Agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories.

Extremely careful; particular about details.

Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi.

An area to which Native Americans were moved covering what is now Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Nebraska.

Seminole leader who resisted the removal of his people from Florida in the 1830s. He died under suspicious circumstances after being tricked into surrendering (1837).

To collect or gather; the act of inspection or critical examination.

The product of an object's mass and velocity.

Great number of things or people.

To tell a story or describe a series of events.

Savage; primitive; without training in arts, science, government.

Moved to a new place.

To work or fight against.

Tax approved by Congress in 1828 that favored manufacturing in the North and was hated by the South.

Idea that a state had the right to nullify, or reject, a federal law that it considers unconstitutional.

Famous American politician and orator. he advocated renewal and opposed the financial policy of Andrew Jackson.

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation.

Difficult to understand; vague.

Being a sign of trouble, danger, or disaster; threatening.

Unconventional; strange.

Refusing to give up or stop; continuing despite difficulties.