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9th President of the U.S.; was an American military leader, politician, the ninth President of the United States, and the first President to die in office. His death created a brief constitutional crisis, but ultimately resolved many questions about presidential succession left unanswered by the Constitution until passage of the 25th Amendment. Led US forces in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
  • Henry Clay
  • William Henry Harrison
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Nicholas Biddle
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
  • Sam Houston
  • Santa Anna
  • Black Hawk
  • Henry Clay
The seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), who as a general in the War of 1812 defeated the British at New Orleans (1815). As president he opposed the Bank of America, objected to the right of individual states to nullify disagreeable federal laws, and increased the presidential powers.
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Daniel Webster
  • Henry Clay
  • Nicholas Biddle
Jackson vs. Bank & Biddle; Jackson begins taking out funds and putting them into pet banks, successfully "killing" the bank; leads to fluctuation in economy and eventual panic; Jackson believed the Bank of US had too much power and was too rich. Vetoed the 2nd Bank charter and withdrew gov't money from the US Banks and put it into "pet banks"
  • Henry Clay
  • Black Hawk War
  • Bank War
  • Battle of San Jacinto
Southerners favored freedom of trade and believed in the authority of states over the federal government. Southerners declared federal protective tariffs null and void.
  • Goliad
  • Alamo
  • Nullification Crisis
  • Stephen Austin
Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West.
  • Specie Circular
  • Anti-Masonic party
  • John C. Calhoun
  • Indian Removal Act
United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822); A mulatto who inspired a group of slaves to seize Charleston, South Carolina in 1822, but one of them betrayed him and he and his thirty-seven followers were hanged before the revolt started.
  • Trail of Tears
  • Denmark Vesey
  • corrupt bargain
  • pet banks
In the early 1830's, white settlers in western Illinois and eastern Iowa placed great pressure on the Native American people there to move west of the Mississippi River. Native American tribes visited Chief Black Hawk of the Sauk tribe. Black Hawk lead a rebellion against the United States. The war started in Illinois and spread to the Wisconsin Territory. It ended in August 1832 when Illinois militia slaughtered more than 200 Sauk and Fox people.
  • Battle of San Jacinto
  • Black Hawk War
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Bank War
(1836) Final battle of the Texas Revolution; resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas
  • Bank War
  • Tariff of Abominations
  • Battle of San Jacinto
  • Black Hawk War
Distinguished senator from Kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death inHe was a strong supporter of the American System, a war hawk for the War of 1812, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and known as "The Great Compromiser." (responsible for the Missouri Compromise). Outlined the Compromise of 1850 with five main points. Died before it was passed however.
  • Santa Anna
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Henry Clay
  • Nicholas Biddle
In the election of 1824, none of the candidates were able to secure a majority of the electoral vote, thereby putting the outcome in the hands of the House of Representatives, which elected John Quincy Adams over rival Andrew Jackson. Henry Clay was the Speaker of the House at the time, and he convinced Congress to elect Adams. Adams then made Clay his Secretary of State.
  • Denmark Vesey
  • Stephen Austin
  • corrupt bargain
  • Trail of Tears
1833 - The Force Bill authorized President Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the Tariffs of 1828 andSouth Carolina's ordinance of nullification had declared these tariffs null and void, and South Carolina would not collect duties on them. The Force Act was never invoked because it was passed by Congress the same day as the Compromise Tariff of 1833, so it became unnecessary. South Carolina also nullified the Force Act.
  • Force Bill
  • Henry Clay
  • spoils system
  • Indian Removal Act
Famous American politician and orator. He advocated renewal and opposed the financial policy of Jackson. Many of the principles of finance he spoke about were later incorporated in the Federal Reserve System. Would later push for a strong union.
  • Sam Houston
  • Daniel Webster
  • Andrew Jackson
  • Nicholas Biddle
Original settler of Texas, granted land from Mexico on condition of no slaves, convert to Roman Catholic, and learn Spanish
  • Stephen Austin
  • corrupt bargain
  • Denmark Vesey
  • Nullification Crisis
Mexican general/dictator who tried to crush the Texas revolt and who lost battles to Winfield Scott and Zachary Taylor in the Mexican War (1795-1876)
  • Henry Clay
  • Sam Houston
  • Santa Anna
  • Black Hawk
a site where about 400 Texans were defeated, surrounded, and surrendered; Americans were slaughtered by Santa Anna. "remember Goliad" became a war cry soon thereafter.
  • pet banks
  • Alamo
  • Goliad
  • Nullification Crisis
A term used by Jackson's opponents to describe the state banks that the federal government used for new revenue deposits in an attempt to destroy the Second Bank of the United States; the practice continued after the charter for the Second Bank expired in 1836.
  • corrupt bargain
  • pet banks
  • Goliad
  • Denmark Vesey
United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)
  • Daniel Webster
  • Black Hawk
  • Santa Anna
  • Sam Houston
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