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Originally made up of people who supported Andrew Jackson in the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