Definitions
A rejection of a bill by the President.
Veto
The 6th President of the United States.
John Quincy Adams
The relocation journey of Native American where 4,000 people died along the way.
Trail of Tears
A reading system invented for blind people.
Braille
A person's belief that is not a proven fact.
Opinion
A period of time in which businesses and employment fall to very low levels.
Depression
Andrew Jackson's nickname.
Old Hickory
Seminoles were Native Americans who fought removal and stayed in the Everglades in this state.
Florida
To break away from the United States.
Secede
The famous leader of the Seminole Native Americans.
Oceola
Political insults
Mudslinging
The Sauk Chieftain who led the Sauk and Fox Native Americans back to Illinois after they were forced to move.
Black Hawk
Present day state where the Five Civilized Tribes of Native Americans were forced to move.
Oklahoma
The congressional act that allowed the American government to pay Native Americans to move west.
Indian Removal Act
Candidates who are supported by their home states in a Presidential election.
Favorite son candidates
The right to vote
Suffrage
Name this group of Native American tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole.
Five Civilized Tribes
General area of the U.S. according to the map on page 353 that voted for John Quincy Adams.
Northeast
A police force unit of the Five Civilized tribes.
Lighthorsemen
An overwhelming victory in an election.
Landslide
Records of events made by the people who witnessed them.
Primary sources
Principal chief of the Cherokee who opposed the removal of his people.
John Ross
Plots of land where Native Americans were forced to live.
Reservations
A belief that government should interfere as little as possible in the nation's economy.
Laissez-faire
The practice of replacing government employees with the winning candidates supporters after an election.
Spoils System