Indian who developed their 86 letter alphabet.
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Cherokee
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A Indian tribe part of the five civilized tribes.
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Seminole
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An Indian tribe part of the five civilized tribes.
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Indian Removal Act 1830
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A law that allows the president to make treaties that in exchange for money and food they leave their land.
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Black Hawk War
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A war between a tride and the U.S. military that resulted in the Indian called Black Hawk in chains.
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Trail of Tears
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Cherokee Indians refused to move from thier land so they were marched many miles of which 4,000 of their 17,000 people died.
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Osceola
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The chief of the Seminoles when they fought resistance for ten years.
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