Section 1 Pt.1
Related to agriculture or farming
Agrarian
A catchy phrase meant to attract and keep attention
Slogan
An agreement to stop fighting
Truce
To formally reject a decision or proposal made by a legislature
Veto
The crime of aiding the enemy of one’s nation or plotting to overthrow one’s nation; the act of being disloyal to one’s nation
Treason
The act of formally withdrawing from an organization, a nation, or any other group in order to be independent
Secession
To adopt the culture or way of life of the nation is which one currently lives; to become absorbed in a culture or country
Assimilate
A decrease in the value of money that causes an increase in the price of goods and services
Inflation
The practice of rewarding political backers with government jobs
Spoils System
The laws that tell who can vote and when; the civil right to vote
Voting Rights
The area of land in present-day Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska to which Native Americans were forced to migrate
Indian Territory
A period of slow economic activity when many people are without work
Depression
A doctrine that said that a state could nullify, or reject, a federal law they felt was unconstitutional, held by some southern politicians before the Civil War
Doctrine of Nullification
The term used by southerners to refer to the Tariff of 1928 because it stirred feelings of disgust and hatred
Tariff of Abominations
A law that ended the U.S. government’s earlier policy of respecting the rights of Native Americans to remain on their land
Indian Removal Act
A political party formed to oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson who th party had believed had exceeded his power as president
Whig Party
A political movement that celebrated the common man and defended the will of the people, named for President Andrew Jackson
Described as an "Atrocious Saint"
Andrew Jackson
The route the Cherokees and other Native Americans took during their migration from the southeast United States to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
The widespread dwae of a failing economy that cause the beginning of a U.S. economic recession that lasted until 1840
Panic of 1837