Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the US.

Adams-Onis Treaty

Law passed by Congress that authorized the removal of

American Indians who lived east of the Mississippi River.

Indian Removal Act

President James Monroe’s statement forbidding further colonization in the

Americas & declaring that the US would view any attempt by a foreign country

to colonize as a hostile act.

Monroe Doctrine

Treaty that limited naval power on the Great Lakes for both the United States and

British Canada.

Rush-Bagot Agreement

President Andrew Jackson’s trusted advisers.

Kitchen Cabinet

Financial crisis that led to a severe economic depression.

Panic of 1837

Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the federal

government, not the states, had authority over the Cherokee.

Worcester v Georgia

Canal that ran from Albany to Buffalo, NY; completed in

1825.

Erie Canal

Plan for using high tariffs to pay for internal improvements

in the US.

American System

Meetings where a political party selects its presidential & vice-presidential candidates,

first held in 1820.

Nominating Convention

First federal road project in the United States, which began

construction in 1815.

Cumberland Road

Agreement between the United States and Canada that gave the United

States fishing rights off parts of the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts

and established the border between the United States and Canada at the 49th

parallel, as far west at the Rocky Mountains.

Convention of 1818

Originally made up of people who supported Andrew Jackson in the

presidential election of 1828.

Democratic Party

Government agency created in the 1800’s to oversee

federal policy toward American Indians.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Practice of rewarding one’s political supporters with

government jobs.

Spoils System