James Fenimore Cooper

In 1824, when no candidate received the majority in the Electoral College, this decided

the presidential election.

House of Representatives

As Secretary of State he was considered a “Bulldog among Spaniels,” but as president he possessed almost none of the

arts of a politician.

John Q. Adams

The purpose of THIS was to reward political

supporters with public office.

Spoils System

The “South Carolina Exposition,” written by John

C. Calhoun, was an argument for ______ in reaction to the _______

States’ Rights, Tariff

This stated that the President could use the army and navy to collect

federal tariff duties.

Force Bill of 1833

In order to assimilate into white society, this tribe became

planters, owned slaves, adopted agricultural lives, owned property

and developed a written constitution.

Cherokee

With this action, Jackson expanded presidential power

tremendously.

Veto of Bank Re-charter

The adoption of a written party platform was an innovation in

this presidential election.

1832 Presidential Election

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at this battle.

Battle of San Jacinto

A hierarchical political organization, often controlled through patronage or

spoils, where professional workers deliver large blocs of voters to

preferred candidates.

Political Machine

Campaigns for voluntary commitment to moderation or total abstinence in the consumption of

liquor.

Temperance

Irish Immigrants, who were mostly Catholic, stayed in the cities along the

eastern seaboard for this reason.

Poverty prevented them from moving west.

This group of immigrants left their homeland to escape economic hardships and

autocratic government; they prospered with ease.

Germans

Fear and opposition to open immigration; the favoring of

native-born Americans.

Nativism

Father of the Factory System in the US

Samuel Slater

An establishment for the manufacturing of goods, including

buildings and substantial machinery.

Factory

This was the end result of the development of the cotton gin.

Expansion of Slavery

Inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code.

Samuel F. B. Morse

This group endorsed the concept of a supreme being who created the

universe and is like a clock maker.

Deists

This was deemed essential for social stability and democracy.

Tax-Supported Education

An organization of workers usually wage-earning workers- to promote

the interests and welfare of its members, often by collective bargaining with employers.

Labor Union

An organized work stoppage by employees in order to obtain

better wages, working conditions, and so on.

Strike

It was thought that too much learning would injure this

group’s brains and ruin their health.

Women

A toll road.

Turnpike

Later descendants or subsequent generations.

Posterity

She is known for prison and asylum reform.

Dorothea Dix

Author of the Leatherstocking Tales which included the Last of

the Mohicans.