Vocabulary
A private meeting; often a political meeting
Caucus
The conflicts between white settlers and Native Americans had mainly to do with what
Land
The first federally funded national road project, begun in 1811
National Road
western farmers needed help to get goods to market, so what was built in the 1800s to help this
longer canals
speculators who tried to exchange paper money for gold and silver this caused a what during Martin Van Buren's presidency
Economic Depression
The right to vote
Suffrage
the area in which the British allowed white settlers to settle from that which they did not, was separated by this
Proclamation Line of 1763
An act passed by South Carolina that declared that the tariff of 1832 was unconstitutional
Nullification Act
Westward movement changed women’s roles by offering them more
variety of jobs
many American Indians blended European and American Indian customs because why...
They thought this could help preserve their land
A group making up more than half of a larger group
Majority
This involved Native Americans giving up their land in exchange for, new lands farther to the west
Indian Removal Act
Money, especially money collected by a government for public use
Revenue
True or false
Women enjoyed greater equality in the West
AND
There were fewer class distinctions in the West
Are two ways life in the West differed from life in the East in the early 1800s
TRUE
New political parties, the Whigs and the Democrats, formed as a result of conflict between which two people
Adams and Jackson
he forced migration by the Cherokee and other American Indian groups from their Southeastern homelands to territories west of the Mississippi River
Trail of Tears
the main reason that the Trail of Tears was such a dreadful journey is because it took place in which time of year
Winter
The rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution
States’ rights
As Speaker of the House, Henry Clay helped John Quincy Adams become president; later, Adams appointed Clay Secretary of State this made people feel as though the election of _______ was fraudulent
1824
state banks into which federal money was deposited were called what
Pet banks
A period where business activity slows, prices and wages fall, and unemployment rises
Depression
so many settlers moved west of the Appalachian Mountains in the early 1800s to do two things... name them
create farms
find jobs
A law passed by Congress in 1830 setting up territories west of the Mississippi River where American Indians living in existing states could be relocated
Indian Removal Act
An unqualified person might be given a job they cannot do and this would be an example of a negative of which kind of system?
Spoils system
President Jackson wanted the Second Bank of the United States abolished was that he thought it was too what
Powerful and and was unconstitutional