Vocab. CH. 9 + 10
Across
- 1. following the War of 1812, a time of peace, national pride, prosperity and progress within the USA
- 5. the forced march made by the Cherokee from their homeland GA to Indian Territory; resulted in the death of almost 1/4 of the Cherokee Nation
- 6. to give up territory by treaty
- 9. a meeting at which a political party selects its presidential and vice presidential candidate; 1st held in 1820s
- 11. votes that directly elect the President and Vice President by members of the Electoral College
- 12. loyalty to the nation and promotion of its interests above all others.
- 13. a devotion to the interets of one's own geographic or cultural region over the interests of the country as a whole
- 17. votes cast by individual citizens
- 19. elected in 1816, following James Madison, he served 5th president and issued a foreign policy measure for the United States still in use today
- 21. an artificial water way **created with the help of a lock system to raise or lower water level
- 25. the first federal road project; expanded from EAST to WEST
- 26. an expansion of voting rights in America during the popular Andrew Jackson's presidency
- 30. senator from Kentucky, proposed the American System & proposed the Missouri Compromise
- 33. largest single share
- 34. to force a person or groups to move to another location
- 35. more than half
- 36. to add territory by confiscation; taking a territory as your own
- 37. president Andrew Jackson's group of informal advisors; so called because they often met in the White House Kitchen
- 39. dishonest or illegal actions
- 40. a statement of U.S. policy which states that the US intended to prevent European nations from interfering with the independent nations of the Americas
- 41. Supreme Court that reaffirmed that the states could not interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce
Down
- 2. a state where slavery was legal
- 3. states had formed the national government therefore
- 4. to remove armed forces from an area
- 7. Supreme court case that declared the Second Bank of the US was constitutional and that states could not interfere with it
- 8. elected in 1824 in a "corrupt bargain," served only one term as our 6th president.
- 10. the nickname given to tariff by southerners who opposed it
- 14. allowed Missouri to enter the nation as a slave state but forbid slavery in new northern states west of the Mississippi River
- 15. the possesion and settling of an area shared by two or more countries
- 16. practice of handling out government jobs to supporters
- 18. a state where slavery was illegal
- 20. Vice president for Jackson & Senator from South Carolina who debated that each state had the right to nullify or reject any law they felt was unconstitutional
- 22. signed in 1819 Spain ceded east Florida to the US ceded its claim to what is now Texas.
- 23. congressman from Massachusetts who opposed states rights doctrine' debated that the welfare of the Us should override that of each individual state.
- 24. policies devised by Henry Clay to stimulate growth of industry
- 25. this treaty gave the Americans the right to fish off the coast of Newfoundland & also set the border between the US and the Canada at the 49'N Latitude as far as west of the Rocky Mountains
- 27. federal projects, such as canals and roads, to develop the nation's transportation system
- 28. a dispute led by John C. Calhoun that said states could be federal laws if they believed those laws violated the Constitution
- 29. removal of weapons
- 31. following the war of 1812, signed in 1817, this limited the naval power on the Great Lakes for both the US & British Canada
- 32. elected in 1828, winner of the Battle of New Orleans, hero to Americans; known as "the people's president" or "champion for the common man," served two terms as our 7th president
- 38. a road that one must pay to use