(1829-1833) and (1833-1837), Indian removal act, nullification crisis, Old Hickory," first southern/ western president," President for the common man," pet banks, spoils system, specie circular, trail of tears.

an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories; It was decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of the 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states.

Refers to the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson; suspiciously, Adams' first act was to name Clay the new Secretary of State

A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

Argument between South Carolina and the federal government regarding the role of national government; specifically, it questioned the ability of the states to defy federal law if they deemed that law unconstitutional

Proposed by Alexander Hamilton as the basis of his economic plan. He proposed a powerful private institution, in which the government was the major stockholder. This would be a way to collect and amass the various taxes collected. It would also provide a strong and stable national currency.

the forced removal of Cherokees and their transportation to Oklahoma

William Henry Harrison and V.P. John Tyler - Whig - 234 votes. Martin Van Buren - Democrat - 60 votes. Whigs nominated military hero Harrison with the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too". They depicted Van Buren as living in luxury and Harrison as a "log cabin and hard cider" guy, which wasn't entirely true.

pioneered interchangeable parts, invented cotton gin

Invented the steamboat

an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo

Lead by Methodists and Baptists, it was a second religious fervor that swept the nation. It converted more than the first. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and moral reasoning against slavery.

The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal.

Took place in upperstate New York in 1848. Women of all ages and even some men went to discuss the rights and conditions of women. There, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which among other things, tried to get women the right to vote.

Sought to establish small, perfect communities that would serve as models for the reform of society at large.

A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's, in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature, and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter, intuition is valuable, that each soul is part of the Oversoul, and each person is part of a reality where only the invisible is truly real.

Founded by Thomas Cole, first native school of landscape painting in the U.S.; attracted artists rebelling against the neoclassical tradition, painted many scenes of New York's Hudson River

a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.

A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was destined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific.

A Spanish mission converted into a fort, it was besieged by Mexican troops in 1836. The Texas garrison held out for thirteen days, but in the final battle, all of the Texans were killed by the larger Mexican force; the memory of this event spurred Texans to fight harder for their independence

The war between the United States and Mexico in which the United States acquired one half of the Mexican territory. Began over a border dispute between the newly independent country of Texas and Mexico. When the U.S. annexed Texas, they inherited the border dispute and it quickly escalated into war. The U.S. used to war to acquire California since it desired it too.

(1849-1850), Whig president who was a Southern slave holder, and war hero (Mexican-American War). Won the 1848 election. Surprisingly did not address the issue of slavery at all on his platform. He died during his term and his Vice President was Millard Fillmore.

"Old Fuss and Feathers," whose conquest of Mexico City brought U.S. victory in the Mexican War

Treaty that ended the Mexican War, granting the U.S. control of Texas, New Mexico, and California in exchange for $15 million